George A. Scott

   FamilySearch ID: KHJ1-D1K. Find a Grave ID: 130692478.

  General Notes:

Birth year is either 1835 (age 40 on tombstone - age 15 on 1850 census) which is likely correct given two entries. Or 1837 (age 23 on 1860 census). Age 34 (1836) on 1870 census taken 11 July 1870.

  Events

• Census: Federal, 1860, Clarksfield, Huron, OH. ⁵⁷⁶

• Occupation: School Teacher, 1860, Clarksville, Huron Co., OH.

• Military: Civil War, Pvt Co. A U.S. Engineers. This record is placed on his Find-a-Grave memorial. He is listed with Company A of the Ohio 6th Volunteers at https://www.fold3.com/company/116402/ohio-6th-volunteer-cavalry-company-a-union-civil-war-stories
but that George A. Scott is too old - born in 1827 altough he may have lied about his age, which would have been only 16 in 1861 ( https://www.fold3.com/memorial/656171243/george-a-scott-civil-war-stories )

• residence, 1870, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., WI. ⁵⁵⁷

• Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery: Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., WI. Block 48

• Obituary: Oshkosh Weekly Northwestern, page 8, Col 6, 26 Aug 1875, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., WI. (Requested from Winnefox.org Vital Records) - 5/30/2022)
Received with blacked out side and asked them to double check which they did - unavoidable.

George married Jane "Jennie" Emily Porter, daughter of Medad Porter Jr. and Charity Dubois, 15 Oct 1867 in Chittenango, Sullivan Township, Madison Co., NY. (Jane "Jennie" Emily Porter was born 14 Oct 1838 in Chittenango, Sullivan Township, Madison Co., NY, died 7 Aug 1900 in Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., WI and was buried in Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., WI.)