"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884"
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

HARRISON TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
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MARTIN SCOTT, one of the progressive farmers of Harrison
Township was born in Madison County, KY., April 14, 1823
and is the son of Elias and Jemima (Green) Scott, both
of English descent. He was reared in Kentucky on a farm
till he was seventeen years of age and attended subscription
schools when not engaged in the duties incident to farm
life. 
He was married August 29, 1846 to Rachel, daughter of 
Abraham H. and Rachel (Dickson) Snodgrass, both of 
English descent. To this union have been born four 
children-Mary E (deceased), Harriet A. (now Montgomery),
Jemima B. (deceased), and Lettie Jane (now Asher). He and
his wife both became members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church before their marriage and are still members, are
are liberal givers to charitable institutions. 
Our subject is serving his second term as Trustee of
Harrison Township. He came to Putnam County, Indiana,with
his parents in 1839; thence to Owen County in 1841; lived
on a farm till 1865, when he engaged in mercantile 
business for five years, when he failed. He then engaged
in the carpenter's trade for five years and then went 
back to his farm, where he has remarried ever since, 
making farm a success. In politics, he is a staunch
Republican.

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