WILLIAM TIGNER SCOTT
From FIRST 100 YEARS NOLAN COUNTY TEXAS
(1985, Nolan County Historical Society)
Page 354 (no longer in print, transcribed with permission)
William Tigner Scott was born January 4, 1871 in Harrison County, Texas, to Samuel T. and Leonora (Fyffe) Scott. He married Mary Elizabeth Orsborn and moved from Van Zandt County to Sweetwater in 1905 in a covered wagon with their two sons, Herman Arthur and Elva Sylvanus, some chickens, a cow and a $300 loan from his father. They were seeking a healthier climate for W. T. to recover his health following a devastating bout of pneumonia. He and one other victim, a child, were the only two to survive that malady in 1903 in that area.
They first settled in the Avenue C area of Sweetwater doing any kind of honest labor to make their living. After recovering his health, "Tig", as he became known, took a job as commissary delivering supplies to construction crews building the Orient Railroad from Sweetwater through Blackwell. He contracted typhoid fever while on that job and became so ill that he was "out of his head" for a month. Given up to die by the doctor and friends, contributions were being taken for his burial. But because of constant and loving care by "Lena", he recovered. She took in washing and ironing to provide for the family's needs during this period.
Outfitting themselves for farming, they rented a farm from Paul B. Sorenson on the north edge of Sweetwater and were some of the "first residents" of the now-Country Club area.
Herman and Elva attended school at Philip Nolan and Newman High. While playing on the football team against Colorado City in 1916, Elva received a hip injury that plagued him throughout life.
By wise management, hard work and frugal living, the family saved money to buy 640 acres of land in the Ada Community (now the Lake Trammell area) in 1915 and moved there in 1918. The only improvements were fences and a windmill. Land was cleared with 240 acres under cultivation at one time. The remainder was used to raise beef and dairy cattle, mules, horses and, in the early 1940's, sheep. Thousands of pounds of butter and many hundreds of crates of eggs were produced and sold from this home farm throughout their productive years.
The first living quarters were designed to be converted to barn facilities when the home of their dreams was built. That home became a reality in 1936 after both sons were married and had families of their own, and after land was purchased in Howard County for one son.
Throughout the years, they became known by relatives and their many friends as "Uncle Tig" and "Aunt Lena". Their descendants are: the children of Herman and Pearl (Conway) Scott of Sweetwater – Jerry Conway of Pampa, and William Theodore (Ted) of Wichita Falls; the children of Elva and Mary Ila (Couch) Scott of Nolan County and Sweetwater – Herman Eugene (deceased), William Jackson, Elva S. Jr., and George David, of Sweetwater. These last three presently live on the home place with their wives. Two other children are Robert Wesley of Hobbs, New Mexico, and Mary Leona Scott of Oklahoma City, OK. "Uncle Tig" and "Aunt Lena" had two other sons and a daughter who died in infancy. One son was a twin to Elva.
Elva Sylvanus died in 1954 in a tractor accident on the home farm. "Aunt Lena" died in 1958 of natural causes. "Uncle Tig" lived to a ripe old age of 94 years, 10 months, dying in October 1965 of natural causes after surviving two severe bouts of pneumonia and a case of typhoid fever. Herman Arthur died eight months later in 1966 from injuries received in a tractor mishap on his farm in Howard County. Pearl (Conway) Scott died in 1941.
Mary Ila (Couch) Scott presently resides in Sweetwater.
Submitted by Mary Ila Scott
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HOWARD COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: William Teague Scott
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 24 Oct 1965
Event Place: Malone & Hogan, Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Probable aspiration; Cerebral arteriosclerosis; Arteriosclerotic heart disease
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 94 yrs 9 mos 20 days
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1871
Birthplace: Harrison County, Texas
Father's Name: Sam Scott
Mother's Name: Nora Fife
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: West of Lake Trammel, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Burial/removal: Garden of Memories, Sweetwater, Texas
Date: 25 Oct 1965
Informant: Herman Scott (son)
Certificate Number: 65117
GS Film number: 2117865
Digital Folder Number: 005144747
Image Number: 01798
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1880 Federal Census taken 7/1/1880, for Van Zandt Co., TX:
Samiel T. Scott, head, age 41, b. MS;
Leonora Scott, wife, age 42, b. TN;
James B. Scott, son, age 18, b. TX;
Thomas M. Scott, son, age 15, b. TX;
Mary A. Scott, dau., age 12, b. TX;
Robert Scott, son, age 9, b. TX;
William T. Scott, son, age 8, b. TX;
Virgil H. Scott, son, age 3, b. TX;
Melissa Scott, dau., age 1, b. TX.
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From FIRST 100 YEARS NOLAN COUNTY TEXAS
(1985, Nolan County Historical Society)
Page 354 (no longer in print, transcribed with permission)
William Tigner Scott was born January 4, 1871 in Harrison County, Texas, to Samuel T. and Leonora (Fyffe) Scott. He married Mary Elizabeth Orsborn and moved from Van Zandt County to Sweetwater in 1905 in a covered wagon with their two sons, Herman Arthur and Elva Sylvanus, some chickens, a cow and a $300 loan from his father. They were seeking a healthier climate for W. T. to recover his health following a devastating bout of pneumonia. He and one other victim, a child, were the only two to survive that malady in 1903 in that area.
They first settled in the Avenue C area of Sweetwater doing any kind of honest labor to make their living. After recovering his health, "Tig", as he became known, took a job as commissary delivering supplies to construction crews building the Orient Railroad from Sweetwater through Blackwell. He contracted typhoid fever while on that job and became so ill that he was "out of his head" for a month. Given up to die by the doctor and friends, contributions were being taken for his burial. But because of constant and loving care by "Lena", he recovered. She took in washing and ironing to provide for the family's needs during this period.
Outfitting themselves for farming, they rented a farm from Paul B. Sorenson on the north edge of Sweetwater and were some of the "first residents" of the now-Country Club area.
Herman and Elva attended school at Philip Nolan and Newman High. While playing on the football team against Colorado City in 1916, Elva received a hip injury that plagued him throughout life.
By wise management, hard work and frugal living, the family saved money to buy 640 acres of land in the Ada Community (now the Lake Trammell area) in 1915 and moved there in 1918. The only improvements were fences and a windmill. Land was cleared with 240 acres under cultivation at one time. The remainder was used to raise beef and dairy cattle, mules, horses and, in the early 1940's, sheep. Thousands of pounds of butter and many hundreds of crates of eggs were produced and sold from this home farm throughout their productive years.
The first living quarters were designed to be converted to barn facilities when the home of their dreams was built. That home became a reality in 1936 after both sons were married and had families of their own, and after land was purchased in Howard County for one son.
Throughout the years, they became known by relatives and their many friends as "Uncle Tig" and "Aunt Lena". Their descendants are: the children of Herman and Pearl (Conway) Scott of Sweetwater – Jerry Conway of Pampa, and William Theodore (Ted) of Wichita Falls; the children of Elva and Mary Ila (Couch) Scott of Nolan County and Sweetwater – Herman Eugene (deceased), William Jackson, Elva S. Jr., and George David, of Sweetwater. These last three presently live on the home place with their wives. Two other children are Robert Wesley of Hobbs, New Mexico, and Mary Leona Scott of Oklahoma City, OK. "Uncle Tig" and "Aunt Lena" had two other sons and a daughter who died in infancy. One son was a twin to Elva.
Elva Sylvanus died in 1954 in a tractor accident on the home farm. "Aunt Lena" died in 1958 of natural causes. "Uncle Tig" lived to a ripe old age of 94 years, 10 months, dying in October 1965 of natural causes after surviving two severe bouts of pneumonia and a case of typhoid fever. Herman Arthur died eight months later in 1966 from injuries received in a tractor mishap on his farm in Howard County. Pearl (Conway) Scott died in 1941.
Mary Ila (Couch) Scott presently resides in Sweetwater.
Submitted by Mary Ila Scott
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HOWARD COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: William Teague Scott
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 24 Oct 1965
Event Place: Malone & Hogan, Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Probable aspiration; Cerebral arteriosclerosis; Arteriosclerotic heart disease
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 94 yrs 9 mos 20 days
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1871
Birthplace: Harrison County, Texas
Father's Name: Sam Scott
Mother's Name: Nora Fife
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: West of Lake Trammel, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Burial/removal: Garden of Memories, Sweetwater, Texas
Date: 25 Oct 1965
Informant: Herman Scott (son)
Certificate Number: 65117
GS Film number: 2117865
Digital Folder Number: 005144747
Image Number: 01798
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1880 Federal Census taken 7/1/1880, for Van Zandt Co., TX:
Samiel T. Scott, head, age 41, b. MS;
Leonora Scott, wife, age 42, b. TN;
James B. Scott, son, age 18, b. TX;
Thomas M. Scott, son, age 15, b. TX;
Mary A. Scott, dau., age 12, b. TX;
Robert Scott, son, age 9, b. TX;
William T. Scott, son, age 8, b. TX;
Virgil H. Scott, son, age 3, b. TX;
Melissa Scott, dau., age 1, b. TX.
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WILLIAM TIGNER SCOTT
From FIRST 100 YEARS NOLAN COUNTY TEXAS
(1985, Nolan County Historical Society)
Page 354 (no longer in print, transcribed with permission)
William Tigner Scott was born January 4, 1871 in Harrison County, Texas, to Samuel T. and Leonora (Fyffe) Scott. He married Mary Elizabeth Orsborn and moved from Van Zandt County to Sweetwater in 1905 in a covered wagon with their two sons, Herman Arthur and Elva Sylvanus, some chickens, a cow and a $300 loan from his father. They were seeking a healthier climate for W. T. to recover his health following a devastating bout of pneumonia. He and one other victim, a child, were the only two to survive that malady in 1903 in that area.
They first settled in the Avenue C area of Sweetwater doing any kind of honest labor to make their living. After recovering his health, "Tig", as he became known, took a job as commissary delivering supplies to construction crews building the Orient Railroad from Sweetwater through Blackwell. He contracted typhoid fever while on that job and became so ill that he was "out of his head" for a month. Given up to die by the doctor and friends, contributions were being taken for his burial. But because of constant and loving care by "Lena", he recovered. She took in washing and ironing to provide for the family's needs during this period.
Outfitting themselves for farming, they rented a farm from Paul B. Sorenson on the north edge of Sweetwater and were some of the "first residents" of the now-Country Club area.
Herman and Elva attended school at Philip Nolan and Newman High. While playing on the football team against Colorado City in 1916, Elva received a hip injury that plagued him throughout life.
By wise management, hard work and frugal living, the family saved money to buy 640 acres of land in the Ada Community (now the Lake Trammell area) in 1915 and moved there in 1918. The only improvements were fences and a windmill. Land was cleared with 240 acres under cultivation at one time. The remainder was used to raise beef and dairy cattle, mules, horses and, in the early 1940's, sheep. Thousands of pounds of butter and many hundreds of crates of eggs were produced and sold from this home farm throughout their productive years.
The first living quarters were designed to be converted to barn facilities when the home of their dreams was built. That home became a reality in 1936 after both sons were married and had families of their own, and after land was purchased in Howard County for one son.
Throughout the years, they became known by relatives and their many friends as "Uncle Tig" and "Aunt Lena". Their descendants are: the children of Herman and Pearl (Conway) Scott of Sweetwater – Jerry Conway of Pampa, and William Theodore (Ted) of Wichita Falls; the children of Elva and Mary Ila (Couch) Scott of Nolan County and Sweetwater – Herman Eugene (deceased), William Jackson, Elva S. Jr., and George David, of Sweetwater. These last three presently live on the home place with their wives. Two other children are Robert Wesley of Hobbs, New Mexico, and Mary Leona Scott of Oklahoma City, OK. "Uncle Tig" and "Aunt Lena" had two other sons and a daughter who died in infancy. One son was a twin to Elva.
Elva Sylvanus died in 1954 in a tractor accident on the home farm. "Aunt Lena" died in 1958 of natural causes. "Uncle Tig" lived to a ripe old age of 94 years, 10 months, dying in October 1965 of natural causes after surviving two severe bouts of pneumonia and a case of typhoid fever. Herman Arthur died eight months later in 1966 from injuries received in a tractor mishap on his farm in Howard County. Pearl (Conway) Scott died in 1941.
Mary Ila (Couch) Scott presently resides in Sweetwater.
Submitted by Mary Ila Scott
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HOWARD COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: William Teague Scott
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 24 Oct 1965
Event Place: Malone & Hogan, Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Probable aspiration; Cerebral arteriosclerosis; Arteriosclerotic heart disease
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 94 yrs 9 mos 20 days
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1871
Birthplace: Harrison County, Texas
Father's Name: Sam Scott
Mother's Name: Nora Fife
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: West of Lake Trammel, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Burial/removal: Garden of Memories, Sweetwater, Texas
Date: 25 Oct 1965
Informant: Herman Scott (son)
Certificate Number: 65117
GS Film number: 2117865
Digital Folder Number: 005144747
Image Number: 01798
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1880 Federal Census taken 7/1/1880, for Van Zandt Co., TX:
Samiel T. Scott, head, age 41, b. MS;
Leonora Scott, wife, age 42, b. TN;
James B. Scott, son, age 18, b. TX;
Thomas M. Scott, son, age 15, b. TX;
Mary A. Scott, dau., age 12, b. TX;
Robert Scott, son, age 9, b. TX;
William T. Scott, son, age 8, b. TX;
Virgil H. Scott, son, age 3, b. TX;
Melissa Scott, dau., age 1, b. TX.
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From FIRST 100 YEARS NOLAN COUNTY TEXAS
(1985, Nolan County Historical Society)
Page 354 (no longer in print, transcribed with permission)
William Tigner Scott was born January 4, 1871 in Harrison County, Texas, to Samuel T. and Leonora (Fyffe) Scott. He married Mary Elizabeth Orsborn and moved from Van Zandt County to Sweetwater in 1905 in a covered wagon with their two sons, Herman Arthur and Elva Sylvanus, some chickens, a cow and a $300 loan from his father. They were seeking a healthier climate for W. T. to recover his health following a devastating bout of pneumonia. He and one other victim, a child, were the only two to survive that malady in 1903 in that area.
They first settled in the Avenue C area of Sweetwater doing any kind of honest labor to make their living. After recovering his health, "Tig", as he became known, took a job as commissary delivering supplies to construction crews building the Orient Railroad from Sweetwater through Blackwell. He contracted typhoid fever while on that job and became so ill that he was "out of his head" for a month. Given up to die by the doctor and friends, contributions were being taken for his burial. But because of constant and loving care by "Lena", he recovered. She took in washing and ironing to provide for the family's needs during this period.
Outfitting themselves for farming, they rented a farm from Paul B. Sorenson on the north edge of Sweetwater and were some of the "first residents" of the now-Country Club area.
Herman and Elva attended school at Philip Nolan and Newman High. While playing on the football team against Colorado City in 1916, Elva received a hip injury that plagued him throughout life.
By wise management, hard work and frugal living, the family saved money to buy 640 acres of land in the Ada Community (now the Lake Trammell area) in 1915 and moved there in 1918. The only improvements were fences and a windmill. Land was cleared with 240 acres under cultivation at one time. The remainder was used to raise beef and dairy cattle, mules, horses and, in the early 1940's, sheep. Thousands of pounds of butter and many hundreds of crates of eggs were produced and sold from this home farm throughout their productive years.
The first living quarters were designed to be converted to barn facilities when the home of their dreams was built. That home became a reality in 1936 after both sons were married and had families of their own, and after land was purchased in Howard County for one son.
Throughout the years, they became known by relatives and their many friends as "Uncle Tig" and "Aunt Lena". Their descendants are: the children of Herman and Pearl (Conway) Scott of Sweetwater – Jerry Conway of Pampa, and William Theodore (Ted) of Wichita Falls; the children of Elva and Mary Ila (Couch) Scott of Nolan County and Sweetwater – Herman Eugene (deceased), William Jackson, Elva S. Jr., and George David, of Sweetwater. These last three presently live on the home place with their wives. Two other children are Robert Wesley of Hobbs, New Mexico, and Mary Leona Scott of Oklahoma City, OK. "Uncle Tig" and "Aunt Lena" had two other sons and a daughter who died in infancy. One son was a twin to Elva.
Elva Sylvanus died in 1954 in a tractor accident on the home farm. "Aunt Lena" died in 1958 of natural causes. "Uncle Tig" lived to a ripe old age of 94 years, 10 months, dying in October 1965 of natural causes after surviving two severe bouts of pneumonia and a case of typhoid fever. Herman Arthur died eight months later in 1966 from injuries received in a tractor mishap on his farm in Howard County. Pearl (Conway) Scott died in 1941.
Mary Ila (Couch) Scott presently resides in Sweetwater.
Submitted by Mary Ila Scott
* * * * * * * *
HOWARD COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: William Teague Scott
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 24 Oct 1965
Event Place: Malone & Hogan, Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Probable aspiration; Cerebral arteriosclerosis; Arteriosclerotic heart disease
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 94 yrs 9 mos 20 days
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1871
Birthplace: Harrison County, Texas
Father's Name: Sam Scott
Mother's Name: Nora Fife
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: West of Lake Trammel, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Burial/removal: Garden of Memories, Sweetwater, Texas
Date: 25 Oct 1965
Informant: Herman Scott (son)
Certificate Number: 65117
GS Film number: 2117865
Digital Folder Number: 005144747
Image Number: 01798
* * * * * *
1880 Federal Census taken 7/1/1880, for Van Zandt Co., TX:
Samiel T. Scott, head, age 41, b. MS;
Leonora Scott, wife, age 42, b. TN;
James B. Scott, son, age 18, b. TX;
Thomas M. Scott, son, age 15, b. TX;
Mary A. Scott, dau., age 12, b. TX;
Robert Scott, son, age 9, b. TX;
William T. Scott, son, age 8, b. TX;
Virgil H. Scott, son, age 3, b. TX;
Melissa Scott, dau., age 1, b. TX.
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