Josiah Scott is a native of Ohio, and was born May 18, 1819. He came to Whiteside county, with his father’s family, in June, 1839. On the 13th of March, 1846, he married Miss Harriet J. Coryell. The children by this marriage have been: Walter H., born December 24, 1847; Edwin D., born November 15, 1849; Celestia L., born July 8, 1853; Hiram B., born November 15, 1855; Eliza J., born May 10, 1857; Franklin C., born February 27, 1858; Alice A., born February 17, 1860; Jesse T., born January 12, 1862; Orange M., born July 31, 1863; Bertha L., born May 26, 1867; Hattie A., born October 24, 1869. Two children died in infancy. Walter H. married Miss Gertrude Wilcox; one child, George. Celestia L. married William E. Richardson; children, Charles and Bessie. Eliza J. married George E. Baker; children, Frederick, and Ida. Edwin D. and Hiram B. are teachers. Mr. Scott owns a farm of two hundred and eighty acres on section twelve.

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