SCOTT, G. W. from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa"

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G. W. SCOTT, of Hazel Dell Township, is a native of Cambridgeshire, 
England, born July 16, 1843, the son of George and Ann (Cooper) Scott, 
both natives of England.  They were married in their native country, 
came to America in 1856, and located in Kane Township, Pottawattamie 
County, where they made their home for twenty years, but died in Hazel 
Dell Township.  The father was a farmer by occupation, having improved 
160 acres of land in this county.  They were associated with the 
Reorganized Church of the Latter-Day Saints.  They had a family of 
twelve children, only five of whom still survive, and of whom G. W. is 
the second oldest child living.

He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common 
schools.  He came to this county with his parents, and has since made 
it his home.  He has assisted largely in building up and developing 
this section.  When he was nineteen years of age he started out in life 
for himself, working out by the month.  Mr. Scott made his first 
purchase of real estate in 1873, on section 22, Hazel Dell Township, 
consisting of eighty acres of raw prairie.  He then took up eighty 
acres adjoining, on the same section, as a homestead, and on which was 
a small frame residence, which now does duty as a poultry house.  In 
1883 he erected his present handsome residence, a dwelling 28 x 16 x 
l8 feet, and also erected, good barns for stock and grain and made 
many other improvements.  He has planted three acres of grove and two 
and a half acres of orchard, and the entire place denotes thrift and 
energy.  He has added to his first purchase until he now owns 245-1/2 
acres of the best land in the county.  He devotes himself to farming 
and stock-raising, and takes an interest in all the better grades of 
stock.  Politically Mr. Scott is a stanch Republican, taking an active 
part in the political work of the county, State and nation.  He is also 
a member of the Mutual Protection Society of Hazel Dell Township, and 
of the Farmers' Alliance.  He is one of the wide-awake men of the 
county, and has by his honesty and integrity won a large circle of 
friends, and his life is a good example of what a man can accomplish 
who has the pluck to carry him through.

Mr. Scott was married, December 31, 1863, to Miss Frances G. Horn, who 
was born in England, July 22, 1844, and who came to America when quite 
young.  They have a family of nine children, viz.: Anna R., deceased; 
Ida B., at home; Olive G., Lillie I., May E., Walter G., deceased, 
Henry T., at home, John F., Ivy Pearl.  His granddaughter, Bessie F. 
Barnes, the daughter of Anna R., resides with her grandparents, Mr. 
and Mrs. Scott.

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