Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 973
GEORGE M. SCOTT

George M. SCOTT, of Little Sioux, came to Iowa in 1854, and lived in Monona County until 1865, and has been a resident of Harrison County since 1884, farming until 1868 on the Soldier River, and then returning to Preparation, Monona County, where he had formerly lived. Mr. SCOTT was born in Medina County, Ohio, in October, 1835, and is a son of Samuel and Amy (LYMAN) SCOTT, natives of Connecticut and New York, our subject being the youngest son. The parents are both deceased. The father was born in 1800, and died in 1889, while the mother died in 1853. Our subject's early life was spent in Southern Illinois, and moved from there to St. Joseph, Mo., and in 1854, moved to Monona County, Iowa, engaging in farming and stock-raising until 1882, and then engaged in the mercantile business, at Preparation, of the firm of Scott & Englehorn. IN 1884, he came to Little Sioux and conducted a general store until February, 1891; then formed a partnership with B.F. Croasdale, and is now transacting business in the general merchandise line.

Politically, ours subject is a Prohibition Republican. He was elected as County Supervisor of Monona County, in 1874, and re-elected in 1877 and in 1880; he was also Mayor of Little Sioux at one time.

He was married in September, 1860, at Preparations, to Miss Maria C. COBB, the daughter of Roland and Eliza (BUTTS) COBB. Four children were the result of this union � Laura A., George L., deceased; Willard R. and Harlan A., at home.

Our subject is a member of the Latter Days Saints Church, and belongs to the Frontier Masonic Lodge.

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