Alexander Scott and Esther Craighead

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Husband Alexander Scott ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 26 Dec 1763 - York Co, PA 3 5
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           Died: 23 Dec 1848 - Martinsburg, Knox Co, OH 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Josiah Scott (1735-1819) 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Violet Foster (1740-1800) 3 4 6 9 10

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Rachel McDowell (1773-1825) 1 2 4 - 18 Nov 1790 - Washington Co, PA 5

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Wife Esther Craighead ³

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           Born: 31 Mar 1766 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 3
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           Died: 
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Scott

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He and his wife settled on part of the McDowell estate, where they raised a large family of children. In 1839 he removed to Knox County, Ohio (where most of his children had settled), and died there at the age of eighty-five years.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 870, 953.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 393, 430.

3 Jeff McBride, Descendants of Thomas A. Forster (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

4 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 85.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 393.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 953.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 422, 429.

8 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 84.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 323.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 429.