Scott family ancestors – including Palmer, Newton, Johnson, Tucker and more
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Alongside the National Highway, also known as Highway 40, in Fayette County Pennsylvania stands a monument marking the grave of General Edward Braddock. Braddock was a British General killed fighting the French and their Indian allies July 9th 1755 at the battle of the Monongahela. Braddock died trying to wrest control of what is now the Pittsburgh area from the French in the first major battle of … Continue reading FORT NECESSITY
Barzillai Ansley, agent for International Steamship Co., one of the multiple businessman Barzillai Ansleys Continue reading Genealogy Gems: Barzillai Ansley Scott
Lee Scott’s obituary states he was born 2 August 1822 in St. John, St. John County, New Brunswick, Canada. There are multiple Ancestry.com family trees connecting Lee Scott with parents Walter C. Robert Scott Esq and Elizabeth Lee and grandparents Robert Scott Esq and Mary Merrill. Nice, but where is the source material that establishes or refutes this lineage? The confirming evidence is hardly a … Continue reading Uncovering Lee Scott’s Lineage
Genealogical unlocks are pretty special, at least for family historians. Not because lineage is an end in and of itself. But because it is one’s original life setting that can connect many life dots. Therefore, a family historian sometimes spends a fair amount of time trying to correctly establish this foundation, this lineage. And some ancestors’ lineages are much tougher detective work than others, even … Continue reading Unlocking Charlotte Hick’s Parentage
What circumstances result in a self-made individual? In effect, a life journey that is markedly different than one’s parents and even one’s siblings, like inertia did not apply. Is it the mashing together of the right innate capabilities wonderfully matched to a generation’s challenges and opportunities? Or is it piss and vinegar driven by tough life lessons that make many fall but others strengthen? The … Continue reading Barzillai Ansley Scott, Self-made Millionaire
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