Andrew B. & Sarah Atherton Scott Family

ANDREW B. SCOTT s/o John & Mary Keith Scott  b. 24 May 1821 Jackson (now Clay) co. Tenn. d. 12 Dec 1893 at his son's house near McLean, McLean co. Ill. m. 15 Aug 1844 Pike co. Ill. Sarah Atherton b. 19 Dec 1824 Sangamon co. Ill. d. 30 Jan 1912 Dewitt co. Ill.  8 or 9 children, 7 survived:

• Mary Jane- b. 21 Mar 1846 Dewitt co. Ill.  d. 28 Mar 1877 Dewitt co. Ill.  m. 1 Jan 1865 Ira Samuel Cisco  s/o William H. & Sarah N. Riley Cisco  b. 24 Sept 1845 Dewitt co. Ill.  d. 23 Sept 1922 Dewitt co. Ill.  5 children.
• Martha Ann-  b. 17 Mar 1849 Dewitt co. Ill.  d. 8 Oct 1926 Dewitt co. Ill.  m. 31 Dec 1865 Francis Marion Cisco  s/o William H. & Sarah N. Riley Cisco  b. 7 Aug 1837 McLean co. Ill.  d. 4 July 1910 Dewitt co. Ill.  5 children.

• Dianna Lucinda- b. 24 Mar 1853 Dewitt co. Ill.  d. 2 Jun 1885 Dewitt co. Ill.  m. 26 Jan 1871 John "Jack" Cisco  s/o William H. & Sarah N. Riley Cisco  b. 12 Sept 1849 Dewitt co. Ill.  d. 12 Aug 1903 Dewitt co. Ill., 1 child?
• John Hiram- b. 8 Sept 1855 Dewitt co. Ill.  d. 15 Nov 1856 Dewitt co. Ill., buried Rock Creek Cemetery.  Despite the fact that little John died at 14 months, and that his tombstone is quite readable, he is listed clearly as a 4-year-old in the 1860 census of Dewitt county.  I don't know why.
• James Franklin- b. 26 Aug 1857 Dewitt co. Ill.  d. 8 Jan 1912  m/1. 3 Feb 1877 Mary A. Baker  b. 22 Oct 1858 Illinois d. 11 Apr 1883 Dewitt co. Ill. (buried Fairview-Fremont cemetery, Waynesville twp., Dewitt co. Ill.); James m/2. 8 Dec 1884 Letha Baker  b. Sept 1860
• Oscar Douglas-  b. Jun 1861 Dewitt co. Ill.  d. 28 Aug 1920 Yamhill co. Oregon  m. 23 Mar 1884 Hattie M. Copeland  b. Mar 1867 Ohio  d. 23 Feb 1938 Portland co. Oregon; at least 4 children.
• Nancy Ellen- b. 10 Mar 1863 Dewitt co. Ill.  d. 4 Jan 1927 Clinton, Dewitt co. Ill.  m/1. 12 July 1880 David E. Riddle b. 1857/8 Ill.; they were divorced in 1890, 3 or 4 children.  Nancy m/2. 22 Jan 1896 William Mathis Despain  b. 15 Mar 1854/5 Illinois  d. 3 Mar 1913 Dewitt co. Ill., 3 or 4 children (Nancy said in the 1910 census that she had had 7 children and that 5 were living at the time; I only know of 3 from each marriage).
• Charles Alexander- b. Jun 1867 Dewitt co. Ill. d. 11 Mar 1918  Jacksonville State Hospital, Morgan co. Illinois m. 6 Nov 1889 Nettie A. Gelsthorp b. 4 Oct 1872 Coshocton co. Ohio d. 15 Jul 1938 Bloomington, McLean co. Ill.  (she m/2 21 Jul 1919 Charles Lindsey); 2 children.  In 1902, a tornado blew the roof off of his house.
• daughter?- Nancy Despain's obituary in 1927 says that she was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters, which would mean there is a female child not accounted for specifically so far