Kenosha County WI Archives Biographies.....Scott, Matthew 1809 - 
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Author: Western Historical Society (1879)

    MATTHEW SCOTT, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Kenosha; born April 20, 1809, in
Perthshire, Scotland, where he engaged in business as a brewer; came to America
in 1844, and located in Pleasant Prairie Township on Aug. 1st of that year;
bought his farm of 160 acres, about twelve of which have been cultivated, built
his homestead, a handsome brick edifice, barns, etc.; he raises all kinds of
grain and stock. Married Miss Jane Barclay, of Scotland, Dec. 16, 1831; she died
March 9, 1875. Had five children-David, Lawrence, Matthew, Anne and Jane. His
three sons served in the  army, David in the 116th Ill. Regt., and was confined
in Libby prison for eight months; Lawrence served in the 153d Ill. Regt., and
Matthew in the Commissary Department. Oct. 17, 1876, Mr. D. married Miss Jane
Scott, of Scotland. They belong to the Episcopal Methodist Church, built just
across the line in Illinois, and of which Mr. Scott is Treasurer and Trustee.

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Extracted from:

THE HISTORY OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WISCONSIN,

CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY, ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT,
RESOURCES, ETC., AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, THEIR
IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, ETC.,
ETC., WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL 8KBTCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY
SETTLERS, VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, ETC., ETC.; ALSO HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, COSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF WI8CON8IN, CONDEN8ED AB8TRACT OF LAWS OF WI8CONSIN,
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY.
MDCCCLXXIX.
(1879)


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