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Below is a family biography included in The History of Switzerland County, Indiana published by Weakley, Harraman & Co. in 1885. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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FRANCIS SCOTT, York Township, son of William Scott, was born in this county in 1829. He grew to maturity on the homestead where he was born and still resides. He married, in 1851, Fannie E. Coy, native of this county, daughter of William Coy and Catharine Channel, her parents being old residents of the county. By this union he has six living children: Theodore, Abraham, John, George, Francis and Prior, all married but the latter. Mr. Scott lived with his parents till they grew old enough to live with him. He now owns 130 acres of land, and is well provided for in the matter of worldly comforts, residing upon the old homestead, which farm he has cultivated from his boyhood.
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This family biography is one of 215 biographies included in The History of Switzerland County, Indiana published in 1885 by Weakley, Harraman & Co. For the complete description, click here: Switzerland County, Indiana History and Genealogy
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