"Rebecca Elizabeth Scott died July 18, 1882, en route west by covered wagon with some members of her family. She is buried in a mountain canyon in the vicinity of Durango, Colorado. On top of her grave was placed a number of stones to protect it from desecration, and her grandson, William Henry, securing a hammer and a large spike nail from the wagon box chiseled her name, date of her birth and death on a sandstone which he placed on top of the crude burial mound."
Reference:
Scott, E. Harrison (1951). "Arthur Martin Scott 1777 - 1858 His Ancestors and his Descendants", 97.
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"Rebecca Elizabeth Scott died July 18, 1882, en route west by covered wagon with some members of her family. She is buried in a mountain canyon in the vicinity of Durango, Colorado. On top of her grave was placed a number of stones to protect it from desecration, and her grandson, William Henry, securing a hammer and a large spike nail from the wagon box chiseled her name, date of her birth and death on a sandstone which he placed on top of the crude burial mound."
Reference:
Scott, E. Harrison (1951). "Arthur Martin Scott 1777 - 1858 His Ancestors and his Descendants", 97.
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Bio by: Ron Nixon
Gravesite Details
mortuary ref #01/262; mortuary had no dates
Family Members
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