Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Scott, George W. 1840 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 13, 2007, 10:08 pm Author: Unknown GEORGE W. SCOTT, house, sign and ornamental painter, decorator and paper- hanger; has been a resident of La Crosse since August, 1856. He was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, 1840; son of Ellis Scott, a native of Massachusetts, who died in 1869. Mr. Scott came to La Crosse at the age of 16 years, learned his trade here, and has followed it in La Crosse since, except when in the army. He enlisted, August, 1861, in the 1st Wis. Battery, and was in the service till November, 1864, and participated in every battle in which the battery was engaged during that time. He was married to Olive L. Crosby, daughter of Alonzo K. Crosby, in Blandford, Hampden Co., Mass., June, 1865; has had three children - Nellie E. (deceased), Emma L. and Gertie G. Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 790. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/scott351gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb