Mary Frances (Anderson) Scott (1842 - 1921)

Born 12 Feb 1842 in Allegheny City, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Dent Honnold — married 17 Nov 1863 in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa

Wife of Thomas Henry Scott — married 9 Dec 1867 in Pella, Iowa

Died 26 May 1921 at age 79 in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in 1842. She was the daughter of Robert Anderson and Dorcas Simms. She passed away in 1921.

Discrepancy: All of census records state Mary was born in Pennsylvania and the obituary states Allegheny, Pennsylvania but the Indiana, U.S., Death Certificate states Wheeling West Virginia as birthplace. Find a Grave website also shows place of birth as Wheeling, West Virginia. Believe Pennsylvania is correct.

1850 United States Census, Jackson, Monroe, Ohio, Mary Anderson, female, white, age 8, birth year 1842, birthplace: Pennsylvania, household members: Robert S. Anderson age 47, Dorcus Anderson age 38, Willilam Anderson age 15, Robert Anderson age 13, Napoleon Anderson age 11, Mary Anderson age 8, Samuel Anderson age 5, Decalb (DeKalb) Anderson age 2.

1860 United States Census, Summit, Marion, Iowa, Mary F. Anderson, age 18, birth year 1842, female, white, birthplace: Pennsylvania, household members: Robert S. Anderson age 56, Dorcus A. Anderson age 48, Mary F. Anderson age 18, Anthony B.D.K. Anderson age 12, James Q. Anderson age 12, Samuel A. Anderson.

1870 United States Census, Black Oak, Mahaska, Iowa, Mary Scott, age 28, birth date 1842, birthplace: Pennsylvania, white, female, occupation: keeping house, household members: Thomas K. Scott age 28, Mary Scott age 28, Robert H. Scott age 5, Henry E. Scott.

1880 United States Census, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, Mary Scott, age 38, birth date abt. 1842, birthplace: Pennsylvania, white, female, wife, married, spouse's name: Thomas Scott, Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania, Mother's birthplace: Ohio, occupation: keeping house, household members: Thomas Scott age 38, Mary Scott age 38, Henry E. Scott age 11, Della Anderson Scott age 1, Clark A. Scott age 6 months.

1900 United States Census, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, Mary F. Scott, age 58, birth date 02/1842, birthplace: Pennsylvania, white, female, head, widowed, Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania, Mother's birthplace: Ohio, household members: Mary F. Scott age 58, Della A. Scott age 21, Charles C. Scott age 20, Ivrm (Irvin) K. Scott age 17.

1910 United States Census, Des Moines Ward 4, Polk, Iowa, Mary F. Scott, age 68, birth date 1842, birthplace: Pennsylvania, white, female, relation to head of house: Mother, widowed, Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania, Mother's birthplace: Ohio, household members: Mary F. Scott age 68, Irvin K. Scott age 26, Daisy Scott age 9.

1920 United States Census, Des Moines Ward 1, Polk, Iowa, Mary F. Scott, age 78, birth year 1842, birthplace: Pennsylvania, white, female, head, widowed, Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania, Mother's birthplace: Ohio, household members: Mary F. Scott age 78, Irvin K. Scott age 35, Daisy Clark age 18.

From Ancestry.com: Child of Mary Anderson and Samuel Honnold was Robert Honnold. He died 09/29/1878. Children of Mary Anderson and Thomas Scott were Henry Ewing Scott born 1868 and died 1945, James Wesley Scott born 1871 and died 1873, Dorcas Rebecca Scott born 1872 and died 1873, William Walter Scott born 1874 and died 1875, Mary Emma Scott born and died 1876, Della Anderson Scott born 1878 and died 1959, Clark Charles Scott born 1879 and died 1937 Samuel M. Scott born 1881 and died 1881, and Irvin K. Scott born 1884 and died 1945.

Iowa, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, Mary F. Anderson, female, spouse: Samuel D. Honnell, married on 11/17/1863 in Marion County, Iowa.

Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Mary F. Scott, female, white, age 79, widow, birth date 02/12/1842, birthplace: Wheeling, West Virginia, death date: 05/26/1921, death place: Hammond Lake, Indiana, Father: R.S. Anderson, Mother: Dorcus M. Simms.

From Find a Grave website: Children listed as Henry Ewing Scott born 1868 and died 1945, Della Anderson Scott Clark born 1878 and died 1959, Clark Charles Scott born 1879 and died 1937 and Irvin K. Scott born 1884 and died 1945.

From Ancestry.com - Handwritten note on piece of paper: My Nephew, Leopold Anderson, out at Wheeler, Nebraska, accidently killed himself with a gun, on March 10,1898. He was 16 years old, poor boy. "This is life we don't know how when nor where we are to meet death. We should always be prepared", written by Mary F. Scott, Knoxville, Iowa. (Dora Brubaker has the original piece of paper).

Dora Brubaker also shared a photo on Ancestry. A note on the back of a photo of Mary Scott says that in the photo she is 25 years old and has been left a widow. She has just recovered from Typhoid Fever and her late husband, Samuel Dent Honnald, died of Typhoid Fever.

Obituary from Ancestry.com: In the Knoxville, Iowa newspaper - Many readers of "The Express" will learn with regret the death of a former Knoxville woman, Mrs. Mary F. Scott, who passed away at Hammond, Indiana on May 26th. Mary F. Anderson was born Feb 12, 1842, at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and passed away May 26, 1921, at Hammond Indiana, aged 79 years, 3 months, and 14 days. She was married November 17, 1863, at Knoxville to Samuel Dent Honnold, the ceremony being performed by Rev. P. H. Jacob. To this union was born one son, Robert, who died Sept 29, 1878. Mr. Honnold died Feb 16, 1866. She was married to Thomas H. Scott on Dec 9, 1867, by Rev. P. H. Jacob, at Pella. Of this union were nine children, five of whom died at early age. The four children living are Harry E. Scott, Des Moines; Mrs. Della Aimes of San Francisco; Clark Scott of Oskaloosa, and Irvin K. Scott, of Hammond, Indiana; a granddaughter, Mrs. Hal Selfe, of Des Moines. Her husband, Thomas Scott, died May 5, 1915 (Find a Grave states his date of death as March 04, 1913). Mrs. Scott was one of Iowa's early settlers, moving to Marion County from Ohio in the year 1852. For a number of years, she resided near Otley, Marion County, Iowa, and later moved to a farm near Knoxville. She resided there and in Knoxville 39 years, and afterward 15 years in Des Moines with her son, Irvin. They moved to Hammond, Ind., Dec 16, 1920, where she lived until her death.

A personal letter from a son of deceased, Irvin K. Scott, gives additional particulars. "I came to Hammond last December to take charge of the Boy Scout work here as Boy Scout executive. Mother came with me, and we were happily located with a Mrs. Dillon and her family. In February, in fact on her 79th birthday, February 12, she fell downstairs and broke her left arm. She was very cheerful and pluck and had made real progress toward a complete recovery. However, the two hot days last week were too much for her, I think, consequently she got a blood clot on her brain. This happened some time Tuesday night while she was asleep. I found her unconscious Wednesday morning, and she remained so until her death on Thursday. She had been a patient and wonderful mother and went to her reward as she wanted to go--in her sleep. We buried her in Pella beside her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Anderson, who were early settlers at Pella. She and her mother both died the same age, 79 years and 3 months.

Buried at Oak Wood Cemetery, Pella, Marion County, Iowa.

Sources

• Ancestry.com: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 United States Census.

• Ancestry.com: Iowa, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900.

• Ancestry.com: Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.

• Obituary from Ancestry.com: The Express newspaper, Knoxville, Iowa.

• Find A Grave website: Memorial #159042272.