Person:Wilber L Scott (1)

FROM: HISTORICAL GAZETTEER AND BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIAL OF CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NY. Ed by William Adams, pub 1893 Town of East Otto, pages 545-564 SURNAMES: SCOTT, BULLIS, HAMMOND, HAWKINS

Wilber L. Scott's ancestry dates back to Connecticut, whence his great-grandfather, Justus Scott, emigrated to Wallingford, Vt., where he was one of the first settlers, and where, in 1799, Justus Scott, the grandfather of W. L., was born. In 1816 Justus Scott came to Springville, Erie County, where Justus J. Scott was born May 14, 1818, being the first child born there. About 1830 he came with his father to East Otto, where he became a prosperous farmer and was for a number of years a magistrate of the town. He died suddenly in Cattaraugus village in 1865. His widow, who is still living, was Catharine, daughter of Dr. Levi Bullis, an early physician in East Otto. Children: Mary E. (Mrs. William Hammond), born in 1838; Marshall E., born May 10, 1842, who served three years in the 9th N, Y. Cav.; and Wilber L., born Dec. 21, 1848. Besides the privileges of the district school W. L. attended several terms at Griffith Institute at Springville, and Feb. 25, 1874, he married Eliza, daughter of John Hawkins. Mr. Scott was a plumber and tinner fifteen years, living part of the time in Salamanca and six years in Cattaraugus village, and about two years ago he bought the homestead on which he was born. Children: Elbert J., born Feb. 16, 1876; Adams H., born June 6, 1877; and Frank W., born March 3, 1880.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 [1], in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).