Alexander & Dianner Atherton Scott family
Alexander Scott s/o John Wilson II &
Mary Keith Scott b. 2 Aug 1810 Jackson (now Clay) co. Tenn. d. 25 May
1881 Daviess co. Mo. m. 18 Feb 1831 Tazewell co. Ill. (by his uncle
Martin Scott) Dianner Atherton d/o Jonathan Sr. & Elizabeth Brown Atherton
b. 25 Feb 1815 Grayson co. Ky. d. 28 Jun 1893 Daviess co. Mo. They
moved to Pike co. Ill. in the 1840's; he is shown in the 1840 census in
Dewitt county as "Alexander Scott Jr.". They are not listed in the
1860 census; by 1870 they are in Daviess co. Mo. In 1880 Alexander's
occupation was listed as "notary public". Her name
is spelled
"Dianner" on her tombstone, so I've chosen to consider that the correct
spelling. 13 children, 7 survived:
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Elizabeth Ann- b. 4 Nov 1832 McLean co. Ill. d. 5 Aug 1865 Pike
co. Ill., buried Brown Cemetery, Pike co. Ill.; m. 8 Nov 1852
Pike co. Ill. Isaac N. Gilworth b. 6 Nov 1830 d. 15 Oct 1901; at
least 3 children (Elizabeth had been said to have married a John B.
Hobbs and died young without any children,
but no proof was ever found)
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Mary Jane- b. 26 Apr 1834 McLean co. Ill. d. 9 Oct 1839 Dewitt
co. Ill.
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John William- b. 11 Aug 1835 McLean co. Ill. d. 9 Oct 1838
McLean co. Ill.
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Joshua B.
- b. 30 May 1837 McLean co. Ill. d. 20 Sept 1919
Jamesport, Daviess co. Mo. m/1. 14 May/Mar 1860 Meribah/Miribah
G. Brooks d/o Archibald Harper & Lucinda Lockhart Sanders Brooks b.
1839/40 Pike co. Ill. d. 13 Feb 1863 (one son); Joshua m/2.
24/5 Nov 1872 Daviess co. Mo. Mary Jane Kemp d/o John &
Eleanor Hays Kemp b. 20 Apr 1852 Jamesport, Daviess co. Mo.
d. 30 Dec 1904 Jamesport, Daviess co. Mo.; 2 sons
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Nancy Galey- b. 19 Mar 1839 Dewitt co. Ill. d. 9 Nov 1839
Dewitt co. Ill.
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Hannah Minerva- b. 28 Aug 1840 Ill. d. 20 July 1851 Pike co. Ill.
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Jonathan Atherton- b. 25 July 1842 Pike co. Ill. d. 15 Dec
1843 Pike co. Ill.
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Sarah- b. 27 Aug 1844 Pike co. Ill. d. 26 Jan 1901 Daviess
co. Mo. m. 22 Mar 1864 Joseph Brown b. 29 Jan 1835 d.
9 Nov 1879 Daviess co. Mo.; 8 children. Sarah Scott Brown owned the
family bible where all of these birth and death dates come from.
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Andrew Jackson- b. 6 Nov 1846 Pike co. Ill. d. 10 Nov 1846
Pike co. Ill.
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Lucinda Breeden- b. 14 Nov 1847 Pike co. Ill. d. 22 Apr
1917
Chillicothe, Livingston co. Mo.; never married, three children; one son (Edgar Anderson
Scott 1881-1938) and one daughter (b. 13 May 1885, Daviess co. Mo.,
died before 1900) known, by a Thomas Anderson Gaines (b. 12 Feb 1846 - 14 Mar 1907)
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Rosanna "Annie"
- b. 14 Mar 1850 Pike co. Ill. d. 2/3 Nov 1933 Daviess co. Mo.
m. 27 Feb 1870 Daviess co. Mo. Benjamin Franklin Cox s/o Joseph &
Catherine Hockensmith Cox b. 28 Feb 1846 Frankfort, Ky. d.
26 Apr 1925 Daviess co. Mo. Benjamin served in Co. K, 64th Illinois
Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. 9 children.
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James Alexander- b. 27 Aug 1852 Ill. d. 23 Jan 1901 Daviess co. Mo.
m. 18 Oct 1870 Daviess co. Mo. Mary Prudence Scott d/o Ira
G. & Mary Chatham Scott b. 8 May 1850 Dewitt co. Ill. d.
19 Mar 1929 Mountain Grove, Clinton twp., Texas co. Mo.
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Caroline Angeline- b. 22 Nov 1854 Ill. d. 19 July 1926 Daviess co.
Mo. m. 11 Jun 1871 Daviess co. Mo. Henry Rogers Croy s/o Alex
& Sophia Railsback Croy b. 22 Feb 1850 Crawfordsville, Ind.
d. 15 Apr 1915 Daviess co. Mo. 12 children
Author:
Matt Scott