Bio of Briney SCOTT (b.1867), Wabasha Co., MN

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History of Wabasha County, Minnesota, 1920

Briney Scott, the proprietor and operator of a farm of 249 acres in
Zumbro Township, was born in West Albany Township, Wabasha County, March 
8, 1867, son of Partick and Mary (Lane) Scott.  The parents came to 
Wabasha County from Ireland in the early sixties, settling on a tract 
of 200 acres in west Albany Township, a part of which the father cleared, 
also erecting buildings and carrying on general farming.  He died in 1912, 
having survived his wife Mary, who passed away in 1905.  Their children 
were Mary, Briney, Michael, Richard, Margaret, and Annie, the last three 
mentioned of whom are now deceased.  Briney Scott was educated in the 
district school and after beginning industrial life worked for his father 
until 1892.  He then bought a threshing-machine that he operated for 
several years.  In 1894 he purchased 160 acres of land in West albany 
Township, on which he built a residence and outbuildings, and was engaged 
in farming and stock raising there until 1899, when he sold the property.  
After that, for a number of years, he operated rented farms in Wabasha 
County.  Then, in 1916, he bought his present farm of 249 acres in 
section 11, Zumbro Township, on which he has made some improvements, 
and where he is successfully carrying on a general farming business.  
He was formerly a member of the school board in Highland Township, is 
fraternally affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, and is a 
member of the Catholic church.  Mr. Scott was married June 16, 1893, 
to Anna McNulty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cormick McNulty, her parents 
being natives of Ireland who came to America in the early sixties and
settled in Oakwood Township, Wabasha County, Minn., where they spent the 
rest of their lives.  Mr. and Mrs. Briney Scott are the parents of 11 
children, all of whom are living, namely:  Florence, born November 3, 
1894; Richard, March 8, 1896; Theresa, October 23, 1897; Irene, August 
14, 1899; Bernard, August 17, 1901; Ralph, July 11, 1903; Alice, 
September 10, 1906; William, September 26, 1907; Lloyd, February 12, 
1909; Vincent, Septmeber 19, 1911, and Arthur, August 30, 1914.  
Florence is now Mrs. Frank O'Donald, Richard resides in Gary, Ind., 
Theresa is now Mrs. Walter Canfield of Kellogg, Irene is a teacher in 
the Smithfield district, and Lloyd is a student in the high school at 
St. Paul.
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