James K. & Elizabeth Scott family
JAMES K. SCOTT s/o John Wilson & Nancy Keith
Scott b. 12 or 18 Apr 1793 (source - SAR application of Lt. Chester C. Edwards), probably
South Carolina (though he reported North Carolina in the 1850 census)
d. 5/6 Jun 1853 Dewitt co. Ill. (dropsy) m. ca. 1814 Elizabeth Scott
d/o Wilson Scott? b. 7 Apr 1802? 7 Apr 1797? Tennessee d. 24 Jun 1869 Winterset, Madison co. Iowa; buried Winterset City Cemetery. James and Elizabeth were first cousins (per son Crafton's
Civil War pension application, Thomas Franklin Scott's research, Ethel
Scott Fraser's 1959 DAR application, and Mary Jane Bebout's 1960 DAR application),
and her maiden name was Scott (per daughter Lucinda's second marriage
record and Mary Jane Bebout's 1960 DAR application). All records
say James died on June 5th, but his obituary in the Bloomington Intelligencer
says the 6th.
There was some confusion as to when and where Elizabeth died- one
record
said 1863 in Daviess co. Mo., another says 1874 or 1878 in Madison co.
Iowa, and I don't know what the source is for any of them. She is
listed in the 1870 mortality schedule for Madison county. The birthdate
on her headstone, 1802, is difficult to believe as she would then be 18
years old in the 1820 census, with three children (the oldest born when
she was ostensibly 13). Given her ages on census returns, my guess is
that her true birthdate was 7 Apr 1797.
James was a minister in the Christian church, a physician, a justice
of the peace, and served two terms in the state legislature from 1842-1846.
In the first election when Dewitt county was formed in 1839, he lost 263-206
in the race for Justice. He was also foreman of the grand jury in
Dewitt county in September 1847 and again in September 1848. He is
buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, but there is no stone, and I don't think
there ever was. Elizabeth was said to have been returned to Illinois
and buried in Rock Creek, but there is no stone for her there.
In 1840, James wrote a letter to a medical
journal called "The Botanico Medical Recorder" that survives. In
it, he thanks Dr. A. Curtis for his "letter in relation to the health of
my son [Lorenzo]", and says his "practice is so great that I have but little time
to be at home, day or night". He also says his "success is good in
curing all curable diseases common in this country [but] [t]he most difficult...
are chills and fevers, or cold extremities and warm head and body".
Curtis provided advice on curing chills, and admonished James, saying "[i]t
is not right to neglect your own son, in your efforts to relieve the distressed.
Many [doctors] have neglected their own families and themselves also, till
too late to do good... and this done injury instead of good to the cause".
In 1843, James and four other men were tasked with locating the county
seat of Woodford county, Illinois, which they did at Metamora on 21 Feb
1845.
On 12 Feb 1850, James wrote a letter to Stephen A. Douglas, probably
asking for help pleading the case for Dewitt county to recieve new construction
projects from the state.
In an affadavit for Crafton Scott's pension application dated 10 July
1877, Judge John J. McGraw (who had also been the executor of Lorenzo's estate) described James K. Scott as "a short stout man"
and Elizabeth as "a frail weakly woman of a consumptive nature".
They had at least 8 children:
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Lorenzo Dow b. May 1815 - May 1816 Indiana d. Feb
1857 Dewitt co. Ill., never married. He owned land in Henry
co. Missouri. He
voted in the election in Dewitt county in 1844. He suffered from some
sort of health problem starting around 1834 that were described as "the
fever (so called) and, at the time of the fever, he puked a quantity of
blood, and has been in bad health ever since [1840]. He complained of
pains in the stomach, of a continual costive habit [constipation], skin
yellow, general debility, head trembles as one that has the shaking
palsy [tremors], appetite good all the time". On 10 Nov 1854, while in
Clinton (Dewitt county), Abraham Lincoln wrote a plea and notice in a
case between Lorenzo and Andrew C. Scott (seemingly his cousin);
on 16 Nov 1854, Lincoln was working for the defense in Lorenzo Scott v.
Joseph Winkel and Andrew Scott, when the case was dismissed by
agreement with cousel for plaintiff.
- Male born ca. 1817 (aged under 10 in 1820 census, Crawford co. Ind.) d. 1820-1830
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John Wilson (M. D.) b. 22 Jan 1819 Hermitage Springs, Jackson (now
Clay) co. Tennessee d. Dec 1854 Texas twp., Dewitt co. Ill. ("while erecting
a house", but no word on how literally that should be taken) m. 24 Nov
1836 Macon co. Ill. Leuinda Blair b. 25 Feb 1820 Kentucky d. 13 Sep 1907
Dewitt co. Ill.; 8 children. John or his cousin John W. Scott
III was indicted for assault with a knife in Dewitt county in October 1851.
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Martin P. b. 1825/6 Sangamon co. Ill. d. between 1855-1882
m. 5
May
1845
Hannah Mariah Rosencrans b. 15 May 1829 Butler co. Ohio d. 11 Apr 1892
Dewitt co. Ill., buried Crum Cemetery. No children. In
1853, Martin was listed in his father's will as being bequeathed 9
acres he lived on "only except he has an heir", then in that case "to
descend to the heir" (possibly implying James knew Martin might
leave?). Martin was last
known living in Dewitt county in the 1855 state census, with his wife
and his (seemingly) chronically ill brother Lorenzo. He resigned as administrator
of the estates of his brother John and of a Thomas Jackson on 30 July
1855, effective 17 Sept 1855. Martin was not mentioned
in Lorenzo's
will, written on 2 Feb 1857, only his "brothers Crafton and James C.
Scott" (implying that it was thought he was dead?). Hannah tried to marry
a Daniel A. Calkins on
4 July 1857 in Dewitt county, but she was
indicted for bigamy in March 1858 and Daniel was indicted for "illegal
marriage" at the same time (Daniel seems to have been married to
someone else as well, so without the original records, it can't be
determined who was discovered to still be married); both cases were
"stricken from docket". Martin
was listed in a chancery bill to correct a deed on 5 Aug 1859, along
with his siblings and mother. Hannah then filed for divorce from Martin
(under
her middle name) on 13 July 1860, stating that Martin had been absent
from
the household (desertion) for more than two years. Martin did not
answer the summons and the divorce was granted (I believe it was
thought
that he had left the state, but much of the paperwork is impossible to
read). I
do not know where Martin went after
1855; he was not in Illinois in 1860. Hannah married 11 Aug
1861 Dewitt co. Ill. John Adam
Schmidt, and they had 3 children by 1870. In the "History of Dewitt
county", published in 1882, Lorenzo (1857), John (1854), Martin, and
James K. (1853) were all said to have "died several years ago".
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Crafton Porter (M. D.) b. 12 Sep 1825 Sangamon co. Ill. d.
4 AM, 8 Jan 1900 Lincoln, Logan co. Ill. (dropsy and heart failure), buried Union Cemetery, Lincoln, Ill. m.
5 Jun 1845 Rhoda Davenport b. 1826/7 Kentucky d. after 1900 (but not in the 1900 census). Crafton
Scott was indicted along with a G. F. Davenport for larceny, pled guilty,
and fined $10 each in Dewitt county in May, 1855. He served in the
Civil War, as a musician, mustering in on 4 Sept 1862 at Wapella, Dewitt
co. Ill. and being discharged 17 Sept 1863 on account of a disability.
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Mary Ann b.
1830 Tazewell co. Ill. d. after 1900; last known living
in Clinton co. Missouri, but may have moved to Oklahoma (2 of her
children were
there in 1910). m/1. 31 Aug 1853 Dewitt co. Ill. Ezra Smith
Pierce
s/o Ezra & Mary Rachel Hinshaw Pierce? b. 31 Jan 1820
Pennsylvania d. 25 Dec 1863 Cairo, Alexander co. Ill. (Civil
War), 5 children, but only 2 survived to adulthood; Mary m/2. 16 Dec
1866 Madison co. Iowa James Harris
b. 6 Oct 1814 North Carolina d. 7
Jun 1873 Iowa state courthouse grounds, Des Moines, Polk co. Iowa, buried Winterset cemetery, Madison
co. Iowa; 2 children, 1 of whom died young.
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James Campbell (M. D.) b. 22 Feb 1833 Tazewell (now Dewitt)
co. Illinois d. 3 Sep 1902 Atlanta, Logan co. Ill. m. 12 Aug 1853 Narcissus
Asa d/o Elijah & Susannah Asa b. 24 Jul 1835 Indiana d. 22 May 1920
Kenney, Dewitt co. Ill. James and Narcissus are buried in the Evergreen
cemetery, Dewitt co. Ill. James inherited his father's library of
books. 9 children, 6 survived.
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Lucinda M. b. 1834/5 or 1839 Illinois d. 1896 Daviess co.
Mo. m/1. 21 Dec 1856 Benton co. Mo. James A. Garton b. 1828 Kentucky
d. 1870's, probably Buchanan co. Mo.; Lucinda m/2. 9 Oct 1878 Geneva, Fillmore co. Nebraska John M. Spandau
s/o Charles & Henrietta Spandau b. 1837 Bavaria/Germany
d. 2 Jun 1908 Pawnee co. OK, buried Bethany Cemetery, Hallett, Pawnee co.
OK. (with his second wife Annie R. 1860-1953, see below); John served in
the Civil War, Co. H, 77th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (Private), he enlised
6 Aug 1862 in Peoria, Illinois, and was mustered out on 17 Jun 1865..
James and Lucinda lived in St. Joseph, Missouri at least through 1870;
in 1880 Lucinda had remarried and was living in the town of Grafton, Fillmore
co. Nebraska, but shortly afterward they moved back to Daviess co. Mo.
James may have been a preacher; there was a J. Garton listed as performing
marriages in Madison co. Iowa (where Lucinda's sister Mary lived) in Dec
1871. Lucinda and James had one son:
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James Martin b. Jun 1861 Daviess co. Mo. d. 8 Mar 1921 Jennings,
Pawnee
co. OK; m/1. 8 Dec 1886 Daviess co. Mo. Anna Rebecca Cole d/o
Eleazer H. & Sarah Jane Eastlack Cole b. 24 Jan 1860
Iowa d. 16 Apr 1953 Texas City, Galveston co. Texas, 3 children,
she was buried under the name Spandau and
as John M.'s wife. James m/2. 17 Jun 1907 Carter co.
Oklahoma Mary Magdalene 'Maggie' Redford d/o Adolphus
Woodson & Lettie Deliah Redford b. 18/23 Jul 1884 Linn,
Moniteau co. Missouri d. 26 Oct 1918 Fort Worth, Tarrant co.
Texas (Tuberculosis), as the wife of an H. T. Whipple; 1 child with
James (in the 1910 census, Maggie is listed as a widow, living in a
hotel, working as a "phone girl" and as having had one child, who was
living; James is not found in the census, nor is their child). In the
1920 census, James and Anna (listed as
"Standau A.") are living with their son William F. Garton, and are both
listed as widows. I think that means Anna and James divorced
and she married his stepfather Johm M. Spandau. A
story is online that mentions a woman of Pawnee county as "Mrs. Garton
Spandau" in 1903, and that Etta Garton (b. 30 Nov 1890, d/o James &
Anna) was the best friend of the author's sister who died (Etta herself
died 2 Feb 1909, six years later).
Author:
Matt Scott