Tazewell County Reporter & Washington Post and News, Washington, IL, Thursday, June 4, 1942, P1, C5 (contains picture of Mrs. Scott)
DEATH OF MISS EMMA J. SCOTT MON. MORNING
Prominent Early Settler and Historian Ill Only Short Time
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Miss Emma Julia Scott, one of the oldest citizens of Washington, died at her home here at 9:35 Monday morning, age 87 years, 6 months and 12 days.
Miss Scott was able to be about as usual and on Thursday afternoon was in Pekin and Peoria. On Friday she was taken with double pneumonia and on Saturday morning went into a coma from which she never regained consciousness.
She attended a meeting of the State Historical Society at Galent [sic/Galena], Illinois, May 16 and made a historical tour of the city, guided by the Boy Scouts. She was an active member of the Woodford County Historical society. On Lincoln's birthday this year she appeared on a Lincoln program sponsored by the Bloomington Kiwanis club.
Miss Scott was born November 19, 1854, on the Scott home place south of Washington. Her father, J. Randolph Scott, was born in Washington, Pa., in 1812. His ancestors came from Scotland to this country in 1760. His grandfather was with George Washington when he crossed the Delaware river in the Revolutionary war. He came to Illinois in 1836. At a government land sale at Springfield he purchased a 320 acre farm south of Washington for $11.25 an acre. This was his family home as long as he lived.
He with five others from Washington were delegates to a convention at Bloomington May 29, 1856, when the Republican party was born. He was also a delegate to the Republican convention in Chicago May 16, 1860, when Lincoln was nominated for president.
Her father was a strong abolitionist and help form the County Anti-Slavery society, which had 100 members. He also took a prominent part in the "under ground railroad" through Tazewell county, to help free the negroes from escaping from the south.
Miss Scott's mother, Asenath Hicks, was born in Ohio in 1820. Her ancestors came from England and Wales in 1700. The Hicks family, with 10 children, came to Tremont in 1837. The father was killed in an accident and the mother and children moved to Washington in 1847, and purchased a farm near by.
The Scott-Hicks wedding took place in 1847 and they lived together 47 years. Mr. Scott died in 1894 and Mrs. Scott in 1901.
Mrs. Scott had traveled extensively and had spent several years in Washington, D.C. With her mother she was on a visit to Galesburg, Ill., with her mother's sister and a famous debate took place betweek Lincoln and Douglas Oct. 7, 1858. They attended and although only 4 years old Miss Scott remembered the day and the delegations with their flags and bands, and the speakers, but not the speeches.
While the T. P. & W. railroad was completed into Washington in 1855 they ran a free excursion to Cruger and Miss Scott, a baby on her father's knee, and her sister Martha and brother Quincy, took the trip.
Miss Scott suggested to the editor of the Reporter the publication of an "Early History of Washington, Ill." And in 1929 the book was issued. It is considered the most authentic early history of Central Illinois. Some 40 pages were the direct contribution of Miss Scott and her family history and early life in Tazewell county.
Miss Scott made her home with her sister, Mrs. George W. Tobias for many years and upon the death of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias she has continued to live in the home.
Two brothers, Lincoln R. Scott of Denver, Col. and William Scott of 206 N. Douglas St., Peoria, survive her as well as a niece in Corydon, Ia.
Services for Miss Scott will be held at 2:30 this afternoon at the Methodist church in charge of Rev. Bronson Smith. After 12 noon today the body will lie in state at the church until time for the services. Burial will be in Glen Dale cemetery.
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Metamora Herald, Friday, June 5, 1942, P1, C5
MISS EMMA J. SCOTT DIES AT AGE OF 87 AT HOME IN WASHINGTON
Miss Emma Julia Scott, 87, member of a pioneer Tazewell county family, died at her home in Washington Monday morning at 9:35.
She was the daughter of J. Randolph and Athenith Ficks (sic) Scott and was born on a farm near Washington, in and near which city she had spent her entire life. Her father, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, was an active abolitionist and a member of the organization known as the "underground railroad" which transported slaves who had fled from their masters from one friendly station to another on their way to Canada. A history of this "underground railroad" in this part of Illinois was written by Miss Scott a few years ago and was read at the out-door meeting of the Woodford County Historical society in 1934. Afterward in was printed in booklet form.
She is survived by two brothers, Lincoln R. Scott of Denver, Colo., and William G. Scott of Peoria.
The body was taken to the Gauss mortuary in Peoria and retained there until Thursday afternoon, when funeral services were held at 2:30 in the First Methodist church in Washington. Burial was in Glen Dale cemetery, Washington.
Miss Scott attended the meetings of the Woodford County Historical society for many years. In 1932 she was one of nine persons present at the dedication of the restored court room in the Lincoln Memorial Court House to make it conform to the time of Lincoln's practice therein, al of whom had seen Lincoln.
DEATH OF MISS EMMA J. SCOTT MON. MORNING
Prominent Early Settler and Historian Ill Only Short Time
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Miss Emma Julia Scott, one of the oldest citizens of Washington, died at her home here at 9:35 Monday morning, age 87 years, 6 months and 12 days.
Miss Scott was able to be about as usual and on Thursday afternoon was in Pekin and Peoria. On Friday she was taken with double pneumonia and on Saturday morning went into a coma from which she never regained consciousness.
She attended a meeting of the State Historical Society at Galent [sic/Galena], Illinois, May 16 and made a historical tour of the city, guided by the Boy Scouts. She was an active member of the Woodford County Historical society. On Lincoln's birthday this year she appeared on a Lincoln program sponsored by the Bloomington Kiwanis club.
Miss Scott was born November 19, 1854, on the Scott home place south of Washington. Her father, J. Randolph Scott, was born in Washington, Pa., in 1812. His ancestors came from Scotland to this country in 1760. His grandfather was with George Washington when he crossed the Delaware river in the Revolutionary war. He came to Illinois in 1836. At a government land sale at Springfield he purchased a 320 acre farm south of Washington for $11.25 an acre. This was his family home as long as he lived.
He with five others from Washington were delegates to a convention at Bloomington May 29, 1856, when the Republican party was born. He was also a delegate to the Republican convention in Chicago May 16, 1860, when Lincoln was nominated for president.
Her father was a strong abolitionist and help form the County Anti-Slavery society, which had 100 members. He also took a prominent part in the "under ground railroad" through Tazewell county, to help free the negroes from escaping from the south.
Miss Scott's mother, Asenath Hicks, was born in Ohio in 1820. Her ancestors came from England and Wales in 1700. The Hicks family, with 10 children, came to Tremont in 1837. The father was killed in an accident and the mother and children moved to Washington in 1847, and purchased a farm near by.
The Scott-Hicks wedding took place in 1847 and they lived together 47 years. Mr. Scott died in 1894 and Mrs. Scott in 1901.
Mrs. Scott had traveled extensively and had spent several years in Washington, D.C. With her mother she was on a visit to Galesburg, Ill., with her mother's sister and a famous debate took place betweek Lincoln and Douglas Oct. 7, 1858. They attended and although only 4 years old Miss Scott remembered the day and the delegations with their flags and bands, and the speakers, but not the speeches.
While the T. P. & W. railroad was completed into Washington in 1855 they ran a free excursion to Cruger and Miss Scott, a baby on her father's knee, and her sister Martha and brother Quincy, took the trip.
Miss Scott suggested to the editor of the Reporter the publication of an "Early History of Washington, Ill." And in 1929 the book was issued. It is considered the most authentic early history of Central Illinois. Some 40 pages were the direct contribution of Miss Scott and her family history and early life in Tazewell county.
Miss Scott made her home with her sister, Mrs. George W. Tobias for many years and upon the death of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias she has continued to live in the home.
Two brothers, Lincoln R. Scott of Denver, Col. and William Scott of 206 N. Douglas St., Peoria, survive her as well as a niece in Corydon, Ia.
Services for Miss Scott will be held at 2:30 this afternoon at the Methodist church in charge of Rev. Bronson Smith. After 12 noon today the body will lie in state at the church until time for the services. Burial will be in Glen Dale cemetery.
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Metamora Herald, Friday, June 5, 1942, P1, C5
MISS EMMA J. SCOTT DIES AT AGE OF 87 AT HOME IN WASHINGTON
Miss Emma Julia Scott, 87, member of a pioneer Tazewell county family, died at her home in Washington Monday morning at 9:35.
She was the daughter of J. Randolph and Athenith Ficks (sic) Scott and was born on a farm near Washington, in and near which city she had spent her entire life. Her father, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, was an active abolitionist and a member of the organization known as the "underground railroad" which transported slaves who had fled from their masters from one friendly station to another on their way to Canada. A history of this "underground railroad" in this part of Illinois was written by Miss Scott a few years ago and was read at the out-door meeting of the Woodford County Historical society in 1934. Afterward in was printed in booklet form.
She is survived by two brothers, Lincoln R. Scott of Denver, Colo., and William G. Scott of Peoria.
The body was taken to the Gauss mortuary in Peoria and retained there until Thursday afternoon, when funeral services were held at 2:30 in the First Methodist church in Washington. Burial was in Glen Dale cemetery, Washington.
Miss Scott attended the meetings of the Woodford County Historical society for many years. In 1932 she was one of nine persons present at the dedication of the restored court room in the Lincoln Memorial Court House to make it conform to the time of Lincoln's practice therein, al of whom had seen Lincoln.
Tazewell County Reporter & Washington Post and News, Washington, IL, Thursday, June 4, 1942, P1, C5 (contains picture of Mrs. Scott)
DEATH OF MISS EMMA J. SCOTT MON. MORNING
Prominent Early Settler and Historian Ill Only Short Time
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Miss Emma Julia Scott, one of the oldest citizens of Washington, died at her home here at 9:35 Monday morning, age 87 years, 6 months and 12 days.
Miss Scott was able to be about as usual and on Thursday afternoon was in Pekin and Peoria. On Friday she was taken with double pneumonia and on Saturday morning went into a coma from which she never regained consciousness.
She attended a meeting of the State Historical Society at Galent [sic/Galena], Illinois, May 16 and made a historical tour of the city, guided by the Boy Scouts. She was an active member of the Woodford County Historical society. On Lincoln's birthday this year she appeared on a Lincoln program sponsored by the Bloomington Kiwanis club.
Miss Scott was born November 19, 1854, on the Scott home place south of Washington. Her father, J. Randolph Scott, was born in Washington, Pa., in 1812. His ancestors came from Scotland to this country in 1760. His grandfather was with George Washington when he crossed the Delaware river in the Revolutionary war. He came to Illinois in 1836. At a government land sale at Springfield he purchased a 320 acre farm south of Washington for $11.25 an acre. This was his family home as long as he lived.
He with five others from Washington were delegates to a convention at Bloomington May 29, 1856, when the Republican party was born. He was also a delegate to the Republican convention in Chicago May 16, 1860, when Lincoln was nominated for president.
Her father was a strong abolitionist and help form the County Anti-Slavery society, which had 100 members. He also took a prominent part in the "under ground railroad" through Tazewell county, to help free the negroes from escaping from the south.
Miss Scott's mother, Asenath Hicks, was born in Ohio in 1820. Her ancestors came from England and Wales in 1700. The Hicks family, with 10 children, came to Tremont in 1837. The father was killed in an accident and the mother and children moved to Washington in 1847, and purchased a farm near by.
The Scott-Hicks wedding took place in 1847 and they lived together 47 years. Mr. Scott died in 1894 and Mrs. Scott in 1901.
Mrs. Scott had traveled extensively and had spent several years in Washington, D.C. With her mother she was on a visit to Galesburg, Ill., with her mother's sister and a famous debate took place betweek Lincoln and Douglas Oct. 7, 1858. They attended and although only 4 years old Miss Scott remembered the day and the delegations with their flags and bands, and the speakers, but not the speeches.
While the T. P. & W. railroad was completed into Washington in 1855 they ran a free excursion to Cruger and Miss Scott, a baby on her father's knee, and her sister Martha and brother Quincy, took the trip.
Miss Scott suggested to the editor of the Reporter the publication of an "Early History of Washington, Ill." And in 1929 the book was issued. It is considered the most authentic early history of Central Illinois. Some 40 pages were the direct contribution of Miss Scott and her family history and early life in Tazewell county.
Miss Scott made her home with her sister, Mrs. George W. Tobias for many years and upon the death of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias she has continued to live in the home.
Two brothers, Lincoln R. Scott of Denver, Col. and William Scott of 206 N. Douglas St., Peoria, survive her as well as a niece in Corydon, Ia.
Services for Miss Scott will be held at 2:30 this afternoon at the Methodist church in charge of Rev. Bronson Smith. After 12 noon today the body will lie in state at the church until time for the services. Burial will be in Glen Dale cemetery.
*****
Metamora Herald, Friday, June 5, 1942, P1, C5
MISS EMMA J. SCOTT DIES AT AGE OF 87 AT HOME IN WASHINGTON
Miss Emma Julia Scott, 87, member of a pioneer Tazewell county family, died at her home in Washington Monday morning at 9:35.
She was the daughter of J. Randolph and Athenith Ficks (sic) Scott and was born on a farm near Washington, in and near which city she had spent her entire life. Her father, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, was an active abolitionist and a member of the organization known as the "underground railroad" which transported slaves who had fled from their masters from one friendly station to another on their way to Canada. A history of this "underground railroad" in this part of Illinois was written by Miss Scott a few years ago and was read at the out-door meeting of the Woodford County Historical society in 1934. Afterward in was printed in booklet form.
She is survived by two brothers, Lincoln R. Scott of Denver, Colo., and William G. Scott of Peoria.
The body was taken to the Gauss mortuary in Peoria and retained there until Thursday afternoon, when funeral services were held at 2:30 in the First Methodist church in Washington. Burial was in Glen Dale cemetery, Washington.
Miss Scott attended the meetings of the Woodford County Historical society for many years. In 1932 she was one of nine persons present at the dedication of the restored court room in the Lincoln Memorial Court House to make it conform to the time of Lincoln's practice therein, al of whom had seen Lincoln.
DEATH OF MISS EMMA J. SCOTT MON. MORNING
Prominent Early Settler and Historian Ill Only Short Time
-------
Miss Emma Julia Scott, one of the oldest citizens of Washington, died at her home here at 9:35 Monday morning, age 87 years, 6 months and 12 days.
Miss Scott was able to be about as usual and on Thursday afternoon was in Pekin and Peoria. On Friday she was taken with double pneumonia and on Saturday morning went into a coma from which she never regained consciousness.
She attended a meeting of the State Historical Society at Galent [sic/Galena], Illinois, May 16 and made a historical tour of the city, guided by the Boy Scouts. She was an active member of the Woodford County Historical society. On Lincoln's birthday this year she appeared on a Lincoln program sponsored by the Bloomington Kiwanis club.
Miss Scott was born November 19, 1854, on the Scott home place south of Washington. Her father, J. Randolph Scott, was born in Washington, Pa., in 1812. His ancestors came from Scotland to this country in 1760. His grandfather was with George Washington when he crossed the Delaware river in the Revolutionary war. He came to Illinois in 1836. At a government land sale at Springfield he purchased a 320 acre farm south of Washington for $11.25 an acre. This was his family home as long as he lived.
He with five others from Washington were delegates to a convention at Bloomington May 29, 1856, when the Republican party was born. He was also a delegate to the Republican convention in Chicago May 16, 1860, when Lincoln was nominated for president.
Her father was a strong abolitionist and help form the County Anti-Slavery society, which had 100 members. He also took a prominent part in the "under ground railroad" through Tazewell county, to help free the negroes from escaping from the south.
Miss Scott's mother, Asenath Hicks, was born in Ohio in 1820. Her ancestors came from England and Wales in 1700. The Hicks family, with 10 children, came to Tremont in 1837. The father was killed in an accident and the mother and children moved to Washington in 1847, and purchased a farm near by.
The Scott-Hicks wedding took place in 1847 and they lived together 47 years. Mr. Scott died in 1894 and Mrs. Scott in 1901.
Mrs. Scott had traveled extensively and had spent several years in Washington, D.C. With her mother she was on a visit to Galesburg, Ill., with her mother's sister and a famous debate took place betweek Lincoln and Douglas Oct. 7, 1858. They attended and although only 4 years old Miss Scott remembered the day and the delegations with their flags and bands, and the speakers, but not the speeches.
While the T. P. & W. railroad was completed into Washington in 1855 they ran a free excursion to Cruger and Miss Scott, a baby on her father's knee, and her sister Martha and brother Quincy, took the trip.
Miss Scott suggested to the editor of the Reporter the publication of an "Early History of Washington, Ill." And in 1929 the book was issued. It is considered the most authentic early history of Central Illinois. Some 40 pages were the direct contribution of Miss Scott and her family history and early life in Tazewell county.
Miss Scott made her home with her sister, Mrs. George W. Tobias for many years and upon the death of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias she has continued to live in the home.
Two brothers, Lincoln R. Scott of Denver, Col. and William Scott of 206 N. Douglas St., Peoria, survive her as well as a niece in Corydon, Ia.
Services for Miss Scott will be held at 2:30 this afternoon at the Methodist church in charge of Rev. Bronson Smith. After 12 noon today the body will lie in state at the church until time for the services. Burial will be in Glen Dale cemetery.
*****
Metamora Herald, Friday, June 5, 1942, P1, C5
MISS EMMA J. SCOTT DIES AT AGE OF 87 AT HOME IN WASHINGTON
Miss Emma Julia Scott, 87, member of a pioneer Tazewell county family, died at her home in Washington Monday morning at 9:35.
She was the daughter of J. Randolph and Athenith Ficks (sic) Scott and was born on a farm near Washington, in and near which city she had spent her entire life. Her father, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, was an active abolitionist and a member of the organization known as the "underground railroad" which transported slaves who had fled from their masters from one friendly station to another on their way to Canada. A history of this "underground railroad" in this part of Illinois was written by Miss Scott a few years ago and was read at the out-door meeting of the Woodford County Historical society in 1934. Afterward in was printed in booklet form.
She is survived by two brothers, Lincoln R. Scott of Denver, Colo., and William G. Scott of Peoria.
The body was taken to the Gauss mortuary in Peoria and retained there until Thursday afternoon, when funeral services were held at 2:30 in the First Methodist church in Washington. Burial was in Glen Dale cemetery, Washington.
Miss Scott attended the meetings of the Woodford County Historical society for many years. In 1932 she was one of nine persons present at the dedication of the restored court room in the Lincoln Memorial Court House to make it conform to the time of Lincoln's practice therein, al of whom had seen Lincoln.
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