Scott, James Emery Winfield

Summary

Father: Samuel S. Scott, JR.
Mother: Polly Reeves

Birth: April 7, 1852 Randolph County, Alabama
Birth Source: Reeves and Scott Family History, Tommie Reeves Smith, Ann Hill, Jolene Scott Bracken

Death: February 27, 1906 in Rotan Fisher Co. Texas
Death Source: Ann Hill researcher

Spouse1: Fannie Knight
Spouse2: Margaret Rebecca Henry

Narrative

James Emery Winfield Scott was the first born child for Samuel S. Scott Jr. and Polly Reeves. He was a farmer and also a teacher.

He married first to Fannie Knight. They had three children a boy and two girls. Fannie died when they were young. A first cousin of James Emery had married a Margaret Rebecca Henry and lived nearby . This couple had four children and two survived. In this instance the male first cousin died. At some point after that James Emery Winfield Scott married his cousin's widow Margaret Henry Scott. This marriage had two sons and one daughter. They all carried the surname Scott.