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Born 1848
From The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882)
EDGAR C. SCOTT, farmer, section 31, post office College Springs, Iowa, is a son of Charles S. and Margaret (Crone) Scott, the former a native of Scotland, and the latter of Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born in the town of Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, December 28, 1848. When a child, his parents moved to Ft. Madison, Iowa, where he resided till he was ten years of age, when he returned to Hancock County, Illinois. July 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Thirteenth United States Infantry, and remained in service till July 8, 1865, when he returned to Illinois. There he was engaged in farming till February, 1869, when he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and is now the owner of a farm of eighty acres. Mr. Scott was married October 25, 1876, to Miss Arminta D. Puntenney. She was born in Hancock County, Illinois, October 17, 1856, and is a daughter of S. W. Puntenney, of whom mention is made elsewhere. They have three children: Walter D., born August 28, 1877; Clara G., born April 18, 1878, and Ella, born July 7, 1881.
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