Rutherford D. Scott

     Rutherford D. Scott was born on 11 April 1824 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec; Rutherford's daeth certificate indicates he was born 11 April 1826.¹ He was the son of Thomas Scott Jr and Mary Bullis. Rutherford D. Scott married Adeline Adelia Young, daughter of John Young Jr. and Emerline Patterson, on 8 March 1853 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.² Rutherford D. Scott died on 5 April 1884 at Menasha, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin, at age 59.¹ He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin; Oak Hill Cemetery shows he died 20 Feb 1917 and ws buried 22 Feb 1917. The burial record says he was transferred from Merriman. The children listed with he and Adeline died too soon to ever show up in a census.³
     Rutherford Scott supposedly arrived in Wisconsin in 1859, purchasing 150 acres in Section 13, Menasha Township. However, three of his children born after that date were baptised in Clarenceville; two in 1864 and one in 1868. This may only show that the family made visits back to Clarenceville. "History of Winnebago County, WI" by Lawson says he "was a good man, known for his uprightness and probity of character and all who knew him honored and respected him". He and his wife are said to have had seven children, with only three still living in 1908.
Rutherford was known to be a Republican in politics and a "generous supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church. His obituary (Menasha Press, 10 April 1884) states that he "had been a great sufferer" being blind near the end, and had died of neuralgia and typhoid fever.
The family homestead was purchased by his son Marshall J. Scott after Rutherford's death, and his widow, Adeline Adelia, stayed on living with her son until her own death in 1917. He appeared on the census of 12 June 1880 at Menasha, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin; Ruthaford Scott, 53, Adeline A., 44, Marshull, 20, Florence, 16, and Grace, 4.⁴