- Born: 24 April 1861, New York/Pennsylvania 25,44,46,52,53,54
- Marriage: (1): Rosette Plaisted 27 January 1886, West Union, Steuben Co, New York 2,25,44,45,46
- Marriage: (2): Maggie Daley Hauber
- Died: 17 December 1936, Greenwood, Steuben, New York, USA, at age 75 44,46
- Buried: 20 December 1936, Greenwood Cem, New York
Cause of his death was Heart disease.
User ID: Scot1510.
General Notes:
farmer, Troupsburg
in 1870 census listed as age 10, at school and living with father,
Jonathan Scott
Obituary (from newspaper clipping ?? newspaper???): Scott Died while Driving Truck -- Skull not Fractured No Injuries on his Body
Greenwood, NY, Dec. 20 -- William Scott, 69, was stricken with an attack of heart disease Thursday and died in his truck. His skull was not fractured according to Dr. G. L. Whiting of Canisteo who investigated thte death and he sustained no bodily injuries, neither were there any marks from an alleged truck accident on his body, Coroner Whiting said. Exaggerated reports were published regarding his death.
He started driving truck to Jasper about 11 o'clock Thursday forenoon. At the Daniel Krusen farm near Lloyd Cornell's he was stricken with heart disease. The tracks of his truck wheels showed for some distance along the side of the road. Finally, it ran out of the raod and came to a stop in the ditch near a culvert. A passing car driver was first to find him and he hurried to Greenwood for Dr. L.T. Hardenberg. The aged man, however, had died about the time the car went from under his control.
There was a slight scratch on his face, Coroner Whiting said, but it was not caused by the accident. He had spent all his life in West Union and Greenwood. He was a farmer but some time ago moved into the village. He was married twice. The first Mrs. Scott was Rose Plaisted. Following her death he married Mrs. Margaret Hauber of Greenwood. SHe survives; also 4 daughters, Mrs. Mildred Hill of Washington, DC; Miss Eva Scott of Hackensack, NJ; Miss Mabel Scott of Englewood, NJ and Miss Reba Scott of Lynnbrook, NY; 1 grandaughter, Patricia Hill of Washington, DC; 2 stepdaughters; 1 sister, Mrs. Eleanor Miller of Endicott.
The funeral was held Sunday. Rev. Shirley L. Travis, pastor of the United Methodist church officiated. Prayer was held at the house at 12:30. Services was held from the Methodist church at 1 o'clock. Burial was made in the Greenwood cemetery.
He was born April 24, 1851 at Oill City, Pa., At an early age he moved with his parents to Cortland County, NY and later when a young man came to the place then known as Mallory's Corners, now Highup, with his parents.
He was first married to Miss Rose Plaisted. They had 5 children: Miss Mabel Scott of Englewood, NJ; Miss Eva Scott, Hackensack, NJ; Miss Gertrude Scott, deceased; Miss Reba Scott, Lynnbrook, LI, Mrs. Mildred Hill, Washington DC. There is one grandchild, Miss Patricia Hill.
Some who attended the funeral from out of town were: Children of Mr. Scott previously listed; Mr. and Mrs. F.G. Miller of Candor; Mr. and Mrs. Myron Miller, Candor; Mr. Forrest Scott, Hornell; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bertch, Hornell; Gordon Scott of Troupsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Claire Cobb Genesee, PA, Mrs. Edward Dailey, Genesee, PA, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Rynolds, Almond; Mr. and Mrs. Lon Loomis, Athens, PA; Mr. and Mrs. John Hauber and family of Savona; Mr. and Mrs. John Scott, Troupsburg; Mr. John Harden and Miss Belle Harden of Rexville.
Willliam married Rosette Plaisted, daughter of Edward Harmon Plaisted and Rachel Aber, on 27 January 1886 in West Union, Steuben Co, New York 2,25,44,45.,46 (Rosette Plaisted was born on 5 November 1866 in West Union, Steuben Co, New York 2,25,26,44,45,46, died on 18 October 1899 in Troupsburg, New York 2,25,44,45,46 and was buried in Troupsburg, New York 51.) The cause of her death was "Bright's disease" -- probably scarlet fever.
Willliam next married Maggie Daley Hauber. (Maggie Daley Hauber died.)
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