VanScoy, Solomon

VANSCOY

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/2/2021 at 21:10:57

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.697

SOLOMON VANSCOY
Solomon VanScoy, a retired agriculturist residing in Norwalk, was born in Barbour County, West Virginia, November 5, 1839, his parents being Wil­liam and Mary VanScoy,natives of Virginia. They removed to White County, Indiana, in 1847, and in 1855 came to Warren County, Iowa, settling in Virginia Township, where the father entered land from the government and subsequently gave each of his sons a tract of eighty acres. Both he and his wife passed away in this county.
Solomon VanScoy improved the eighty acres of land which he had re­ceived from his father but later disposed of the property and bought a farm in Clarke County. Throughout his entire business career he has been connected with agricultural pursuits and for many years owned a good farm adjoining New Virginia, a portion of which is now in possession of his son Marcus. He is now living retired on a tract of ten acres adjoining the village of Norwalk, and also owns eighty-five acres in Virginia Township, having accumulated a handsome competence through the careful conduct of his farming interests in former years.
Mr. VanScoy was first married, in Squaw Township, to Miss Emily Proudfoot, a native of Virginia, whose demise occurred in Virginia Township in 1902. By this union there were four children namely: Marcus James, who follows farming on the old homestead in Virginia Township; Sarah Jane, the wife of Jacob Leonard, of Des Moines; Eva J., the wife of Thomas Septer, of Des Moines; and Mary Arlington. Following the death of his first wife Mr. Van Scoy was again married, his third union being with Lilla Childs, who still survives.
In his political views Mr. VanScoy is a staunch Republican and has served as trustee of Virginia Township for six years. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a number of years, and fraternally is con­nected with the Masons at New Virginia. He is a well known and highly esteemed citizen of the community and has gained an extensive circle of warm friends during the long period of his residence here.