William
Scott,
Died
Feb. 19, 1860,
aged 83 Years
& 5 M.
William Scott was
born 1 Sep 1776 in Fort Ticonderoga, NY and died 19 Feb 1860 in
Milford, Otsego Co., NY and was buried in Milford Center
Cemetery, Milford Center, Otsego Co., NY. William married 16 Dec
1798 Martha Keyes.
William Scott was
my 4th great grandfather. He was born in Fort Ticonderoga during
the Revolutionary Struggle. William Scott was the son of William
Scott and Mary (Stanclift) Scott.
William Scott's
obituary:
In Milford, on the 19th of Feb., Mr. William Scott, in the
eighty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Scott was born on the first
day of September, 1776, in Ticonderoga Fort, in the dark days of
the revolutionary struggle. The men were called into the army and
the women and children had to flee to the Fort for safety. They
remained there till the surrender of Burgoyne, when they returned
to Bennington, Vermont. Mr. S. came to Otsego county in his
twenty-first year, was married December, 1798, and went to
house-keeping on the same farm where he died - the farm then
being in its wild state. The deceased discharged throughout his
long life the whole duties of a husband, father, neighbor, and
citizen; was industrious and prudent; and liberal in supporting
the Gospel. He had been a member of the Baptist Church for fifty
years, and although afflicted by disease through a large portion
of his pilgrimage, he maintained a firm hope in his Saviour, and
when about to close with this life he could be heard to say with
Paul, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith."
