SAMUEL SCOTT, a leading and representative citizen of Smith township, is a son of Finley Scott, and a grandson of Abraham Scott, who was born and reared in Maryland, and when a young man (about the year 1780) came to Washington county with his brother Alexander, settling near Raccoon, Robinson township. Here he purchased a wild tract of land, where the remainder of his active life was passed in agricultural pursuits. He married Jane, a sister of John Finley (the founder of Finleyville), and reared the following children: Rachel (Mrs. James Russell), Mary (wife of Thomas Fletcher), Ann (married to James Kerr), Jane (wife of David White), Elizabeth (Mrs. William Scott), Susan (married to John McBride), Samuel, Finley and Holland. Abraham Scott was a Democrat in politics, and in religion a member of the Presbyterian Church at Raccoon. Finley Scott was born in 1800, in Robinson township, and educated in the schools of the neighborhood of his home. In 1822 he married Margaret, daughter of James Stephenson, of Smith township. The young people made their first home after marriage on a farm in Robinson township, this county, remaining there a few years, when they rented a neighboring farm, afterward purchasing a place in Smith township, where they lived twenty years, and finally moved to the home where the remainder of their lives was passed. The children of this couple were Ann, Robert K., James, Samuel, Finley, John, Levi, Jane F. (Mrs. William Cowan), and Margaret (wife of Thomas Akleson). Mr. Scott was the architect of his own fortune, and owned 450 acres of land at the time of his death, which occurred April 5, 1878. He was a Democrat, and held various township offices. In church connection he was first a member of the Associate Reformed Church, in which he was an elder, afterward uniting with the U. P. Church at Burgettstown. He and his wife are buried in the United Presbyterian cemetery.
Samuel Scott was born August 13, 1829, on the home place in Robinson township, and came with his parents to Smith township, where he was reared and educated, receiving a country- school education. On January 31, 1878, he married Mary M., daughter of John Ross, and she has borne him children as follows: Margaret J., Walter S., Martha A. and Samuel O. Mr. Scott was an Old-line Democrat, but since the organization of the party has been a Republican; he has held various township offices, and served three years as county auditor. He and his family are members of the United Presbyterian church at Burgettstown, of which he has been trustee for many years, and has contributed liberally to the cause. For a time he taught school in Cross Creek, Smith township, and Robinson township.
Text taken from page 1192 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
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