Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Scott, Francis E. January 30, 1841 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glapha Cox rcoxfam@earthlink.net January 26, 2006, 9:30 am Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884) Centre Township p. 361 & 362 Francis E. Scott, manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes, Centreville, Ind., was born in South Bend, Ind., Jan. 30, 1841, the only son of William and Clarissa M. (Faulkner) Scott, his father a native of England and his mother of Schenectady County. N, Y. William Scott came to the United States when fourteen years of age. He was by trade a shoemaker, and followed that business several years in Abington, Wayne County. He died in February, 1868. His wife died in 1875. They had a family of four children---Mary, wife of Dr. Hall; Julia, wife of Lewis Robey; Martha, wife of James Reed, of Richmond; and Francis E., who was reared and educated in Wayne County, learning the shoemaker's trade of his father. He commenced business on his own account in the fall of 1865, in Centreville. In March, 1862, he was married to Narrie E., daughter of James and Mary Dunbar. They have one son---Harry S., who learned telegraphy in Centreville and for three years has been operator of the Union Dispatch office in Richmond. Mr. Scott is Past Grand of Hoosier Lodge, No. 23, I. O. O. F. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/wayne/bios/scott286gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb