The Search for the Descendants of Samuel & Permilia Scott
Children of Samuel & Permilia (Clark) Scott
1. Samuel Scott, Jr., born 14 February 1820, Town of Niles, Cayuga Co., N.Y. accompanied his parents to Ohio and while there took a wife, Jane _____ (1821 - ), an Ohio native. The first of their seven children, Silas, was born in that state. By late 1845 he returned to Scott and remained until 1880 before taking all of his family back to Ohio except daughter Permilia, known as Millie, who had since married Edward Mott, of an established local clan. This is the only family to produce descendants that live in Cortland County today.
Samuel Jr. died in Greenwich, Ohio August 30, 1888; the site of his burial is undetermined. His widow survived, however no further record has been found concerning her or his three sons Silas, Josiah or John Scott.
2. James Scott's existence was initially only theorized as a result of a digit enumeration in the 1820 census. He is identifed by name and birthdate, 20 April 1822, only through a bible record abstract that was transcribed many years ago by a Scott descendant. The location of that bible today is unknown but indications are that it may exist among the descendants of Jonathan, son of Samuel.
3. Of Cyrus Scott, born 19 November 1824, we know very little except that his family believed that he had died prior to 1901; was survived by two children thought to be a son and a daughter; his last known residence was in the State of Indiana. His maternal grandfather and namesake, Cyrus Clark had moved to that territory and died there. This circumstance, couples with another Indiana reference later in the narrative may provide future researchers with a small clue for discovering more about Cyrus Scott (a/k/a Silas) and his descendants.
4. Nelson Scott, born 12 September, 1826 in Cortland Co., N.Y. moved to Allegany Co., N.Y. annd purchased property in a hamlet near Bolivar, called Kossuth. He married Roselenor Richardson (1845-19 ) but having no children of their own they took in and raised a young girl, Goldie F. Smith, who later married Eugene Richardson and eventually inherited the farm. One of her sons resides today (1977) in the house where Nelson Scott lived out his years until his death on May 22, 1904. He and his wife are buried in the Bolivar Cemetery however there are no visible markers on the lot.
5. Josiah Scott (a/k/a Isaiah), born 11 February 1828 in Cortland Co., N.Y. was a blacksmith by trade who lived in the New Hope area west of the lake. He married Deborah Randall (1832-1870), a daughter of Stephen Randall Sr. of Spafford, N.Y. Of their three children only the eldest., Charles lived many years. When settling the Scott estate in 1902/3 Charles D. Scott, who apparently remained single, is listed as a resident of "Indianapolis, Indiana". Josiah and his sons are recalled by grand nieces living in Steuben Co., N.Y. today (1977) as having travelled to their home by wagon for short visits on several occasions bringing with them such treats as hard candies. Josiah Scott died in 1897, probably in Cayuga County; he was followed in death by Charles, his only immediate survivor and it is believed that this line terminated at that time. All of this family is buried in Scott Union Cemetery in Samuel's plot.
6. Female - unnamed. Theorized through digital census enumeration. Not named in the birth record transcript and not listed on the Scott monument in the family plot. It is assumed that if this child existed she did not survive infancy.
7. Betsey M. Scott, born 27 May 1830, Cortland County remained single and lived with her parents until her death in 187. She is interred in the Scott family plot.
8. Jonathan Scott, born 20 March 1832 probably in The Glen either in the Town of Sempronius, Cayuga Co, or TOwn of Scott, Cortland County, N.Y. He no doubt accompanied his parents to Ohio as an infant, then returning to Scott he farmed and assisted his father at the sawmill until enlisting with the N.Y. Volunteers, Co. H. 16th Regiment, Heavy Artillery on December 30, 1863. After seeing a year and a half of action in Virginia he was discharged in 1865 at Washington, D.C.
Having married in 1860 at Oil Creek, Pa. to Martha M. McCray (1834-1906), daughter of George and Sarah McCray, he returned for a short time to Scott following the war, then moved his wife and small family to Sempronius where he operated a farm for a few years. In 1872, he removed to Troupsburg, Steuben Co., N.Y. and continued farming. Although he traveled considerably throughout his lifetime he spent his remaining thirty five years there, serving for some years as postmaster; dying on September 25, 1908. Many of his descendants continue to reside in that county.
9. Polly Scott (a/k/a Mary) was born 22 November 1834 possibly in Cortland or Cayuga Co., N.Y. She married Anthony Pidge and resided on property adjacent to her father. Her only known child, a son, Lee Pidge, left Scott following her death in 1886 and he was never heard from again. She is buried in Scott Union Cemetery.
10. Nancy Scott, born 25 April 1836, lived at home and died at the age of fifteen years in 1851. She is buried in the family plot at Scott, N.Y.
11. David H. Scott was born 10 March 1939 [sic] in Ohio, probably Huron Co. His early llife paralleled that of his brother Jonathan and he saw service with the same regiment during the Civil War. He married a girl named Mariah, however, nothing other than her first name is known. After 1880, with both his parents gone, David left Scott and lived for several years with his brother Nelson in Allegany Co. His wife does not appear in that county's records and there is no knowledge of his ever having children. It is said that he had a fondness, and a way with, horses. Following Nelson's death he moved to Steuben Co. with his brother Jonathan and family until he died in 1912 in Troupsburg, N.Y. where he is buried - most probably the last surviving child of Samuel and Permilia Scott.
12. Of Nathaniel Scott, born 25 July 1842, we have written previously [see Samuel & Permilia Scott] "Glen Haven" was his home all the years of his life, very unlike all his eight brothers who heard and heeded the call of far away places and sought greener pastures farther down the road. He is buried in the Scott family plot.
13. The youngest of Samuel's children, Ransom Scott, born 27 August 1845 in Cortland County, N.Y. married Anna Donahue (b. ca. 1845), a native of Ireland (Lace Curtain Irish in contrast to her husband's heritage), daughter of Michael Donahue -- thought to have emigrated ca. 1860. Whether she is related to the Donahue family who settled in Lake Hollow quite early is not known. He worked for a time with his brother at the Sempronius farm (1870) in Cayuga Co. A son was born in Onondaga Co. in 1875 (town as yet undetermined) however by 1878 he was living in Michigan and his early years were spent there as a lumberjack. The Chippewa Territory in northcentral Michigan had been opened up to homesteading and the forests were being leveled. He died in 1906 at Rosebush, Michigan leaving an ever increasing number of descendants - many still living in that general area.
