Julia Draper Davis and Frank Hall Scott

FRANK HALL SCOTT, son of MARIA FRANCES CRAWFORD and WILLIAM CLEMENT SCOTT SR., was born April 7, 1848 in Doles, Indiana,²⁴⁵ and died November 25, 1912 in New York, New York.¹⁴⁵ He is buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex, New Jersey.⁴⁵⁶

He married JULIA DRAPER DAVIS on March 27, 1878 in Presbyterian Memorial Church, New York, New York, New York,^{245, 1917} daughter of MARY ROBBINS DRAPER and ADOLPHUS DAVIS. She was born December 5, 1852 in Boston, Massachusetts, and died February 7, 1937 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.¹⁴⁷ She is buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex, New Jersey.^{120, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frank H. Scott)
  • Edward Erwin Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frank H. Scott)
  • Jacob Clements Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frank H. Scott)
  • William Campbell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frank H. Scott)
  • Francis Stuart Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frank H. Scott)
  • James Crawford Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frank H. Scott)
  • Timothy Hall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frank H. Scott)

Children of JULIA DRAPER DAVIS and FRANK HALL SCOTT:

1. DONALD SCOTT, b. June 4, 1879, New York, New York, New York;^{13, 245} m. (1) MARY CHANNING EUSTIS on September 16, 1908 in Mattapan, Suffolk, Massachusetts²¹¹¹, m. (2) MARY LOUISE SMITH on November 22, 1919 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts²⁹³¹; d. April 4, 1967, Santa Barbara, California.¹⁶³
2. CLEMENT SCOTT, b. November 16, 1880, New York, New York, New York;^{120, 245} m. HENRIETTA COLLINS HOWE on May 6, 1908 in Centre Church, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut¹⁴⁹; d. September 16, 1941, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.¹²⁰

Marriage Announcements and News

The Sun, March 29, 1878¹⁹¹⁷

SCOTT-DAVIS.—On Wednesday, March 27, at the Presbyterian Memorial Church of New York, by the Rev. C. S. Robinson, D.D., Frank Hall Scott of this city to Julia Draper Davis of Arlington, Mass.

Newspaper Articles

Richmond Telegram, January 13, 1881⁶³⁹⁵

Rewarded.

We are pleased to note the good fortune of Frank H. Scott, formerly of this city, (son of Clem W. Scott,) and Robert Johnson, formerly of Centerville, (son of the late Judge Nim Johnson,) who have been prominent among the young men active in building up the exceptionally prosperous publishing business of Scribner & Co., of New York, and have just been admitted as stockholders. Mr. Roswell C. Smith, who, with Dr. Holland and Charles Scribner, Sr., established the joint stock company of Scribner and Co., in 1870, has by a purchase of shares from Dr. Holland, now become the owner of a controlling interest in the company. Dr. Holland retains the editorship of Scribner's Monthly, but keeps only a few shares of stock and virtually retires from ownership, while Charles Scribner's sons own but a minority interest.

Richmond Telegram, May 5, 1881⁶³⁹⁷

"THE CENTURY"

The New Name for Scribner's Monthly.

We have before noted how, by a reorganization of the company or corporation publishing Scribner's Monthly, the Charles Scribner's Sons stepped down and out, and the young men who have grown up with the monthly, contributing to its success and "strengthened with its strength," were admitted as stock-holders; and now we are able to announce the new name for the monthly. The corporation of Scribner & Co. will change its name to "The Century Co.," and next autumn the monthly will take the name of the corporation and be called "The Century" though it will retains its present title for a year as a sub-title. Among the young men who now own two-fifths of the stock (while the other three fifths belong to the older heads who have likewise been actively engaged in building up the business) are Frank H. Scott, formerly of this city, who was "in at the birth" of the magazine, in 1870, and Robert Johnson, formerly of Centreville, this county, and a son of the late Nim Johnson, who went to New York a few years later. Mr. Scott accepted his first situation at a very meager salary, but he had the requisite qualifications to carry him up in the scale as the monthly prospered, and in the organization he was made secretary of the company at, what in Richmond would be, a very large salary. A son of Dr. Dougan Clark, of this city, is also employed by the company in connection with their juvenile publication, St. Nicholas, which undergoes no change save in its subtitle.

Atlanta Constitution, January 13, 1895²⁰⁶⁰

Mr. Frank H. Scott, president of The Century Magazine, of New York, together with his brother and sister, Mr. Hugh C. Scott, and Mrs. Julius R. Watts, of this city, are now at Ashland, Neb., for the purpose of attending the golden wedding of their parents.

Obituaries

New York Times, November 26, 1912¹⁴⁵

FRANK HALL SCOTT DIES.

President of Century Company and 42 Years in Publishing Business.

Frank Hall Scott, President of the Century Company, with which company he had been actively connected for more than forty-two years, died at his home, 37 West Tenth Street, yesterday morning. Mr. Scott's death was unexpected, for he had been ill but a short time, and his illness was not considered serious until the very end.

Mr. Scott, who was one of the most widely known men identified with the publishing business in this country, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., sixty-four years ago, the son of William Clement and Maria Francis Crawford Scott. He was educated in the public schools of Richmond, Ind., and at the Pennsylvania Military Academy. After his graduation from the last-named institution Mr. Scott was for a short while in business in Indiana, and in 1870 he came to New York, where he immediately became identified with the publishing business.

His New York career began with the acceptance of a responsible position in the business department of Scribner & Co., who at that time were about to launch the old Scribner's Monthly. Eleven years later, in 1881, the name of that publication was changed to The Century, and Mr. Scott became the treasurer of the Century Company. Throughout his early career with the old Scribner's and The Century, Mr. Scott was the business adviser and the confidant of the late Roswell Smith, the President of the company. When Mr. Smith died, in 1893, Mr. Scott became his successor as the head of the Century Company.

In 1894 Marietta College conferred the degree of L. H. D. on Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott was one of the founders of the Aldine Association and served a term as President of that association. He was also a member of the American Publishers' Association, of which association he was a Director and ex-Vice President. His clubs were the Century and the Players'.

In 1878 Mr. Scott married Miss Celia Draper Davis of Boston. who, with their two sons, survives him. One of his sons is Donald Scott, the treasurer of the Century Company, and the other is Clement Scott, a lawyer of Hartford, Conn.

New York Times, November 26, 1912¹⁴⁶

SCOTT — Suddenly, on Nov. 25, 1912, of heart failure, Frank Hall Scott, in his 65th year, at his home, 37 West 10th St. Funeral on Wednesday, Nov. 27. at 1 P. M., at the Church of the Ascension, 6th Av. and 10th St. Richmond (Ind.) papers please copy.

Atlanta Constitution, November 28, 1912¹²⁰

DEATH OF F. H. SCOTT CAUSES SORROW HERE

The sudden death of Frank H. Scott, president of The Century company, which occurred in New York city last Monday, has caused sincere regret throughout the south, and especially in Atlanta, where he had many friends and relatives. His mother, Mrs. M. F. Scott, a sister, Mrs. Julius R. Watts, and a brother, Hugh C. Scott reside in this city. Mr. Scott has gone to New York to attend the funeral, which took place Wednesday.

Mr. Scott went to New York form Indiana in 1871 to accept the position of private secretary to Roswell Smith, who was the president of the Scribner Publishing. He held several positions with the Century company, and was its president for twelve years prior to his death. He was 64 years of age, and leaves a wife and two grown sons, who reside in New York.

Mr. Scott was a scholar of high literary attainments, and a man of the most charming personalty, and in his business and social relations made a large circle of friends, to whom his death comes as a great shock.

New York Times, February 8, 1937¹⁴⁷

SCOTT — Feb. 7, 1937, Julia Draper (Davis) wife of the late Frank Hall Scott, in her eighty-fifth year, at her residence, 27 Atwood St., Hartford, Conn. Funeral service at the home, 10 o'clock, Tuesday morning. Interment Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N. J., Tuesday afternoon.

Hartford Courant, February 8, 1937¹²⁰

Mrs. Frank H. Scott Dies at Her Home

Mrs. Julia Draper Scott, 85, mother of Clement B. Scott, vice-president of the Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co., trust department, died Sunday morning at her home, 27 Atwood Street.

Mrs. Scott was the widow of Frank Hall Scott who was president of the Century Publishing Co. She leaves another son, Donald Scott who is the director of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Mrs. Scott was born in Boston and had lived in New York all of her married life, coming to Hartford in 1930. The funeral will be held at her home Tuesday at 10 a. m. with Rev. William T. Hooper of St. John's Episcopal Church, West Hartford, and Rev. Raymond Cunningham of Trinity Church, officiating. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N. J., in the afternoon.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 11, 1850307	Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana	William Clement Scott Maria Frances Crawford William Clement Scott Frank Hall Scott Jessie Ann Scott Phoebe Hall Crawford
1860134	West Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts	Julia Draper Davis
June 11, 1860306	Richmond, Wayne, Indiana	William Clement Scott Maria Frances Crawford William Clement Scott Frank Hall Scott Hugh Crawford Scott Anna Vaughan Scott Harriet J. Scott Jessie Ann Scott Douglas Scott Anna Stewart Irvine Philander Augustus Scott
June 10, 1870305	Richmond, Wayne, Indiana	William Clement Scott Maria Frances Crawford William Clement Scott Frank Hall Scott Hugh Crawford Scott Archibald Alfred Scott George Louis Scott Richard McDonald Scott Anna Vaughan Scott Harriet J. Scott Jessie Ann Scott
August 25, 1870133	Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts	Julia Draper Davis
June 4, 1880132	New York City, New York, New York	Frank Hall Scott Julia Draper Davis Donald Scott
June 12, 1900130	Orange, Essex, New Jersey	Frank Hall Scott Julia Draper Davis Donald Scott Clement Scott
April 20, 1910125	New York City, New York, New York	Frank Hall Scott Julia Draper Davis
January 13, 1920124	New York City, New York, New York	Julia Draper Davis
April 16, 1930129	New York City, New York, New York	Julia Draper Davis