Elmer A. Scott Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1005 in "History of Dakota 
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				ELMER A. SCOTT. 

	Elmer A. Scott, a represesntative and successful agriculturist of 
Minnehaha county, South Dakota, owns and operates a farm of one hundred 
and sixty acres comprising the southeast quarter of section 24, Split 
Rock township. His birth occurred in Illinois on the 19th of August, 
1879, his parents being John A. and Mary M. (Addy) Scott, natives of 
Ohio. Their marriage was celebrated in Illinois, where the father 
engaged in farming until 1881, when he came with his family to South 
Dakota, locating in Valley Springs township, Minnehaha county. Here he 
has remained continuously since, or for about a third of a century, and 
has long been numbered among the substantial agriculturists and 
esteemed citizens of the community. 

	Elmer A. Scott, who was but two years of age when brought to 
South Dakota by his parents, was reared and educated in this state, 
receiving his early instruction under his father. After attaining his 
majority he was married and ill the following spring started out as an 
agriculturist on his own account, cultivating rented land in Lyon 
county, Iowa, for one year. On the expiration of that period he 
purchased one hundred and thirty seven acres of land in Valley Springs 
township, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, on which tract he made his 
home and carried on general agricultural pursuits for eight years. In 
the spring of 1910 he bought his present place of one hundred and sixty 
acres comprising the southeast quarter of section 24, Split Rock 
township, where he has been engaged in general farming continuously 
since with excellent results. The well tilled fields yield golden 
harvests as a reward for the care and labor which he bestows upon them, 
and the neat and attractive appearance of the property bespeaks his 
careful supervision and practical methods. 

On the 12th of January, 1901, Mr. Scott was joined in wedlock to 
Miss Mary Etta Allen, of Valley Springs township, her father being 
Frank Allen, who came to this state from Winneshiek county, Iowa, in 
1888. Our subject and his v if e have five children, namely: Robert, 
Warren, Ray, Frank and Leila. Mr. Scott gives his political allegiance 
to the republican party, loyally supporting its men and measures at the 
polls. Fraternally he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America, 
while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the 
Methodist church, to which his wife also belongs. His life has been 
upright and honorable in all relations and he well deserves 
representation among the enterprising and progressive citizens of his 
adopted state.