[Photo courtesy of: Jeannette Scott (granddaughter of James Alfred
Scott and daughter of Laurel Flynn Scott.]
This
photo of the JAMES ALFRED SCOTT FAMILY was taken about 1915 in Oklahoma. (L-to-R) Zara Harold Scott; James Alfred Scott
(the father); Clarence Jennings Scott; James William Dunlap Scott; Gladys Iona Scott
Dunlap; Mary Alice Dunlap Scott (2nd spouse and mother of JWD Scott); Laurel
Flynn Scott; Mary Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Webster; Raymond Cyril Scott.
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James Alfred Scott
(born 4 DEC 1864 in Ontario, Canada; died 29 JUL 1935 in Delano, Kern,
California)
Submitted by: Dorothy Hazel Tarr
INTRODUCTION
James
Alfred Scott is my Maternal First Great-Grandfather.
He was born into a large family and was the eleventh of eleven children
born to his parents. He was married
twice and had six children by his first wife, and after her death and his remarriage,
he had one more child. During his
lifetime, he moved about and saw some of this land. He was born in Ontario, Canada, and at age 16
moved with his parents to the USA. He lived
in Kansas and Oklahoma, and then relocated to California where he remained for
the rest of his life. His occupations
included farming with his parents, schoolmaster, merchant and shop owner, and then
farm owner and manager in his later years.
As I
learn more about our Family or learn of details that need changing, I will
update this Story from time-to-time. If
you have any comments or thoughts to share, they will be welcomed in the spirit
that they are offered. You can email me
at -- FamilyAlbum2010.Dorothy.Tarr@gmail.com
.
A
SHORT FAMILY HISTORY
James
Alfred Scott's parents were Jobe W Scott
(born 22 SEP 1817 Ontario, Canada; died at age 70 on 8 DEC 1893 in Kansas
probably) and Rebecca Scott (maiden name was Scott)
(born 5 FEB 1820 in Ontario, Canada; died 1889 in Kansas probably).
James
Alfred Scott lived with his parents in the
Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, area until about 1880.
Then at age 16, James Alfred relocated with his parents to settle in Superior,
McPherson, Kansas, USA, where they purchased land and farmed. I have copies of some land deeds (courtesy of
his granddaughter Jeannette Scott) showing his parents sold their land in
Ontario, Canada; so this relocation of the JOBE W SCOTT Family to McPherson
County, Kansas, was meant to be permanent.
James
Alfred Scott became a schoolmaster and taught
school in McPherson County, Kansas. While
there, he met his first wife, Mary Grace
Jennings, who was also a schoolteacher.
On 13 MAY 1891, in McPherson County,
Kansas, James Alfred Scott married Mary
Grace Jennings Scott (born 13 JUN 1872 Iowa; died at age 36 on 12 MAR 1908
Manchester County, Oklahoma). They were
married by Reverend Clark. James Alfred Scott was protestant and a
member of the Church of Christ. He was
26 and she was 19. Their Wedding Portrait
is posted below in which Mary Grace
Jennings Scott looks so young and lovely in her beautiful wedding dress,
and James Alfred is looking so dapper.
[Photo courtesy of: Jeannette Scott (granddaughter of James Alfred Scott and daughter of Laurel Flynn Scott.]
[WEDDING
PORTRAIT of James Alfred Scott and Mary Grace Jennings Scott, 13 MAY 1891 Manchester County, Oklahoma.]
Some Lineage Details for Mary Grace Jennings Scott
Mary Grace Jennings Scott's
parents were Nathan Brownfield Jennings
(born 17 MAR 1845 in Masontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania; died 3 MAR 1932 in
Canton, Kansas) and Elizabeth Jane Findley
Jennings (born 11 APR 1847 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; died 17 AUG
1913 in Wauhee, Dallas, Iowa).
Nathan
Brownfield Jennings' father was Henry Jennings Junior (born 19 APR 1806 in German, Fayette,
Pennsylvania; died 24 JUN 1890 in Dallas Center, Iowa). Henry
Jennings Junior's parents were Henry
Jennings Senior (1765 NJ – 1827 PA) and
Rhoda Leslie Jennings (1769 PA – 1852 PA).
SPECIAL NOTE: The
Henry Jennings Junior Family owned
and operated a FERRY BOAT for a fee to patrons.
(Def: A ferryboat is a floatation type boat that could hold and
transport people, animals, and cargo across a body of water when there was no
bridge.) It was located at Jennings
Landing, German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania near Masontown, Pennsylvania. All of Henry Jennings Junior's
children were born there !!! You can GOOGLE these locations to learn more about
the area in historical and in current times.
It is also interesting that the name JENNINGS appears in so many
landmarks, parks, historical sites, and even in Today's phone book. The surname Jennings (alt spelling Jennens)
can be traced back to the United Kingdom to 'titled', noble men and women, and
even royalty—so many surprises in our Family Lineage and History, so many
stories !!!!
Nathan
Brownfield Jennings' mother was Catharine Brownfield Jennings (born 19 APR 1816 in Smithfield,
Pennsylvania; died 6 AUG 1894 in Dallas Center, Iowa). Catharine
Brownfield Jennings' parents were the Brownfields from Pennsylvania; I'm
still researching them.
Elizabeth
Jane Findley Jennings' father was Abel Findley Junior (born 16 MAY 1819 Westmoreland, Pennsylvania;
died 14 MAR 1889 Iowa City, Wright, Iowa).
Abel's parents were Judge Abel
Findley Senior (1771 PA – 1845 IN; a Circuit Court Judge in Pennsylvania) and Rebecca Courtney Findley (1774 PA -1839 IN).
Elizabeth
Jane Findley Jennings' mother was Mary Jane Kerr Findley (born 2 JUN 1824 in Mahoning, Armstrong,
Pennsylvania; died 18 APR 1900 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa). Mary Jane's parents were William H Kerr (1798 PA - 1866 PA) and Abigail Gallaher Kerr (1797 TN -1843 PA).
The six children of James
Alfred Scott and Mary Grace Jennings Scott in birth
sequence were: Gladys Iona Scott Dunlap (1892
KS – 1968 CA); Raymond Cyril Scott
(1894 OK – 1961 CA); Laurel Flynn Scott (1896 OK – 1979 OR) {Jeannette Scott's father and my Maternal Grandfather}; Clarence Jennings Scott (1900 OK – 1943
CA); Zara Harold Scott (1904 OK – 1956
CA); and Mary Rebecca Elizabeth Scott
Webster (1908 Ok – 1989 CA).
NOW
back to James Alfred Scott and his Family
Sometime between 1891 and 1894, James Alfred Scott and his wife Mary Grace Jennings Scott owned and
managed a store in McPherson County, Kansas.
About 1893, when the Cherokee Strip (in Indian Territory Oklahoma)
opened up for new settlers, James Alfred
Scott hired a man to "run and stake out" a parcel of land for him
during the Oklahoma Land Run. The parcel
of land he obtained from the Oklahoma Land Run was located in Stella (Range 9),
Woods County, Oklahoma Territory. After
obtaining this piece of land through the "Oklahoma RUN", James Alfred Scott's plan as a new
landowner was to begin farming his "new" land. Therefore, he sold his store in Kansas and
left Kansas with his young family and moved onto his "new" land in
Oklahoma Territory. He was about age 30.
By 1894, James Alfred Scott, his wife Mary
Grace, and their young daughter Gladys
Iona Scott Dunlap (1892-1968) had moved from McPherson County, Kansas, to
Manchester County, Oklahoma, and were settled on their new farm. James
Alfred became a landowner and farmer and Mary Grace became a farmer's wife and kept house and family. On 14 Jan 1894, Mary Grace gave birth to their second child Raymond Cyril Scott in Manchester County, Oklahoma. While living and working on their farm, their
family continued to grow with the addition of three more children: Laurel
Flynn Scott (1896, my maternal grandfather), Clarence Jennings Scott (1900), and Zara Harold Scott (1904).
During 1904 and 1905, James Alfred Scott served as the
Rosedale School Officer Treasurer. The
Rosedale School was located in the small town of Rosedale, Manchester, Oklahoma. (If
you use GOOGLE to search on Rosedale, Oklahoma, you can see some info on it and
use GOOGLE maps to look at the surrounding area.) Their children went to school
there, as did the children of their neighbors from the other farms within a
5-mile radius or so. Many of the
children of Rosedale School met their future spouses there and became extended
family members of the James Alfred Scott
Family. James Alfred and Mary
Grace's third child Laurel Flynn
Scott went to this school (as did Laurel Flynn's future spouse and my
Maternal Gram Mary Elizabeth
"Betty" Bennett Scott) until 1908. SPEICAL NOTE: A photo of the Rosedale School graduation program
1904-1905 that belonged to Gladys Iona Scott Dunlap (my BELOVED Great
Aunt Gladys; daughter of James Alfred Scott and Mary Grace,) is
posted here (below). It lists the names of the children at the
school and James Alfred Scott as the School Treasurer. Also listed is James Jones Bennett (the
father of Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Bennett Scott and my Maternal
First Great-Grandfather) as Director of Rosedale School. In 1964, My Great Aunt Gladys Iona
Scott Dunlap was going to throw away her Rosedale School graduation program,
but I convinced her to give it to me as a "keep sake". It is one of my MOST TREASURED mementoes and
tells our Family Story just with the listing of the family names on the program.
[Photo courtesy of: Gladys
Iona Scott Dunlap -- Rosedale School graduation program 1904-1905, Rosedale, Oklahoma]
Then on 12 Mar 1908, at age 36, Mary Grace Jennings Scott passed away
from complications after the birth of her sixth child. Jeannette
Scott adds the following, "My
Dad (Laurel Flynn Scott) said he had to quit school in the 8th grade (age 12)
to stay home and take care of his new baby sister (Mary Rebecca Elizabeth Scott
Webster), because his Mom had died." I have several photos of my grandfather Laurel
Flynn Scott with 'baby sister' Mary
Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Webster in so many of them, you can see from
the photos that the closeness in their sibling relationship continued into
their elder years.
On 30 DEC 1908, in Oklahoma, James Alfred Scott married his second
wife Mary Alice Dunlap Scott (born JUL 1897 Parson, Adams, Illinois;
died 6 DEC 1957 California). Her parents
were James Lee Dunlap Senior (born OCT
1854 Illinois; died 17 JUN 1924 Payson, Adams, Illinois) and Alice Jane Crewdson Dunlap (born Jul
1865 Illinois; died after 1930 Illinois).
Some Lineage Details for Mary Alice Dunlap Scott
James
Lee Dunlap Senior's parents were Ephraim Dunlap (1815 KY – 1856 Il) and Mary Wright Dunlap McKenzie (1832 VA – 1928 Il).
Alice
Jane Crewdson Dunlap's parents were Thadius Crewdson (1833 TN – before 1920 Il)
and Cornelia Crewdson (1844 Il – after 1920 Il).
NOW
back to James Alfred Scott and his Family
In 1909, a son was born to James Alfred Scott and his second
spouse Mary Alice Dunlap Scott;
James William Dunlap Scott (born 19 NOV
1909 Manchester County, Oklahoma; died 6 APR 1979 Delano, Kern, California) was
given Mary Alice's maiden name for
his middle name. He was called
"Dunlap" by family and friends, and went by the name of J.W. Dunlap Scott. A Family Portrait photo of this new family is posted here (at top of this posting).
Laurel Flynn Scott, my maternal grandfather, looks so much like his
father James Alfred Scott in this photo, the resemblance to my way of
thinking is remarkable!
James
Alfred Scott's brothers kept encouraging him to
move out to California claiming that the weather was better and the living
better. His older brothers, probably Zenas George Scott (1856 Ontario,
Canada - 1935 Arizona), and Samuel Enos
Scott (1856 Ontario, Canada - 1951 California) all went to California at
various times between 1910 to 1950. After
2 or 3 years, some of his older brothers moved back to Oklahoma for a time.
Sometime between 1917 and 1920, James Alfred Scott sold his farm and finally
moved his family to California. All of James Alfred Scott's children settled
in California where they lived, married, raised families, and passed away.
However, one of James Alfred Scott's sons, Laurel Flynn Scott and his
wife Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Bennett Scott, (both of
whom went to the Rosedale School and lived on neighboring farms in Oklahoma), left
California in the 1950s and settled in the Central Point, Jackson County, Oregon. Laurel
Flynn Scott and Mary Elizabeth
"Betty" Bennett Scott lived and worked on the Higinbotham Family
Farm in Central Point, Oregon, for many years.
Their eldest daughter, Margaret
Lucille Scott Higinbotham, was married to Glenn Ivan Higinbotham Senior, who was a descendent of some of the Jackson County, Oregon, Pioneer
Families.
Per the 1920 US Census, James Alfred Scott, his second wife Mary Alice Dunlap Scott, and their
children that were still at home (that is: Zara
Harold Scott, Mary Rebecca Elizabeth,
and James William Dunlap Scott)
resided in Downey, Los Angeles, California.
Per the 1930 US Census, James Alfred Scott, his wife Mary Alice Dunlap Scott, and their son
still living at home (James William
Dunlap Scott, age 21) resided in Earlimart, Alila, Tulare, California.
On 29 Jul 1935, James Alfred Scott passed away in Delano, Kern, California. He is buried in Delano. Jeannette
Scott writes in her notes to me that, he passed away after being ill for a long
time, saying, "He had been in an auto accident and one of his legs was
gangrene at the time of his death. This
leads me and others to think he was also diabetic."
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Closing Thoughts
Here you have a Family history of my
Maternal First Great-Grandfather James Alfred Scott and his parents, siblings, spouses,
and children. This story began
before James Alfred Scott was born and continues after
his passing with his descendants and the many lives and hearts that he
"touched".
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