Honorable John Scott
(1784-1850)
Agnes Irvine
(1799-1877)
Honorable John Scott
(1824-1896)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Anne Elizabeth Eyster

Honorable John Scott 1

  • Born: 14 Jul 1824, Alexandria, Huntingdon, PA 1
  • Marriage (1): Anne Elizabeth Eyster on 8 May 1849 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA 1
  • Died: 28 Nov 1896, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA at age 72 1
  • Buried: Philadelphia: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

   FamilySearch ID: KHWY-62B.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Book: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 2
SCOTT, John, (son of John Scott [1784-1850] ), a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pa., July 24, 1824; attended the common schools and Marshall College, Chambersburg, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1846 and practiced in Huntingdon, Pa., 1846-1869; prosecuting attorney 1846-1849; member of the revenue commission in 1851; member, State house of representatives 1862; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for reelection in 1875; chairman, Committee on Claims (Forty-third Congress); moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1875; general counsel of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1875-1877 and general solicitor 1877-1895; died in Philadelphia, Pa., November 29, 1896; interment in Woodlands Cemetery.

2. Occupation: United States Senator from Pennsylvania.

3. He has conflicting birth information of 24 Jul 1824 and Alexandria: Alexandria Cemetery, Huntingdon, PA. 2


John married Anne Elizabeth Eyster on 8 May 1849 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA.1 (Anne Elizabeth Eyster was born on 8 Nov 1824 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA 1 and died on 26 Mar 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1.)

Sources

1 Register of the General Society of the War of 1812 (Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1972, 710 pgs.), Page 566.

2 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1974-Present, Washington, D.C.
http://bioguide.congress.gov), http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000177.


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