Descendants of William Scott of Hatfield, Mass., 1668-1906 and of John Scott of Springfield, Mass., 1659-1906 . Orleans, La., Nov. 19, years previous to the Civil War he had gone to New Orleans,where he fell a victim to yellow fever, was saved by tender care andnursing and came to love the people there, so it was quite naturalthat when the war broke out he sided with the South and fought fortheir cause. In time he was promoted to be a colonel, was incharge of the heavy artillery and won distinguished honors. Hewas an ideal soldier, and on horseback was the embodyment ofgrace and dign
Descendants of William Scott of Hatfield, Mass., 1668-1906 and of John Scott of Springfield, Mass., 1659-1906 . Orleans, La., Nov. 19, years previous to the Civil War he had gone to New Orleans,where he fell a victim to yellow fever, was saved by tender care andnursing and came to love the people there, so it was quite naturalthat when the war broke out he sided with the South and fought fortheir cause. In time he was promoted to be a colonel, was incharge of the heavy artillery and won distinguished honors. Hewas an ideal soldier, and on horseback was the embodyment ofgrace and dignity. He was chief of stafif to McGlynn,and had been an ofificer in the regular heavy artillery, a regimentraised at the outbreak of the war, and later was an officer of theLouisiana Field Artillery, an organization still existing. His long andgallant service had endeared him to the people of his adoptedstate, so that on his death unusual military, civil and Masonic honorswere paid to his memory by state, military and civic officials,showing in some degree the high estimation in which he was Col. John David Scott. ^ APPENDIX. 175 Q. Jeannie Deans^ Scott (Capt, David^, Eli) b. in Rochester,N. Y., July II, 1837. She was named in honor of Sir Walter Scottsheroine of the Heart of Midlothian. m. Feb. 5, 1857, CamdenCrosby Dike of Brooklyn, N. Y; he d. Oct. 5, 1894. She residesin Brooklyn. He was b. in Providence, R. I., 1832, son of AlvinValentine and Phebe (Prince) Dike. She was a daughter of JamesPrince of a Plymouth family, and descended from William Brewster,John Howland, etc. He was for many years a member of the firmof Dike Brothers, wool merchants of New York city. He retiredin 1887 and for three years traveled in Europe with his family,returning to Brooklyn, where he resided till his death. Mrs. Dike isvery prominent in womens clubs and is frequently requested tospeak or preside in meetings. She is prominent in all the socialmovements of the Borough of Brookl
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