U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott, Hugh James (1859-1949) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 526-527 Hugh James Scott is another leading business figure of the town. He is a Harrison county product, and, at Sycamoredale, he first saw the light, on February 19, 1859. His father, John Scott, died when he was still in his teens, and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett Scott, then married Jefferson Broadwater, of this county; and to the Broadwater home he came at the age of twenty years. He taught school for three years, and in the meantime, on March 3, 1881, came to Pennsboro as clerk in Morris Bradford's store; and continued his clerkship under this same roof until the spring of 1888, when he opened a store of his own in the old Crumrine building; and from that time until 1899 when he became cashier of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, he was actively engaged in the mercantile business. He is prominent in lodge and church (M. E. church) circles; and has official connection with the Pennsboro Wholesale Grocery Company, the Pennsboro Manufacturing Company, the Golden Rule Shirt Company, and the Pennsboro Furniture Company. He was married to Miss Ella C. Harris, daughter of W. T. Harris, of Tollgate, on April 17, 1882, and on September 15, 1899, she was borne to the Presbyterian cemetery. Thomas, the one son of this union died in childhood; and Ada, who is in school at Morgantown, and Pearle are the two daughters. On March 12, 1900, Mr. Scott was again married to Miss Nellie Strickler, daughter of Jacob Strickler, of Ellenboro. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Ritchie County, WV # FULL-NAME: Hugh James Scott BIRTH-DATE: February 19, 1859 BIRTH-PLACE: Sycamore, Harrison Co. DEATH-DATE: August 25, 1949 (at age 90y-6m-6d) DEATH-PLACE: Pennsboro, Ritchie County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Insurance Agent FATHER: Unknown MOTHER: Elizabeth Keyes CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage / Senility INFORMANT: Mrs. Ada Ireland BURIAL: Pennsboro Masonic Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------