When Ephraim Scott was born on 6 June 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, John Scott, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Meneary, was 26. He married Sarah Ellen Smithies on 9 November 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1857. In 1880, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as machine agent. He died on 26 May 1898, in Menan, Fremont, Idaho, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Little Butte Cemetery, Annis, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesEphraim Scott was the forth child and second son of John Scott and Elizabeth Meneary. Because of polygamy and John having two other wives he was actually the eleventh child in the family. He was bor …
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