BIOGRAPHIES: Christopher E. SCOTT, Whitehall, Trempealeau Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by Nance Sampson, Trempealeau Co. WIGenWeb CC on 18 January 2004 ************************************************************************ **Posted for informational purposes only - poster is not related to the subject of this biography and has no further information. CHRISTOPHER E. SCOTT, general merchandise, was born in Jefferson Co., N Y., July 10, 1831; left his native State in 1851 and came to Dane Co., Wis., where he worked on a farm. Then returned to New York, remaining there two years, after which he came West again, going to Jackson Co., Iowa.; he then went back to New York and enlisted in Co. D, 10th N. Y. Artillery and served until the close of the war, being in all of the principal battles of the Potomac. In 1866, he came to Wisconsin and located at Whitehall, Trempealeau County, which has since been his home, he taking an active part in all public enterprises. Mr. Scott was married in 1854, in Michigan, to Miss Mary C. Miller, who was born in Illinois in 1834. Their family consists of four children, Walter, Fred, George S. and Harry. --Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881," page 1042 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm