Thomas West Scott (1808 - 1885)

Born 2 Dec 1808 in Montgomery, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1885 at age 76 in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States

Biography

"Thomas W. was a child of six years when the family removed to Kentucky, and there in the Blue-Grass State he was reared and educated. In 1829 he came to Illinois, making the trip on horseback, and located at Rushville, which was but a hamlet; the surrounding country was thinly settled, and much of the land was yet owned by the Government. He embarked in the mercantile trade at Rushville, opening the first store of the kind in that place; he carried on a business there until 1835, and then returned to Scott county, Kentucky. He bought the Blue Springs farm, five miles west of Georgetown, and cultivated this land with slave labor; he lived there until 1851, when he sold out and returned to Rushville, Illinois. He was engaged in conducting a general loan and brokerage business until his death, which occurred January 22, 1885.

"Mr. Scott was twice married; his first wife was Adeline Johnson; she was born in Scott county, Kentucky, and died there in 1834; the issue of this marriage was one son, R. J., now living at Brookfield, Missouri, a physician. The second marriage was December 20, 1840, when he was united to Catherine Fitzgerald. She was born one mile from Lexington, Kentucky, October 30, 1822, a daughter of Jesse Fitzgerald, a native of Colfax county, Virginia."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Biographical Review Publishing Co., p. 197

• Biographical Review Publishing Company. Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1892. (Bio of Thomas W. Scott, pages 196-7)
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M652-W1L : 22 December 2020), Thomas W Scott, Scott, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHT-X7N : 11 November 2020), Thos W Scott, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W6-DVR : 1 January 2021), Thomas Scott, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKJ-7PG : 12 November 2020), Thomas Scott, Schuyler, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 273, sheet 470D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,250.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 13 February 2021), memorial page for Thomas West Scott Sr. (2 Dec 1808–22 Jan 1885), Find A Grave: Memorial #82330545, citing Rushville City Cemetery, Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Robert Kuhmann (contributor 46567652). (includes photo of gravestone)

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.