Robert B Martin Scott (1824 - 1913)

Born 27 Mar 1824 in Adair County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Died 20 Mar 1913 at age 88 in Bushnell, Illinois

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Robert B M Scott, 1824-1913

Biography

• ROBERT B. MARTIN SCOTT (#28), son of Martin and Sarah (Williams) Scott, was born on March 27, 1824 in Adair County, Kentucky. On April 11, 1850, in McDonough County, Illinois, he married Angelina Kennedy. She was born February 4, 1827 in Logan, Montgomery, Kentucky. They lived in Vermont, Fulton County, Illinois until 1867, then moved to Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois. They had four children, three sons and one daughter. One son, Frank, died after they moved to Bushnell. The two remaining sons, Milton and William, were always engaged in railroad work.

• Robert Scott died March 20, 1913 in Bushnell, and is buried in the Bushnell Cemetery.^[1]

Family Members

• Parents:

Father: Martin Scott b: 09 FEB 1788 in South Carolina

Mother: Sarah Williams b: 23 OCT 1791 in Henry County, Virginia

• Siblings:

Elbert W. Scott, 1812-1835

Paulina Provine (born Scott), 1816-1901

infant Asan Scott, 1818

William G. Scott, 1819-1840

Walton K. Scott, 1822-1889

Sarah Martin McCamie (born Scott), 1826-1899

Lemuel Lenear Scott, 1828-1898

• Spouse: Robert married Angelina Kennedy on 11 Apr, 1850 in McDonough, Illinois, USA. She was born FEB 1826 in Kentucky, USA and died 01 MAY 1908 in Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois, USA.
• Children:

Wilbur Milton SCOTT, b. abt. 1851 in Vermont, Fulton County, Illinois; m. Minerva (Minnie) Montgomery 19 Nov 1874, McDonough Co., IL, lived in Lincoln, Nebraska; 1 son George Scott.

Frank SCOTT, b. abt. 1853; d. abt 1870

William McCutcheon SCOTT, b. abt. 1855; m. Elizabeth Bradley in Iowa, later lived in Salt Lake City, Utah; 4 children

Emma SCOTT, b. abt. 1858

Laura Belle SCOTT, b. abt. 1860; m. Thomas Henry Walters 24 Mar 1881, McDonough Co., IL

Census

• United States Census, 1860

Robert Scott M 36 Kentucky Angeline Scott F 34 Kentucky Milton Scott M 9 Illinois Frank Scott M 7 Illinois William Scott M 5 Illinois Laura Scott F 2 Illinois Household ID: 2144 , GS Film Number: 803179 , Digital Folder Number: 004213445 , Image Number: 00306 ^[2]

• United States Census, 1910

Robert M Scott was head of household but alone. District: 43 , Sheet Number and Letter: 14B , Household ID: 132 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M1283 , GS Film number: 1374318 , Digital Folder Number: 004328200 , Image Number: 00091^[3]

• Suplementary profile data^[4]

• Source documents appear to support the RootsWeb website^[5]

• Profile data including birth, death, and other personal observations were collected from one of the Scott Family websites dedicated to the descendants of James Scott III (1758-1811) to the fourth generation^[6]. Contents originally compiled by Paulina (Scott) Provine in 1895. Data is well presented as first-hand knowledge from various resources in the absence of direct and primary evidence. It may not be 100% accurate, but it is as close to accurate as we can attain given the information and sources available to us.

• This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress in need of direct and primary sources. Can you contribute information or sources?

Sources

1. ↑ Robert M. Scott Find A Grave memorial #165115161
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXC8-V96 : accessed 14 June 2015), Robert Scott, Town Of Vermont, Fulton, Illinois, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 302, household ID 2144, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,179.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK64-BTS : accessed 14 June 2015), Robert M Scott, Bushnell Ward 2, McDonough, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 14B, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,318.
4. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MCC4-LHK
5. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=montyhistnotes&id=I39020
6. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fairbanks/scott/scott%20home.htm

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