Mary (Ferguson) Scott (1813 - 1887)

Born 21 Aug 1813 in Liberty Township, Union, Indiana, United States

Wife of John Scott — married 9 Mar 1833 in Thornton, Boone Co., Indiana

Died 31 Aug 1887 at age 74 in Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Mary Ferguson was born on 21 August 1813 in Liberty township in Union county, Indiana. She was the daughter of William Ferguson (1781-1850) and Judith Walker (1780-1845) and she had ten siblings. On 28 February 1833, Mary was wed to John Scott in Montgomery county, Indiana.^[1] They had two children in Indiana, their third was born in Illinois in 1837 and they arrived in Linn county, Iowa before 1839. They have seven children in their home in 1850 and have lost three.^[2] By 1860, Mary had three more children, but she has lost three others and also her husband, John, who died in 1855.^[3]
Mary and John had twelve children:
Martha 1834-1853
Judith Ellen 1835-1913
William 1835-1922
Rachel 1838-1842
Mary 1839-1909
Jane Agnes 1840-1858
Delilah 1843-1920
Sarah Ann 1845-1934
Joseph Green 1848-1920
Celia E. 1850-1853
John Thompson 1851-1928
Hannah Roselia 1854-??
Mary is living in the household of her son, Joseph, in Marion township in 1880 and 1885.^[4][5]
Mary died in Marion on 31 August 1887.^[6] Her body was buried in Campbell Cemetery in Bertram.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [1], Indiana Marriages.
2. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [2], 1850 US Census.
3. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [3], 1860 US Census.
4. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [4], 1880 US Census.
5. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [5], 1885 Iowa State Census.
6. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [6], Iowa Deaths.
7. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [7], Burial Index.

This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010 by MG Pitts.

• Mary Ferguson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXV2-64F : 21 January 2016), John Scott and Mary Ferguson, 28 Feb 1833; citing Boone, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,320,110.

• Mary Scott in household of John Scott, "United States Census, 1850"

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ4F-YG5 : 9 November 2014), Mary Scott in household of John Scott, Linn county, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing family 658, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Mary Scott, "United States Census, 1860"

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M82P-8M9 : 30 December 2015), Mary Scott, 1860.

• Mary Scott in household of Joseph Scott, "United States Census, 1880"

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD21-QLX : 14 July 2016), Mary Scott in household of Joseph Scott, Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 270, sheet 295C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0351; FHL microfilm 1,254,351.

• Mary Scott, "Iowa State Census, 1885"

"Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/H8RS-5N2 : 15 November 2014), Mary Scott, Marion, Marion, Linn, Iowa; citing p. 2, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,490.

• Mary Scott, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"

"Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVMN-K7SB : 29 October 2015), Mary Scott, 31 Aug 1887; citing Death, Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States, page 140, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 985,984.

• Mary Ferguson Scott, "Find A Grave Index"

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK8-9JYC : 11 July 2016), Mary Ferguson Scott, 1887; Burial, Bertram, Linn, Iowa, United States of America, Campbell Cemetery; citing record ID 38849392, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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