Brief Life History of James Thomas
When James Thomas Scott was born on 5 October 1876, in Cedar Hill, Dallas, Texas, United States, his father, Thomas J. Scott, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Ellen Gardner, was 26. He married Geneva Hamilton on 30 November 1896, in Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 50 years. He died on 24 January 1964, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Rhodes Cemetery, DeSoto, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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- James T Scott, "United States Census, 1910"
- J T Scott, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Jim Tom Scott, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’, the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott, possibly also Old Norse Skotr), only certainly attested in northern England.
English: variant of Scutt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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