Scott, Sylvanaus

PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
Chicago: Chapman Bros., Publishers

1889
SYLVANAUS SCOTT. This well-to-do citizen, the son of Eneas Scott, who is represented elsewhere in this work, is established on a good farm of 120 acres, occupying a part of section 34, township 14, range 9. He carries on general agriculture, and has about him all the conveniences and appliances of a well-regulated country estate. He is an upright and reliable citizen, a sound Democrat politically, and a man who prefers to give his best efforts to his farm and his family than to mingle with the turmoil of public life.

Our subject was born Sept. 14, 1842, in Elizabeth, N.J., and came with his parents to this county in 1854, when a lad of twelve years. They settled in township 14, range 9, where the father carries on farming. Sylvanus was reared to man's estate under the home roof, and was married June 9, 1869, to Miss Elizabeth Dodsworth, a lady of English birth and parentage, who emigrated to America with her parents in 1854, they settling in this county. Mr. Dodsworth is now deceased, and his widow was subsequently married to Dawson Darley, who is also deceased, and Mrs. Darley occupies the old homestead in township 14, range 10. To the parents of Mrs. Scott there were born two children - Elizabeth and Thomas.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Scott were named respectively: Edward D., Sarah L., Gilbert W., Ira Eneas, Rhoda H., Winfield W., Annie and Alfred E. Mrs. Scott is a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Durbin and both our subject and his wife enjoy the friendship of a large circle of acquaintances. They have a pleasant home and everything to make life comfortable and desirable.

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