Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
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GEORGE F. SCOTT

An enterprising and public-spirited citizen of Magnolia, Harrison county, Iowa, is George F. SCOTT, who has been a resident of the town since 1897. As a young man he farmed for several years, but for more than a decade has been engaged in the creamery business in Magnolia. Since coming to this county, Mr. SCOTT has applied himself with such energy and industry to his business that he has been very successful. He now has a fine farm in Harrison county and also owns land in Minnesota. He has been prominent in the civic life of Magnolia, and in all respects has acted the part of a good American citizen.

George F. SCOTT, the manager of the Magnolia Creamery, was born October 6, 1871, at Decatur, Illinois. He was a son of James and Maria (BOUSMAN) SCOTT. His parents had ten children, five of whom are living: James, of Blue Mound, Illinois; Mrs. Olive DILL, of Decatur, Illinois; Boliver, Elmdale, Kansas; John R., Decatur, Illinois, and George F.

James SCOTT was born in Tennessee in 1827, and left there with his parents when he was about two years of age and located in Illinois, where he grew to manhood and engaged in farming until his death, in 1901. The wife of James SCOTT was born in Ohio and died in 1883.

George F. SCOTT was educated in the public schools of Blue Mound, Illinois, and remained at home until he was nineteen years of age. He then went to Dorchester, Nebraska, where he worked on a farm for about six years. In 1897 he came to Harrison county, Iowa, and began to work in the creamery at Magnolia. He learned the butter and cream-making business and remained in the creamery until 1904. At that time he rented a farm in Magnolia township and farmed for two years, after which he returned to the creamery as manager. Although he now owns three hundred and sixty acres of excellent land in Harrison county, Iowa, and Minnesota, he gives most of his attention to the creamery at Magnolia. He thoroughly understands every phase of the creamery business and is making a marked success in this line of activity.

Mr. SCOTT was married in 1900 to Iva E. SEELEY, who was born in 1876, in Magnolia township, and is a daughter of Jerome and Rosetta (PATCH) SEELEY. Her parents are now deceased. Mr. SCOTT and his wife are the parents of four children, Hazel I., born March 27, 1902; Helen, born May 4, 1905; James S., born November 18, 1906; Linn, born February 11, 1912. The first three children were born in Magnolia and the last child was born in California.

Mr. SCOTT is independent in politics and gives his vote to those men whom he feels are best qualified to fill the offices they are seeking. He was one of the first members of the city council of Magnolia after the town was incorporated. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and Modern Woodmen of America.

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