Brief Life History of Andrew Hunter
When Andrew Hunter Scott Sr was born on 21 August 1815, in Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joshua Hunter Scott, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Keen, was 34. He married Sarah Leeds Sleeper on 18 February 1838, in Vincetown, Southampton Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Provo Utah Temple, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 11 October 1874, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Andrew Scott, "United States Census, 1870"
- New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 - AncestryInstitution.com
- Andrew H Scott, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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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