Two Younger Siblings

Today's post will cover descendants of the last two children of George and Lucetta (Beach) Scott. Next time, we'll be moving on to George's brother, James; who will actually be mentioned in this post...but I don't want to get ahead of myself.

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IV. Sarah Alma Scott (1863–1944)

Alma Scott was born on 9 October 1862, in Harrison, Winnebago County, Illinois, when her father, George, was 35, and her mother, Lucetta, was 29. She married Thomas Wicks (1852–1945) on 21 January 1882, in Winnebago County. Thomas was born on 5 November 1852 in England, the son of George and Elizabeth (Stickles) Wicks.

Thomas came to America in the 1870s and was naturalized before the 1880 U.S. Federal Census. He was a farmer, and the family lived at 611 Acorn in Rockford for many years. Thomas retired from farming in the late 1910s, but he was committed to the East Moline State Hospital, probably around 1922.

Alma lived with her son, George, at the house on Acorn in Rockford until she died on 15 April 1944, at the age of 81. Thomas died in the hospital on 9 February 1945, at the age of 92. They were both buried in North Burritt Cemetery.

Alma and Thomas had three children:

     A. George Edward Wicks (1885–1950) in 1900 lived with his grandparents, George and Lucetta Scott. He married Nellie E Weatherhead (1884–1976) on 24 February 1909, and they lived in Harrison through at least 1920. From 1923 on, they lived at 611 Acorn with George's mother.

Nellie was the youngest child of Waite T Weatherhead (1850–1928) and Eunice McMahon (1859–1941). She was born on 16 January 1884. After her father died in 1928, she lived with her mother at 322 Huffman Blvd. in Rockford. I don't see any records of a divorce, but after Eunice died in 1941, Nellie appears in several City Directories for Rockford as living at 219 Waldo, where her occupation is shown variously as "Pract Nurse," "Maid," and "Housekeeping." In each record, she is listed as "wid Geo."

George was 68 years old when he died on 26 November 1950; Nellie died at 91 on 22 October 1876.

     B. Myrtle M Wicks (1885–1914) married James Henry Weatherhead (1879–1963) on 12 February 1908. James was the eldest brother of Nellie Weatherhead. Sadly, Myrtle died on 17 March 1914, in Seward, Illinois, at the age of 28, and was buried in Winnebago, Illinois.

     C. Walter Scott Wicks (1887–1969) married his second cousin, Charlotte B "Lottie" Taylor (1892–1959) around 1913. She was the daughter of Albert Taylor (1861–1939) and Mary Scott (1860–1947). Mary Scott's father was James Scott, the brother of Walter's grandfather, George Scott.

Walter worked as a harness maker up until the 1930s, when he began working as a painter. He and Lottie began their family in Burritt, before moving to Shirland, where they lived in 1920, and they eventually settled in Rockford.

Lottie died in 1959, and Walter survived her until his death on 27 February 1969. They were buried together in North Burritt Cemetery.

     1. Guida Mae Wicks (1914–1978) married Martin M Studler (1902–1998) about 1933. He was the son of Adolph Studler (1877–1972) and Barbara Hengeler (1875–1912), who immigrated from Switzerland to Minnesota just before Martin's older sister was born in 1902.

     a. LeRoy Walter Studler (1934-2000) was born on 6 May 1934, in Rockford, Illinois. He was married, and his wife presumedly survives him. He died on 26 August 2000, in his hometown at the age of 66.

V. Edward George Scott (1866–1948)

Edward George Scott was the youngest son of George and Lucetta Scott. He was born on 7 June 1866, in Illinois. He married Mary Ellen Parker (1870–1938) in 1892, and they lived in Rockford, Illinois, where they had five children in 11 years. Her parents were William R Parker (1833–1914) and Isabelle Halsted (1836–1928).

Between the birth of their youngest daughter at the end of 1905 and the 1910 Census, Edward and Ellen moved to Labette County, Kansas, where Edward worked as a painter. They remained there until sometime in the 1920s, when they moved to San Diego, California.

Ellen died in 1938, and Edward died on 2 December 1948. They were buried together in Greenwood Memorial Park, in San Diego, California.

     A. Clifford Adelbert Scott (1894–1974) was born in Rockford, Illinois, on 10 October 1894. His father moved the family to Kansas when he was about 12 years old. He married Ethel V Shears (1890–1968), daughter of Pembrook Keller Shears (1856–1933) and Rosa A Bilderback (1864–1909), who was born in Kansas on 19 December 1890.

Sometime after they married, Clifford and Ethel moved to Grand Rapids, where he worked as an auto mechanic. Three of their four children were born there, but after 1920, the family moved out to San Diego, California, where they remained for the next decade.

Clifford and Ethel divorced around 1933, and he remarried Emily J (Martin) Snow (b. 1904), moving with her to Yuma, Arizona. Emily had four sons from her previous marriage, and Clifford was a step-dad to three of them, according to his obituary in the Yuma Daily Sun. He died in Yuma in 1974, survived by his wife, children, and 17 grandchildren.

     1. Howard Winfield Scott (1915–1996) was born in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas, on 1 February 1915, and was probably not yet 10 years old when his family moved to San Diego. In his 20s, Howard became an apprentice glass worker, and he married June Rose Muehleisen (1916–1997) around 1938. She was the daughter of Thomas S Muehleisen (1872–1941) Julia L Crawford (1875–1947) and she was born 23 June 1916 in San Diego.

Howard and June lived in her parents' home at first. Howard enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Fort Rosecrans on 13 November 1942, and he served through 1 February 1946 attaining the rank of Corporal. After the war, he went into business with his brother, Dwight, forming the Scott Brothers Glass Company.

There is a record of a divorce for Howard and June dated May 1966 in the California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984 database, and city directory listings show them living at different addresses in 1995; I was unable to tell whether they had any children and found no obituaries for either of them. Howard died 29 August 1996, and June followed a year a month and a day later on 30 September 1997.

     2. Dwight Austin Scott (1917–1978) was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 4 August 1917. Like his older brother, Dwight enlisted in the Army on 13 November 1942 and served until 21 February 1946. After the war, he married Marvel Bernadine Groshart (1917–1992).

Marvel was born in Butte, Montana, on 28 July 1918 to Cadric (or Cedric) Groshart (1884–1976) and Blanche Edna Humphrey (1890–1957). Cedric was a carpenter from Nebraska who relocated to San Diego in the 1920s.

Dwight worked as a glazier in San Diego for a while until he and Howard formed the Scott Brother Glass Company. He seems to have retired by 1967, and he died on 5 May 1978 in Thousand Oaks, California. Marvel lived in San Diego until her death on 16 December 1992. They were buried in the El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego.

As with his siblings, I found no obituaries or records of children.

     3. Fay Madge Scott (1919–2001) was born on 12 November 1919, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She married Joseph Walter Grinsell (1924–1999) in San Diego. Madge was his second wife, and his son from his first marriage lived with them.

I don't know much about Madge's life after 1971, which is the most recent city directory listing for her and Joe (and Richard). Joe died on 6 November 1999, and Madge died on 21 May 2001, in San Diego, at the age of 81.

     4. Robert Edward Scott (1922–1987) was born on 16 April 1922, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he married Anna Jean Tucker (1922–1991) on 6 October 1944, in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois.

He died on November 19, 1987, in San Diego, California, at the age of 65. She died on 2 June 1991, in San Diego, California, at the age of 69.

     B. Clarence Edward Scott (1896–1981) was born on 9 October 1896, most likely in Rockford, Illinois, though there are documents that give Iowa as his birthplace. He appears on the 1900 Census with his family, living in Rockford, but he does not appear in their household on the 1910 Census. He did join the Navy on 8 August 1918, however, which could explain how he ended up in California. Clarence served until 23 January 1919, after the end of the war, and I lose track of him for the following ten years.

He married Maude C Cox (1896–1982) in Los Angeles, California, on 18 September 1929. She was born 27 March 1896 in either Oklahoma or Kansas (records aren't clear on that detail). They lived in Long Beach, where they raised their son. Clarence found a position as a District Manager for the Associated Telephone Company in 1936 and retired in 1963.

Clarence died on 3 April 1981, and Maude just a year later on 14 April 1982. They are buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach.

     1. James Edward Scott (1936–1982) was born on 9 March 1936, in Long Beach, California, and died on 9 November 1982, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 46.

     C. Hazel M Scott (b. 1898) was born in March 1898 in Iowa. By 1910 the family was living in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas, and the most recent record shows Hazel living with her parents and sisters there. After that, her fate is a mystery to me. She may have moved to California with the rest of the family, or she might have married and remained in the Midwest.

     D. Lolita Scott (1902–1995) was born on 17 June 1902, in Illinois. She married Manuel Ralph Madero (1901–1978) about 1923, and they had one son and three daughters together between 1924 and 1932. Manuel was a repairman and electrician in the San Diego area, retiring in the 1960s.

Manuel died on Christmas Eve, 1978, in San Diego, age 77. Lolita died on 3 August 1995, in Douglas, Oregon, at the age of 93. Their children survived them.

     E. Isabel Scott (1905–2004) was born on October 13, 1905, in Rockford, Illinois, but her family moved to Kansas while she was still very small. She married Joseph Leroy Farry (1906–1979) about 1924. Joe was a painter in San Diego, and they had one son and two daughters between 1925 and 1931. The couple divorced some time after 1948, when they last appeared in the city directories database. Joe remarried in 1967 and died in 1979 in Provo, Utah.

Isabel died on February 16, 2004, in Spring Valley, California, at the age of 98. She was survived by one daughter, 10 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.

     1. Richard LeRoy Farry (1925–1989) enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 6 March 1944, near the close of World War II, and served nearly 20 years, retiring on 9 September 1963.

He married Audrey Marian Hunt (1927–2005) in Yuma, Arizona, in 1949. Audrey was born 19 June 1927, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Kenneth B Hunt (1901–1972) and Elsie May Pfenning (1901–1995).

Richard died in Modesto, California, on 10 May 1989. After Richard's death, Audrey moved to Bend, Oregon, in 1990. They are survived by their daughter, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

     a. Michael Kenneth Farry (1955–2008) was born on 28 October 1955, in San Francisco, California. He married at least twice, and his family survives him. He died on 5 May 2008, in Berry Creek, California, at the age of 52.

     2. Joyce Ann Farry (1931–1998) was born on 12 November 1931, in San Diego, California. She was married several times, though it isn't clear whether she had any children. She died on 30 August 1998, in Mira Loma, California, at the age of 66, and was buried in Riverside, California.

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