Adam Scott

As printed in 1912

ADAM SCOTT.

One of the best known and most progressive agriculturists and stock raisers of eastern Knox county is Adam Scott, whose finely improved landed estate in Butler township never fails to attract the attention and admiration of the observer, for it indicates even at a cursory glance that the owner is a man of good taste, sound judgment and progressive ideas. He has been content to spent his life in his home community and carry onward the work here inaugurated by his ancestors in the pioneer epoch, for the Scott family has been prominent in this locality for several generations, consequently a history of Knox county would be incomplete were there failure to give proper space to them.

Adam Scott was born in Jackson township, this county, on April 30, 1868. He is the son of Lewis B. and Martha A. (Blunt) Scott. The paternal grandfather, Alexander Scott, was a native of Pennsylvania and an early settler in Coshocton county, Ohio, where he became a farmer and land owner. His family consisted of two sons and two daughters. He and his wife both spent the remainder of their lives in that county. The maternal grandparents, James and Mary (Ross) Blunt, were early settlers in Knox county and here they spent the balance of their lives; they were probably of English descent.

Lewis B. Scott, father of the subject, was born in Coshocton county about 1838; the mother was born in Knox county about 1840. Here they grew to maturity and were married, Mr. Scott devoting his life to farming, owning one hundred and sixty acres at the time of his death in 1903, his widow surviving until in October, 1910. Politically, he was a Democrat and was active in township affairs, holding a number of township offices. Their family consisted of nine children, four sons and five daughters, seven of whom are living.

Adam Scott, of this sketch, was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools. He began working by the month on farms in his native community, which he continued for six years, then married, and he inherited a farm from his wife’s people. He is now the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of excellent land, which he has kept well tilled and well improved. Here he carries on general farming and stock raising. -He and his wife are members of the Baptist church. Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Newcastle and to the Grange in Butler township. Politically, he is a Democrat and he has been trustee of his township.

Mr. Scott was married on January 25, 1894, to Minnie A. Horn, who was born May 6, 1874, in Knox county, the daughter of Abraham and Sarah Catherine (Giffin) Horn, an excellent old family here, both parents being reared in this township. Mr. Horn died October 7, 1906, his wife having preceded him to the grave on September 1, 1883. They were the parents of two children, Minnie Adella, wife of Mr. Scott, and Mary Selora, who was born January 27, 1877, and whose death occurred on April 10, 1879. Mr. Horn devoted his life to farming and insurance, making a specialty of fruits and bee raising, was also a dealer in furs and wool in the winter time.

To Mr. and Mrs. Scott two children were born, namely: Charles Lee, born September 3, 1895, and Elsie Marie, born January 28, 1899, both attending school in Newcastle.

In view of the prominence of the antecedents of Mrs. Scott it is deemed advisable to go further into the history of the same. Her maternal grandparents, Robert and Martha (Busenburg) Giffin, were natives of Virginia, he born on November 21, 1813, and she on February 11, 1821. They came to Coshocton county, Ohio, in a very early day and here they were married and spent their lives on a farm. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Scott, Jacob and Keven Happuch (Morningstar) Horn, were also early settlers here, he having been born on January 1, 1815, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and in 1816 he was brought by his parents to Knox county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and was married on March 12, 1843, his wife having been born in Virginia on March 10, 1818. They were the parents of six children, namely: Abraham, born October 2, 1845, is deceased;

Elizabeth, born June 7, 1847; William, born September 5, 1849; Solomon, born October 1, 1857; Alonzo, born July 11, 1859, is deceased; Mary Ellen, born July 9, 1860. These children were reared in this county. Abraham was the father of the wife of the subject.

Robert Giffin came to Knox county with his parents and he located in Butler township in 1838, having been married the year previous to Martha Busenburg, and they became the parents of eight children, namely: Louisa, born March 28, 1839; Sarah Catherine, born September 16, 1841; Amanda J., born March 20, 1843; William B., born June 28, 1844; Mary Elizabeth, born August 9, 1847; Charles Francis, born September 20, 1850; Wilson Monroe, born June 5, 1853; Martha Ellen, born March 7, 1858. The only ones now living are William B. and Mary Elizabeth.

As printed in Past and present of Knox County, Ohio (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.