Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Oliver Hudson Scott and Margaret Jane Ferguson




Husband Oliver Hudson Scott 1

           Born: 4 Jul 1840 1
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         Father: George Scott (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Jane McHenry (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 22 May 1865 1



Wife Margaret Jane Ferguson 1

           Born: 25 Nov 1841 1
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         Father: Elliott Ferguson (1812-1883) 2 3
         Mother: Eliza Marshall (1818-Aft 1884) 2 3 4




Children
1 M Herbert H. Scott 5

           Born: 21 Mar 1866 5
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2 F Nora E. Scott 5

           Born: 14 Feb 1870 5
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3 F Novella V. Scott 5

           Born: 3 Oct 1875 5
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General Notes: Husband - Oliver Hudson Scott


After marriage he and his wife lived in Jacksonsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, a few years. They then migrated to Henderson County, Illinois, where they lived two years. At the expiration of that time they returned to Jacksonsville, and kept hotel for two years. They next removed to Hancock County, Illinois, and in two years again returned to Jacksonsville, and engaged in the hotel business.
In 1861, he enlisted in Co. E, 11th Pa. Res. Vol. and served three years in the army. He was wounded and taken prisoner in the seven day fight, at the battle of Gains's Mills, June 27, 1862, and was in Libby Prison three months. He took part in many battles, among which were Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. After the war he was Captain of a company of State Guards.

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Sources


1 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 45.

2 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 44.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 434.

4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 538.

5 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 46.


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