John II & Elizabeth A. Scott Maxwell family
ELIZABETH A. SCOTT d/o Andrew & Anna
Longest Scott b. 20 Jan 1815 Harrison co. Ind. d. 20 Mar 1886 Dewitt
co. Ill. m. 17 Jun 1834 John Maxwell II s/o John & Jane Brazelton Maxwell
b. 18 Apr 1807 North Carolina d. 5 Jan 1891 Dewitt co. Ill., both buried
Rock Creek Cemetery. In the 1840 census, Elizabeth's grandfather John Wilson
Scott was living with them and enumerated as one of only two surviving
Revolutionary War veterans (and pensioners) in Dewitt county. 10 children:
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Elizabeth S. b. 1834/5 d. 8 May 1843 Dewitt co. Ill.
buried Rock Creek Cemetery
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Anna Jane b. 1836 d. before 1860? m. 7 Sept 1854 Dewitt co. Ill.
Lewis Veteto s/o John & Nancy Draper Veteto b. 16 Apr 1824
McLean co. Ill.? d. 13 Mar 1900 Dewitt co. Ill.; 2 of their children were living with their grandparents
John & Elizabeth Maxwell in 1870. Lewis m/2. Elizabeth McClure in 1875 Knox co. Indiana.
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John Andrew b. 28 Mar 1838 Bloomington, McLean co. Ill. d. 1 July
1919 Dewitt co. Ill. m/1. 20 Jun 1861 Dewitt co. Ill. Leannah Scott d/o
John
Wilson III & Mahala Atherton Scott b. 10 Feb 1847 d. 31 Mar
1866 Dewitt co. Ill. (not in childbirth, but about 5 months after), 1 son
died young; m/2. 11 Apr 1867 Dewitt co. Ill. Julia A. Troxel, d/o Samuel
& Mary Troxel b. 11 Jun 1845 d. 11 Apr 1913 Dewitt co. Ill.; all buried
Rock Creek Cemetery
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James David b. Dec 1839 Dewitt co. Ill. d. after 1910, last known
living in Blue Ridge twp., Piatt co. Ill.; m/1. 1 Mar 1860 Dewitt co. Ill. Dianah Atherton
b. 1841 d. about 1873; m/2. 1884 Dewitt co. Ill. Elizabeth Hazlett Arthur
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Nancy Lucinda b. 14 Aug 1841 Dewitt co. Ill. d. 24 Feb
1901 Cowley co. Kansas m. 25 July 1859 Joseph/Josiah
Etherton/Atherton/Arthington s/o Josiah
& Sarah Summers Atherton b. 2 Dec 1831 Adams co. Ill. d. 22 Jan 1887 Cowley co. Kansas, 5 children
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Dorinda B. or O. b. 1844/5 d. 1856 aged 12 years; buried Rock Creek
Cemetery
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Infant d. 1848, buried Rock Creek Cemetery
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William Alexander b. 20 Dec 1850 Dewitt co. Ill. d. 13 Dec 1924 Dewitt co. Ill. m/1. 15 Dec 1870
Dewitt co. Ill. Martha E. Martin, 1 child; m/2. 19 Dec 1878 Dewitt co. Ill. Asenith
F. Bradford d/o John & Suffernatz J. Welch Bradford b. ca. 1861 Piatt
co. Ill.; m/3. 4 Nov 1888 McLean co. Ill. Mary Ann Harvey b. Jan 1853 Illinois
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Caleb Dale b. 23 Aug 1854 Dewitt co. Ill. d. 25 Feb 1926 Elmira,
Lane co. Oregon m. 27 Nov 1877 Mary E. Patton (but the license was
not returned; sometimes that implies the marriage did not take place, but
she is buried under her married name) b. 4 July 1862 d. 19 Sept 1878 Dewitt
co. Ill., buried Rock Creek Cemetery; m/2. 26 Nov 1879 Sangamon co.
Ill. Joanna Yates b. ca. 1855 d. 30 Jul 1892 Elmira, Lane co. Oregon. Caleb was arrested in December 1878 for assault.
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Joseph Porter b. 28 Feb 1857 Dewitt co. Ill. d. 18 Nov 1923 McLean
co. Ill. m. 9 Apr 1882 Logan co. Ill. Emma Alice Simms b. 23 Jul 1865 Sullivan
co. Ind. d. 5 Jun 1957
Author:
Matt Scott