Individual Details

John was quite a smart man-he went to a private school for two years and was a teacher...He was a State of Ohio Senator, won the nomination in 1816 to the U.S. Congress, but refused to go as he thought his purse (asets) were not large enough. He taught in several states and lectured all over the U.S. Before the Civil War he founded the Blue Bird Seminary and was the founder of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
(from Donovan D. Wharff)

Name Prefix: Honorable John was quite a smart man-he went to a private sc ool for two years and was a teacher...He was a State of Ohio Senator, won the
omination in 1816 to the U.S. Congress, but refused to go as he thought his pu
se (asets) were not large enough. He taught in several states and lectured al
over the U.S. Before the Civil War he founded the Blue Bird Seminary and was
the founder of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. (from Donovan D. Wharff)

Birth	9 Dec 1822	West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio
Marriage	26 Sep 1847	Iowa - Eliza Jane Prouty
Election	1853	Senator - State of Ohio
Election	1853	State of Ohio
Death	4 Dec 1904	Windsor, Missouri

Spouse	Eliza Jane Prouty (1830 - 1907)
Child	Celeste Eudora Scott (1848 - 1939)
Child	Margaret Mary Ann Scott (1851 - 1913)
Child	Frances Lettsonia Scott (1852 - 1873)
Child	Lizzie Cynthia Scott (1856 - 1857)
Child	William Holbrook Scott (1858 - 1932)
Child	A. Twin Hillis Mann Scott (1859 - 1863)
Child	Charles Lorin Scott (1860 - 1936)
Child	Bertha Eliza Scott (1868 - 1944)
Child	Estella Gertrude "Stella" Scott (1868 - 1938)
Child	John Brenton Scott (1871 - 1955)
Child	Anna Grace Scott (1876 - 1918)

Father	William Scott (1794 - 1837)
Mother	Elizabeth Carter (1787 - 1870)
Sibling	Margaret Cynthia Scott (1826 - 1896)