Noted Jurist's Daughter Dies
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Mrs. E. Greenough Scott of South Franklin Street Was in 99th Year
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Elizabeth Woodward Scott, widow of Eben Greenough Scott, 324 South Franklin Street, died yesterday morning at 8:20 within less than five months of her 100th birthday anniversary, in the home which had been the background of an important life for the last 65 years.
Widely traveled and widely read, active over a long span of years in the philanthropic as well as the cultural advancement of the community, Mrs. Scott represented the best traditions of the first families of Wyoming Valley from which she sprang.
Devout Episcopalian, ardent Democrat, this woman of remarkable mentality kept alert and keen till the last. In spite of impaired health, dimmed hearing and failing sight, she managed her own affairs and signed her own checks up to the moment of passing.
Conspicuous among locally organizations founded by Mrs. Scott, and of which for years she was president, are the Home For Friendless Children, housed directly across the street from her residence and the Thursday Club, a select group of women formed in 1885 to studying Art, a club which very quietly but very vigorously continues, in the hands of descendants of the nine founders.
So important a place did St. Stephen's Episcopal Church hold in the life of Mrs. Scott that many of its fittings are a memorial to her generosity. For many years she was president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the church diocese of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and when limited by ill health was named honorary president.
Elizabeth Woodward Scott was descended from Richard Woodward who emigrated from Ipswich, England, in 1634 and was one of the earliest "proprietors" of Watertown, Mass. Her father was Chief Justice George Woodward, who built the residence on South Franklin Street so many years used by the Wilkes-Barre Institute, and now a special exhibit building for Wyoming Historical Society, directly across from Osterhout Library.
Mother of Mrs. Scott was Sarah Elizabeth Trott, daughter of a prominent physician of Wilkes-Barre.
Elizabeth Woodward Scott was born January 1, 1838, on the family farm known, as Hillside in the Borough of Edwardsville where now stands the Woodward Breaker which bears her family name. Here she lived till the appointment of her father, George W. Woodward, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, required that the family move to Philadelphia. So primitive were conditions of travel that the family made the first leg of the journey, from here to Tamaqua, by stage coach.
Elizabeth was one of nine children. Others were Honorable Stanley W. Woodward, Wilkes-Barre; Genl. George A. Woodward, Washington, D C.; Charles Francis Woodward, Philadelphia, William Wilberforce Woodward, John K. Woodward, Ella May Woodward, Lydia C., wife of E. H. Nancock, and Mary H., wife of J. Pryor Williamson. While her two older brothers, Stanley and George, were preparing for college at Wyoming Seminary she kept abreast with them in Latin and Greek, an unheard of interest for a girl those days. Later she became fluent in French, German and Italian, and at the age of 80 took up Spanish, for recreation and amusement.
While the family was in Philadelphia Judge Woodward helped build Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, where Elizabeth was married on February 14, 1863 to Eben Greenough Scott, lawyer, author and world traveler of Wilkes-Barre, graduate of Yale. The ceremony was performed by Phillips Brooks before a congregation of fashionable women and a predominence of pitifully lamed and maimed Civil War soldiers.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived for a while at Sunbury, later at Pottsville and finally came to Wilkes-Barre in 1872 where they took up residence in the fine old brick residence on South Franklin Street which was purchased for them by the bride's father and in which Mrs. Scott has lived ever since.
The couple had two sons, George Woodward Scott, who died in 1871, and William Scott who died four years later. Eben Greenough Scott died in 1919. Soon thereafter his widow broke her hip tripping over an electric cord and had been limited in physical activity ever since. Failing sight in the last few years curtailed her unquenchable taste for reading, but she kept posted in current interest and world affairs, as long periods of listening to readings from the daily paper and the magazines formed regular portions of each day till the last.
Nearest surviving relatives are James Pryor Williamson, city; Dr. George Woodward of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; Henry Woodward, of Washington. D. C., all nephews; Elizabeth Woodward, namesake, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. David C. Persival of Boston, both nieces; Commander Scott Umstead of U. S. Navy, a cousin; Mrs. J. B. Woodward, city, a niece by marriage.
Funeral services will be held at St Stephen's Episcopal Church Monday afternoon at 2:30.
(Wilkes-Barre Record, 7 Aug 1937)
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Mrs. E. Greenough Scott of South Franklin Street Was in 99th Year
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Elizabeth Woodward Scott, widow of Eben Greenough Scott, 324 South Franklin Street, died yesterday morning at 8:20 within less than five months of her 100th birthday anniversary, in the home which had been the background of an important life for the last 65 years.
Widely traveled and widely read, active over a long span of years in the philanthropic as well as the cultural advancement of the community, Mrs. Scott represented the best traditions of the first families of Wyoming Valley from which she sprang.
Devout Episcopalian, ardent Democrat, this woman of remarkable mentality kept alert and keen till the last. In spite of impaired health, dimmed hearing and failing sight, she managed her own affairs and signed her own checks up to the moment of passing.
Conspicuous among locally organizations founded by Mrs. Scott, and of which for years she was president, are the Home For Friendless Children, housed directly across the street from her residence and the Thursday Club, a select group of women formed in 1885 to studying Art, a club which very quietly but very vigorously continues, in the hands of descendants of the nine founders.
So important a place did St. Stephen's Episcopal Church hold in the life of Mrs. Scott that many of its fittings are a memorial to her generosity. For many years she was president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the church diocese of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and when limited by ill health was named honorary president.
Elizabeth Woodward Scott was descended from Richard Woodward who emigrated from Ipswich, England, in 1634 and was one of the earliest "proprietors" of Watertown, Mass. Her father was Chief Justice George Woodward, who built the residence on South Franklin Street so many years used by the Wilkes-Barre Institute, and now a special exhibit building for Wyoming Historical Society, directly across from Osterhout Library.
Mother of Mrs. Scott was Sarah Elizabeth Trott, daughter of a prominent physician of Wilkes-Barre.
Elizabeth Woodward Scott was born January 1, 1838, on the family farm known, as Hillside in the Borough of Edwardsville where now stands the Woodward Breaker which bears her family name. Here she lived till the appointment of her father, George W. Woodward, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, required that the family move to Philadelphia. So primitive were conditions of travel that the family made the first leg of the journey, from here to Tamaqua, by stage coach.
Elizabeth was one of nine children. Others were Honorable Stanley W. Woodward, Wilkes-Barre; Genl. George A. Woodward, Washington, D C.; Charles Francis Woodward, Philadelphia, William Wilberforce Woodward, John K. Woodward, Ella May Woodward, Lydia C., wife of E. H. Nancock, and Mary H., wife of J. Pryor Williamson. While her two older brothers, Stanley and George, were preparing for college at Wyoming Seminary she kept abreast with them in Latin and Greek, an unheard of interest for a girl those days. Later she became fluent in French, German and Italian, and at the age of 80 took up Spanish, for recreation and amusement.
While the family was in Philadelphia Judge Woodward helped build Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, where Elizabeth was married on February 14, 1863 to Eben Greenough Scott, lawyer, author and world traveler of Wilkes-Barre, graduate of Yale. The ceremony was performed by Phillips Brooks before a congregation of fashionable women and a predominence of pitifully lamed and maimed Civil War soldiers.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived for a while at Sunbury, later at Pottsville and finally came to Wilkes-Barre in 1872 where they took up residence in the fine old brick residence on South Franklin Street which was purchased for them by the bride's father and in which Mrs. Scott has lived ever since.
The couple had two sons, George Woodward Scott, who died in 1871, and William Scott who died four years later. Eben Greenough Scott died in 1919. Soon thereafter his widow broke her hip tripping over an electric cord and had been limited in physical activity ever since. Failing sight in the last few years curtailed her unquenchable taste for reading, but she kept posted in current interest and world affairs, as long periods of listening to readings from the daily paper and the magazines formed regular portions of each day till the last.
Nearest surviving relatives are James Pryor Williamson, city; Dr. George Woodward of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; Henry Woodward, of Washington. D. C., all nephews; Elizabeth Woodward, namesake, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. David C. Persival of Boston, both nieces; Commander Scott Umstead of U. S. Navy, a cousin; Mrs. J. B. Woodward, city, a niece by marriage.
Funeral services will be held at St Stephen's Episcopal Church Monday afternoon at 2:30.
(Wilkes-Barre Record, 7 Aug 1937)
Noted Jurist's Daughter Dies
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Mrs. E. Greenough Scott of South Franklin Street Was in 99th Year
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Elizabeth Woodward Scott, widow of Eben Greenough Scott, 324 South Franklin Street, died yesterday morning at 8:20 within less than five months of her 100th birthday anniversary, in the home which had been the background of an important life for the last 65 years.
Widely traveled and widely read, active over a long span of years in the philanthropic as well as the cultural advancement of the community, Mrs. Scott represented the best traditions of the first families of Wyoming Valley from which she sprang.
Devout Episcopalian, ardent Democrat, this woman of remarkable mentality kept alert and keen till the last. In spite of impaired health, dimmed hearing and failing sight, she managed her own affairs and signed her own checks up to the moment of passing.
Conspicuous among locally organizations founded by Mrs. Scott, and of which for years she was president, are the Home For Friendless Children, housed directly across the street from her residence and the Thursday Club, a select group of women formed in 1885 to studying Art, a club which very quietly but very vigorously continues, in the hands of descendants of the nine founders.
So important a place did St. Stephen's Episcopal Church hold in the life of Mrs. Scott that many of its fittings are a memorial to her generosity. For many years she was president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the church diocese of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and when limited by ill health was named honorary president.
Elizabeth Woodward Scott was descended from Richard Woodward who emigrated from Ipswich, England, in 1634 and was one of the earliest "proprietors" of Watertown, Mass. Her father was Chief Justice George Woodward, who built the residence on South Franklin Street so many years used by the Wilkes-Barre Institute, and now a special exhibit building for Wyoming Historical Society, directly across from Osterhout Library.
Mother of Mrs. Scott was Sarah Elizabeth Trott, daughter of a prominent physician of Wilkes-Barre.
Elizabeth Woodward Scott was born January 1, 1838, on the family farm known, as Hillside in the Borough of Edwardsville where now stands the Woodward Breaker which bears her family name. Here she lived till the appointment of her father, George W. Woodward, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, required that the family move to Philadelphia. So primitive were conditions of travel that the family made the first leg of the journey, from here to Tamaqua, by stage coach.
Elizabeth was one of nine children. Others were Honorable Stanley W. Woodward, Wilkes-Barre; Genl. George A. Woodward, Washington, D C.; Charles Francis Woodward, Philadelphia, William Wilberforce Woodward, John K. Woodward, Ella May Woodward, Lydia C., wife of E. H. Nancock, and Mary H., wife of J. Pryor Williamson. While her two older brothers, Stanley and George, were preparing for college at Wyoming Seminary she kept abreast with them in Latin and Greek, an unheard of interest for a girl those days. Later she became fluent in French, German and Italian, and at the age of 80 took up Spanish, for recreation and amusement.
While the family was in Philadelphia Judge Woodward helped build Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, where Elizabeth was married on February 14, 1863 to Eben Greenough Scott, lawyer, author and world traveler of Wilkes-Barre, graduate of Yale. The ceremony was performed by Phillips Brooks before a congregation of fashionable women and a predominence of pitifully lamed and maimed Civil War soldiers.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived for a while at Sunbury, later at Pottsville and finally came to Wilkes-Barre in 1872 where they took up residence in the fine old brick residence on South Franklin Street which was purchased for them by the bride's father and in which Mrs. Scott has lived ever since.
The couple had two sons, George Woodward Scott, who died in 1871, and William Scott who died four years later. Eben Greenough Scott died in 1919. Soon thereafter his widow broke her hip tripping over an electric cord and had been limited in physical activity ever since. Failing sight in the last few years curtailed her unquenchable taste for reading, but she kept posted in current interest and world affairs, as long periods of listening to readings from the daily paper and the magazines formed regular portions of each day till the last.
Nearest surviving relatives are James Pryor Williamson, city; Dr. George Woodward of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; Henry Woodward, of Washington. D. C., all nephews; Elizabeth Woodward, namesake, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. David C. Persival of Boston, both nieces; Commander Scott Umstead of U. S. Navy, a cousin; Mrs. J. B. Woodward, city, a niece by marriage.
Funeral services will be held at St Stephen's Episcopal Church Monday afternoon at 2:30.
(Wilkes-Barre Record, 7 Aug 1937)
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Mrs. E. Greenough Scott of South Franklin Street Was in 99th Year
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Elizabeth Woodward Scott, widow of Eben Greenough Scott, 324 South Franklin Street, died yesterday morning at 8:20 within less than five months of her 100th birthday anniversary, in the home which had been the background of an important life for the last 65 years.
Widely traveled and widely read, active over a long span of years in the philanthropic as well as the cultural advancement of the community, Mrs. Scott represented the best traditions of the first families of Wyoming Valley from which she sprang.
Devout Episcopalian, ardent Democrat, this woman of remarkable mentality kept alert and keen till the last. In spite of impaired health, dimmed hearing and failing sight, she managed her own affairs and signed her own checks up to the moment of passing.
Conspicuous among locally organizations founded by Mrs. Scott, and of which for years she was president, are the Home For Friendless Children, housed directly across the street from her residence and the Thursday Club, a select group of women formed in 1885 to studying Art, a club which very quietly but very vigorously continues, in the hands of descendants of the nine founders.
So important a place did St. Stephen's Episcopal Church hold in the life of Mrs. Scott that many of its fittings are a memorial to her generosity. For many years she was president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the church diocese of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and when limited by ill health was named honorary president.
Elizabeth Woodward Scott was descended from Richard Woodward who emigrated from Ipswich, England, in 1634 and was one of the earliest "proprietors" of Watertown, Mass. Her father was Chief Justice George Woodward, who built the residence on South Franklin Street so many years used by the Wilkes-Barre Institute, and now a special exhibit building for Wyoming Historical Society, directly across from Osterhout Library.
Mother of Mrs. Scott was Sarah Elizabeth Trott, daughter of a prominent physician of Wilkes-Barre.
Elizabeth Woodward Scott was born January 1, 1838, on the family farm known, as Hillside in the Borough of Edwardsville where now stands the Woodward Breaker which bears her family name. Here she lived till the appointment of her father, George W. Woodward, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, required that the family move to Philadelphia. So primitive were conditions of travel that the family made the first leg of the journey, from here to Tamaqua, by stage coach.
Elizabeth was one of nine children. Others were Honorable Stanley W. Woodward, Wilkes-Barre; Genl. George A. Woodward, Washington, D C.; Charles Francis Woodward, Philadelphia, William Wilberforce Woodward, John K. Woodward, Ella May Woodward, Lydia C., wife of E. H. Nancock, and Mary H., wife of J. Pryor Williamson. While her two older brothers, Stanley and George, were preparing for college at Wyoming Seminary she kept abreast with them in Latin and Greek, an unheard of interest for a girl those days. Later she became fluent in French, German and Italian, and at the age of 80 took up Spanish, for recreation and amusement.
While the family was in Philadelphia Judge Woodward helped build Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, where Elizabeth was married on February 14, 1863 to Eben Greenough Scott, lawyer, author and world traveler of Wilkes-Barre, graduate of Yale. The ceremony was performed by Phillips Brooks before a congregation of fashionable women and a predominence of pitifully lamed and maimed Civil War soldiers.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived for a while at Sunbury, later at Pottsville and finally came to Wilkes-Barre in 1872 where they took up residence in the fine old brick residence on South Franklin Street which was purchased for them by the bride's father and in which Mrs. Scott has lived ever since.
The couple had two sons, George Woodward Scott, who died in 1871, and William Scott who died four years later. Eben Greenough Scott died in 1919. Soon thereafter his widow broke her hip tripping over an electric cord and had been limited in physical activity ever since. Failing sight in the last few years curtailed her unquenchable taste for reading, but she kept posted in current interest and world affairs, as long periods of listening to readings from the daily paper and the magazines formed regular portions of each day till the last.
Nearest surviving relatives are James Pryor Williamson, city; Dr. George Woodward of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; Henry Woodward, of Washington. D. C., all nephews; Elizabeth Woodward, namesake, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. David C. Persival of Boston, both nieces; Commander Scott Umstead of U. S. Navy, a cousin; Mrs. J. B. Woodward, city, a niece by marriage.
Funeral services will be held at St Stephen's Episcopal Church Monday afternoon at 2:30.
(Wilkes-Barre Record, 7 Aug 1937)
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