Biographical Sketch (1909):660, v. 2, p. 134-138. "Captain Joseph M. Scott is one of Licking County's sons whose record reflects credit upon the community in that he has always been a fearless defender of what he believes to be right. For a half century he was closely associated with agricultural interests and in all of his business dealings was straightforward and reliable. He is now living retired, making his home with a daughter in Granville. He was born January 9, 1830, in Utica, Ohio, and is a representative of an old American family which was founded in Chester County, Pennsylvania, afterward called Adams County. The family originally came from the north of Ireland. The battle of Gettysburg is said to have occurred upon their farm. The line of descent is traced down through Hugh, Abraham, Samuel, Joseph, and Josiah Scott to Captain Scott of this review. His grandfather, Joseph Scott, left the ancestral home in Pennsylvania and made his way down the Ohio river in a dugout and pulled to Zanesville. He settled in Burlington Township, Licking County, in 1810, and was there identified with pioneer life in all of its varied phases and experiences. In 1814 he sold this property and settled in Washington Township, where he was the first elder in the Presbyterian Church at Utica. He also served as Justice of the Peace. In 1834 he removed to Logan County where his wife died, while his death occurred in Lima, Ohio, in 1837. It was in honor of his grandfather that Captain Scott was named. Captain Scott's father, Josiah Scott, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1801. He married Samantha Morey, who was born December 1, 1807 in Rutland County, Vermont, and was a daughter of Abraham and Abigail (Stratton) Morey. Her death occurred March 5, 1887, and her grave was made at Charles City, Iowa. In the family of this worthy couple were seven children: Sanford, who died in March 1903; Joseph M.; Abigail; Mary Jane, who has also passed away; Eliza Roselia, who was born in 1839 and is married and lives in the state of Washington; Mary Roena, who was born in March 2, 1842, and was married in January, 1859, and now lives in Denver, Colorado; and Sidney A., who now resides on a farm two miles from Charles City, Iowa.

Captain Scott, born and reared in Utica, Ohio, left that place at the age of eighteen years and went to Bellefontaine, where, for three years, he occupied the position of foreman in a clothing and tailoring establishment. He then returned to Utica where he began business on his own account, but later withdrew from commercial connections and turned his attention to agricultural interests, purchasing a farm of forty acres of Squire L. M. Spellman one mile south of Alexandria, now known as Scott's Corners. In his farm work he prospered and kept adding to his property from time to time until his and his wife's possessions aggregated four hundred and twenty-five acres. In addition to tilling the soil and the production of the crops best suited to climatic conditions, he made a specialty of sheep raising and found it a profitable source of income. For half a century, from 1852 until 1902, he resided upon that farm and was known as one of the prominent and honored agriculturalists of the community.

Constrained by patriotism he put aside the interests of a growing business, for at the time of the Civil War he enlisted on the 9th of October, 1861, and having raised Company B of the Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was commissioned its captain. He inspired his men with much of his own zeal and courage, and led his troops into the engagement at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and the Siege of Corinth. Captain Scott also took part at the battle of Milliken's Bend, just above Vicksburg, when a boatload of arms was captured by the fleet. Later he resignrd because a young man was sent to him to take the office of lieutenant when one should have been selected from the company. He had before his enlistment aided in raising Company D which went to Missouri, but was afterward made a part of the Twenty-second Ohio Infantry.

On the 3d of September, 1851, Captain Scott was married to Miss Emily M. Eastman, a daughter of Ephriam and Matilda (Hale) Eastman. Five children were born of this marriage. Fannie, the oldest, became the wife of George E. Thompson, on the 1st of May, 1872. He was a native of Guernsey County, born in 1847 an died in Washington, September 30, 1904. Mrs. Thompson now makes her home in Granville and her father, Captain Scott, resides with her. Carrie E., the second daughter, is the wife of T. A. Carroll, of St. Albans Township. Hale E. married Lizzie Lewis and died, leaving one son, Lewis Scott. Walter is cashier of the Otis & Hough Brokerage & Banking House of Cleveland, and married Katherine Nichols of Virginia. Helen C. is the wife of Dr. George P. Riebel of Ashland, Ohio.

Captain Scott has long been a stalwart advocate of progressive public measures. Feeling that the question of slavery was the dominant issue before the people, he joined the ranks of the Freesoil Party. Later he was present at the organization of the Republican Party in Ohio, which had its birth in Columbus. At this meeting John Sherman presided, and Salmon P. Chase was nominated for governor. For one term he served as Justice of the Peace in St. Albans Township and was a candidate on the Republican ticket for representative to the legislature and sheriff. Later espousing the cause of the Prohibition Party, for he believed that the temperance question was paramount to all others, he now gives to it his loyal support. He was three times its candidate for representative and was also candidate for lieutenant governor. He announces his position as follows: 'In sentiment, a Congregationalist, a lifelong enemy of American slavery, the liquor traffic and the lodge.' His position never has been an equivocal one. He has always stood fearlessly for what he believes to be right, and neither fear nor favor could swerve him from the course which his judgment and conscience sanction. He is as loyal in his citizenship as when he followed the old flag on southern battlefields, and all respect him for his unfaltering fidelity."

1830 U.S. Census:730 Joseph enumerated in the household of his father Josiah Scott in Utica, Washington Township, Licking County, Ohio as one of two males under the age of 5; Sanford was about 6 months of age.

1840 U.S. Census:2110 Sanford enumerated in the household of his father Josiah Scott in Washington Township, Licking County, Ohio as one of two males age 10 to 15; Sanford was about age 10.

1850 U.S. Census:457
Logan County, Ohio (Bellefontaine, District No. 87 Lake J.P.)
Enumerated 19 August 1850
Jos. M. Scott •• 21, male, tailor, born in Ohio
Boarding in household of O. T. Knapp, age 35, and wife Jane, age 40.

1851 Marriage:660, v. 2, p. 134-138. "On the 3d of September, 1851, Captain Scott was married to Miss Emily M. Eastman, a daughter of Ephriam and Matilda (Hale) Eastman."

1870 U.S. Census:
Licking County, Ohio (St. Albans Township, Post Office Granville)
Enumerated 9 July 1870
Ephraim Eastman2702 •• 67, male, white, farmer, real estate value $18,400, personal property value $6,460, born in Vermont, male citizen over the age of 21
Tamar M. •• 69, female, white, keeping house, born in Ohio
Carrie Scott •• 15, female, white, at school, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Joseph Scott2703 •• 40, male, white, farmer, real estate value $9,000, personal property $1,420, born in Ohio, male citizen over the age of 21
Emily •• 36, female, white, keeping house, born in Ohio
Fannie •• 18, female, white helps mother, born in Ohio
Hale •• 11, male, white, at home, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Baby •• 9 months, male, white, at home, born in Ohio, born in September
Enumerated as adjacent households, with Joseph and Emily's daughter Carrie enumerated with her grandparents.

1873 Pamphlet Published: In 1873, Joseph M. Scott authored a pamphlet for the Pioneer Society of Licking County, entitled Our Early Times; Historical Sketch of St. Albans Township, Newark, Clark & King Publishers, 1873. Unfortunately, this contains no biographical information of the Scott or the Morey families.

1880 U.S. Census:2700
Licking County, Ohio (St. Albans Township)
Enumerated 12th and 14th June 1880
J. M. Scott •• white, male, 52, married, farmer, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Vermont
Emily M. •• white, female, 46, wife, married, keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio
Carrie E. •• white, female, 25, daughter, single, keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio
Hale E. •• white, male, 21, son, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio
Walter G. •• white, male, 10, son attended school within the year, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio
Not Named •• white, female, 10 months, born in August, daughter, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio
C. Cretchet •• white, male, 34 servant, single, laborer, born in Ohio, parents' birthplaces unknown
Sarah Geiger •• white, female, 24, servant, single, servant, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Kentucky

1919 Death:2559 Death date of 16 December 1919 in Alexandria, Licking County, Ohio given by other Scott researcher.