Prior Scott
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Prior Scott (1798 - 1888)

Col. Prior Scott
Born in Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 24 Aug 1824 in Ohio, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 1 Apr 1875 in Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, USAmap
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Father of
Died at age 90 in Cedar, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Biography

Prior was named after his paternal grandmother. He was born 11 April 1798 in Bourbon county, Kentucky to Joseph Scott (1773-1872) and Mary Cain Scott (1777-1857), both of whole were born in Virginia. He had twelve siblings, who were all born in Ohio. The family moved to Mercer county, Illinois, but it appears that Prior went to Iowa before that. He is in Linn county, Iowa in 1840.[1] Then in Pioneer township of Cedar county, Iowa in 1850, where he remained the rest of his life.[2][3][4][5][6]
He married Ruth Caraway on 24 August 1824. She was the daughter of Henry Caraway (1765-1835) and Margaret Smith Caraway (1764-1819), and was born 11 March 1805 in Adams county, Ohio. They had about twelve children.
Ruth died on 27 August 1874. Prior married Mary Ruble on 1 April 1875 in Mechanicsville.[7]
Prior died on 16 August 1888 in Mechanicsville, Cedar county, Iowa and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery.[8]

From Find A Grave Memorial# 10203299 OBIT from scrapbook of obits Cedar County Historical Museum.

SCOTT.-At his home near Mechanicsville, this county, on Thursday mooring, August 16th, 1888, Col. Prior Scott, in the ninetieth year of his age. Deceased was born on Silas Creek, near the junction of Scott, Bourbon and Harrison counties, Kentucky, on the fourth day of November, 1798. In 1818 he went to Indiana for one year, after which he spent several years in Ohio, where on August 4th, 1824, he was united in marriage with Ruth Caraway. Two years thereafter he returned to Indiana, and in 1837 emigrated to the territory of Wisconsin and located upon the very farm where he died 51 years later-thus becoming one of the very first settlers of what is now Cedar County, Iowa. Thus has another of the pioneers been called to his long home, very few if any being left whose coming dates back so far as his. Mr. Scott was an active and fearless man-one well fitted to his chosen duty upon the outposts of advancing civilization. And these qualities, with his abounding hospitality, soon made his home to be known far and wide and to serve as the rendezvous of the scattered settlers and the refuge of the traveling stranger and explorer. The Territorial Governor, Hon. A. C. Dodge, also commissioned him as Colonel in the earliest militia organization; and although the troops may have existed chiefly on paper, the title fitted the recipient and has remained with him ever since. August 27th, 1874, the wife of his youth was called away, three days more than a half century of wedded life having then been allowed her. In 1875 he remarried to Mrs. Mary Rubel, a native of Illinois and a resident of the vicinity. Four sons and four daughters were born of the first marriage and one daughter of the second. A lengthy illness preceded Mr. Scott's decease, which was in part at least induced by a fall received from a buggy three years ago. The funeral was solemnized at the residence on last Friday, Rev. W. N. Chaffee, of Mechanicsville officiating. A large number of friends and neighbors, including many old settlers, were present to pay their last respects to the veteran, whose mortal remains were laid beside those of his first wife in Pioneer Grove Cemetery.

Sources

  1. FamilySearch.org, [1], 1840 US Census.
  2. FamilySearch.org, [2], 1850 US Census.
  3. FamilySearch.org, [3], 1850 US Census.
  4. FamilySearch.org, [4], 1860 US Census.
  5. FamilySearch.org, [5], 1870 US Census.
  6. FamilySearch.org, [6], 1880 US Census.
  7. FamilySearch.org, [7], Iowa Marriages.
  8. FamilySearch.org, [8], Burial Index.

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

  • Prior Scott, "United States Census, 1840"

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHTG-QGQ : 24 August 2015), Prior Scott, Linn, Iowa Territory, United States; citing p. 171, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 102; FHL microfilm 7,790.

  • Prior Scott, "United States Census, 1850"

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ4Z-13D : 9 November 2014), Prior Scott, Pioneer, Cedar, Iowa, United States; citing family 566, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  • Prior Scott, "United States Census, 1860"

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M82F-665 : 30 December 2015), Prior Scott, 1860.

  • Prior Scott, "United States Census, 1870"

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDJL-YH8 : 17 October 2014), Prior Scott, Iowa, United States; citing p. 5, family 33, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,879.

  • Prior Scott, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"

"Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJLF-34G : 3 December 2014), Prior Scott and Mary Ruble, 01 Apr 1875; citing Mechanicsville, Cedar Co., Iowa, reference 2:3BNWP7M; FHL microfilm 986,806.

  • Prior Scott, "United States Census, 1880"

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDK1-DD4 : 13 July 2016), Prior Scott, Pioneer, Cedar, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 342, sheet 7B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0331; FHL microfilm 1,254,331.

  • Prior Scott, "Find A Grave Index"

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV27-3JG6 : 13 December 2015), Prior Scott, 1888; Burial, Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, United States of America, Rose Hill Cemetery; citing record ID Find A Grave: Memorial #10203299, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgements

  • Doug Minear, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Doug and others. Entered by Doug Minear, Nov 29, 2011.




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