Families of Mary Scott
MARY SCOTT, daughter of MARGARET HAYES and WILLIAM SCOTT, was born May 1, 1785 in Ballybay, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland,4931, 6413 and died March 10, 1872 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.6413 She is buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.89
She married (1) JAMES SCOTT on October 7, 1815 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, son of NANCY THOMAS and ANDREW SCOTT SR. He was born between 1766 and 1784, and died about July, 1818.
She married (2) JOHN REID on January 21, 1819 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.1799 He was born September 6, 1793,89 and died August 26, 1855.89 He is buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.89, 456
Children of MARY SCOTT and JOHN REID:
- GIRL REID.
- JOHN PATTERSON REID, b. April 17, 1822, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana;849, 4931 m. JANE MARIA WAKEFIELD on May 6, 1844 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana196, 6955; d. December 29, 1900, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana.4931
- MARY ANN JANE REID, b. June 1, 1825, Indiana;4931 d. February 16, 1907, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.4931
- ADAM DANIEL REID, b. December 15, 1827, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana;4931, 1031 m. JUDITH RODANTHA ALLEN on October 9, 1854 in Allen County, Indiana1675; d. October 30, 1900, Wayne Township, Allen, Indiana.1031, 3784, 4931
Obituaries
Democratic Herald, March 21, 1872
DIED.
REID.—On Saturday, the 9th inst., at her residence in this city, MARY REID, in the 88th year of her age.
The deceased was born near the town of Balaba in the Province of Ulster, Ireland, in May, 1785. At an early age she was left an orphan. Being the oldest child the care of the family that consequently devolved on her was discharged with that conscientious fidelity that characterized her through her long life. She emigrated to Rockbridge county, Virginia, in 1815, bringing her family of brothers and sisters with her. She afterwards married James Scott, a merchant of that neighborhood, who only lived three years. While in Ireland, she carried on a milliner store which she resumed after her marriage and made a successful business for many years. In 1822, with her second husband, John Reid, settled two miles northwest of Richmond, then containing only about two hundred persons. Thus has she seen the neighborhood grow up from a comparative wilderness to its present status. Her energy, perseverance and industry gave an impetur to improvement in civilization that has made its impress on the present generation. She was a woman who realized her own individuality, and at that early day applied herself to the useful labor of life, that its results might enable her to help those in need rather than promote her own aggrandizement. Many of her neighbors remember her devition to the suffering during the cholera's first visit to this place. How day after day, and night after night, she ministered to the wants of the living and performed the last sad rites for the dead when others, fearing the contagion of the disease shrank from the duty. None were too poor or otherwise unworthy to receive at her hands that Christian sympathy and assistance that their humanity entitled them to.
As a wife and mother, she was ever mindful of her duty to those of her husband, and the care and interest in the welfare of her children continued to the last. Allher long life until deprived of her sight a few years ago, she was a pattern of industry and economy, not for the purpose of hoarding up riches, but to have the means to assist the needy. And during the late war she was constantly employed knitting for the soliders, and the blessings of many suffering "boys in blue" in camp and hospital, blessed the unknown hand that labored for their comfort. During nearly all of her life, she was a consistent worker of the United Presbyterian church, and her connections with that church dates prior to any member living here. Her christian example shone forth in her works of love, and told plainer than words, that she realized the fact, that the professed followers of Christ ought to be doers of the work of christianity, as well as professers. During two years that she was confined to the house by her distressing affliction, she was patient and cheerful, "duly waiting to be called from works to rewards." Her departure was serenely peaceful, and as the passing breeze bore her freed spirit away with quiet joy, she caught the strain of praise and thanksgiving, and no doubt joined the chorus, that make glad the city of our God.
M.
Richmond, March 20, 1872
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| September 16, 1850307 | Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana |
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| June 13, 1860306 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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| July 28, 1870305 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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