SMITH F. SCOTT, son of Joseph A. and Eliza (Sheplar) Scott, was born April 2, 1846, in Fallowfield township, Washington Co., Penn. He is the fourth in a family of eight children, and received his early education in the schools of Fallowfield and Somerset townships. On November 22, 1866, he led to the altar Sarah F. Rogers, who was born April 30, 1844, in Beallsville, Washington Co., Penn. She is a daughter of Samuel W. and Sarah F. (Crawford) Rogers, both of whom were natives of Maryland. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were as follows: Priscilla W., wife of Adah W. Crouch, a farmer of West Pike Run township; Joseph H., of Beallsville, Penn.; Sarah F., wife of Smith F. Scott; Emma E., married to George R. Deems, an agriculturist of West Pike Run township; Mary A., deceased; and two who died in infancy. The father was a prosperous farmer, and in party preferences was a Republican, serving in various township offices. He died in 1890, the mother having passed away in 1882. Both were members of the M. E. Church at Beallsville, Pennsylvania. Smith F. and Sarah F. (Rogers) Scott have four children, viz.: Alpheus C., born September 5, 1867; John E., born June 10, 1870; Samuel Clyde, born June 2, 1877, and Tryphena May, born October 18, 1881. Mr. Scott owns a good farm, which contains seventy-five acres furnished with good buildings, and all modern improvements. He is a progressive, public-spirited citizen, actively interested in all progressive movements, having filled various township offices. He votes with the Republican party. He and his wife are members of the Beallsville M. E. Church, to which he gives a liberal support. There are still living of Joseph A. Scott's children four, namely Henry S. Scott, of Bentleyville, who has a wife and three children, all boys; S. F. Scott, whose family is described in this sketch; J. Y. Scott, M. D., and wife, of Washington, Penn., and Margaret M. Miller, of Washington, Penn., who is married and has two children. Below are found the names and dates of births and deaths: Joseph Alexander Scott, born October 5, 1806, died February 15, 1881; Eliza Sheplar Scott, born June 11, 1815, died April 15, 1892; Joseph A. Scott and Eliza Sheplar were married November 23, 1835, at Peoria, Ill.; Henry Sheplar Scott, born July 27, 1840; Sarah Catherine Scott, born April 30, 1842, died January 26, 1847; James Anderson Scott, born May 10, 1844, died October 28, 1853; Smith Fry Scott, born April 2, 1846; Jesse Yager Scott, born November 13, 1848; Margaret Malissa Scott, born September 2, 1850; Nancy Peoria Scott, born July 27, 1853, died November 6, 1856, and Joseph Clark Scott, who was born September 12, 1855, and died October 30, 1881.

Text taken from page 941 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published April 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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