Brief Life History of Norval Dixon
When Norval Dixon Scott was born in July 1861, in Prairie Township, Edgar, Illinois, United States, his father, William Calvin Scott, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Catherine Legate, was 40. He married Alsolena G. Smith on 4 July 1886, in Scottland, Edgar, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Parke, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Rockville, Parke, Indiana, United States in 1930. He died on 5 March 1934, in Evansville, Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Friends Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Edgar, Illinois, United States.
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- Norval Scott, "United States Census, 1930"
- Norval Dixon Scott, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Norval Dixon Scott, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
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.
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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William Scott biography
Edgar County IL Archives Biographies.....Prairie Township, Biographies Author: The History of Edgar Co IL 1879 pages 683-692 PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP WILLIAM SCOTT, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 24; P. O. …
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