JOHN F. SCOTT was born October 25, 1826, on the farm which is yet his home. He is a son of Arthur Scott, who was born about 1794, in County Tyrone, Ireland. Arthur Scott married Martha Finton, who was born in Ireland in 1789, and about 1824 they sailed for America. On landing at New York they proceeded to Philadelphia, thence to Washington county, Penn., making a location on the headwaters of King's creek, in Hanover township. He rented property for some time, finally purchasing a tract of fifty acres, from the greater part of which the heavy timber had to cleared away. He possessed but limited means, but finally managed to accumulate sufficient money to place him in comfortable circumstances. He was a member of the Democratic party. He died December 12, 1852, being preceded by his wife October 29, 1852. They are buried in the Presbyterian cemetery at Frankfort, both having been members of that denomination. They were the parents of the following children: John F., Martha J (Mrs. Henry Breen, of New Cumberland, W. Va.), Letitia (wife of Jesse Sleutz, of Jefferson county, Ohio), Eliza (unmarried, deceased November 4, 1852, at the age of seventeen years), and Robert (deceased October 26, 1852, aged fifteen years). All the deceased members of the above family passed away within five weeks of each other. John F. Scott was born on the farm, attended the rude schools of the period, and continued work on the farm until some time after the death of his parents. On April 25, 1857, he married Mary Ann Lipsey, who, was born in 1821, in Ireland, came to this country with her parents in 1823. To this union three children were born, viz.: William McF. (deceased when two years old), Mary J. (living at home) and Sarah C. ( a school teacher, and graduate of the Pennsylvania State Normal School). Mr. and Mrs. Scott have always resided on their present farm, where he follows general farming and stock raising, being an admirer of first-class stock. In politics he is a life-long Democrat, having held numerous offices in Hanover township. On October 18, 1891, he was called to mourn the loss of the wife of his youth, who was buried in the Presbyterian cemetery at Frankfort. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Scott is an active worker, having held the office of trustee for several years.

Text taken from page 925 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed September 1997 by Cathy Cadd of Redmond, WA as part of the Beers Project. Published September 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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