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Submitted: 5/8/10 • Approved: 5/8/10 • Last Updated: 4/1/18 • R33563-G33563-S3
Family monument:
North side:
HADASAH SCOTT
JUNE 1, 1785
SEPT. 1, 1854
WILLIS SCOTT
MARCH 25, 1810
AUG. 15, 1889
South side:
WILLARD SCOTT
APRIL 20, 1808.
SEPT. 13, 1897.
CAROLINE SCOTT
JUNE 30, 1811.
SEPT. 29, 1888.
SCOTT
East side:
CLARA SCOTT
MARCH 29, 1860,
DEC. 8, 1864.
West side:
THADDEUS SCOTT
AUG. 7, 1830.
MARCH 30, 1866.
WILLIAM H. SCOTT
DEC. 3, 1858.
AUG. 11, 1888.
Individual marker:
WILLARD
Individual marker:
CAROLINE
From the History of Du Page County, Illinois by Rufus Blanchard:
"WILLARD SCOTT, Sr., banker, Naperville, was born at Unadilla, Otsego Co., N. Y., April 20,1808. His father, Stephen J. Scott, was, in early life, a sea-faring man, having been the owner and master of a schooner bearing his name, and engaged in the coast trade along the eastern shore of our country. The mother, whose maiden name was Hadassah Trask, was a relative of Gen. Israel Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. They were married in Connecticut, and moved from Hartford to Unadilla, Otsego Co., N. Y. In 1816, the family moved to Maryland, where they lived about ten years. During this time, Willard Scott, Sr., received his education, which was confined to the district school course of study, except a short special course in mathematics. His desire was to be a sailor, as his father before him, but abandoned the idea, yielding to his mother's entreaties, to whom a sailor's life seemed full of peril. In 1825, his father determined on seeking a new home in the West. The family visited New York, and then started for St. Joe, Mich. At Buffalo, N. Y., the father shipped the household goods, going with them by sail vessel to Detroit, and Willard, with the family, started overland through Canada. At Detroit, the family went by schooner for St. Joe, save Willard, who, in company with a man from Ohio, crossed the country in order to meet the goods which had been sent in advance. The journey was a perilous one, there being no habitation save the Indians, and no route marked except by blazed trees and Indian trails, through the dense Michigan forests. They arrived ten days ahead of the boats, during which time they lived on corn and potatoes obtained from a Frenchman who lived on an island in the river. Not liking the east side of the lake, the family crossed and built a habitation with posts, poles and blankets, at Gross Point, now Evanston, theirs being the first house at the place. In 1829, July 16, at Holderman's Grove, our subject was married to Caroline Hawley. Her father, Pierce Hawley. moved from Vermont to Vincennes, Ind., in 1818, and later moved to Illinois, living at various places, settling at Holderman's Grove in 1825. In the fall of 1830, Willard, with his father, father-in-law, and their families, settled at the junction of the two branches of the DuPage River, three miles south of Naperville. At that time, Cook County included the present counties of Lake, McHenry, Du Page and Will. Chicago was the voting place, and of the thirty-two votes polled that year, the father of our subject heads the list. In 1832, the Black Hawk War broke out, and Willard's knowledge of the habits and wiles of the Indians made him a useful man to the settlers during those perilous months. In the spring of 1838, he removed to the village of Naperville, where his father had preceded him the previous year. He built the Naperville Hotel, which he conducted for eight years. He then commenced merchandising, and for nearly twenty years, most of the time with his eldest son, Thaddeus (since deceased, leaving one son, Willard H.), continued the business by which the firm name of Willard Scott & Co. has been made historical. After the late war of the rebellion, he retired from active business life as a merchant, in which, however, he has been succeeded by his son, Willard Scott, Jr., who continues the business under the same firm name. During the time of his residence in Naperville, he has been President, first, of the Du Page County Bank and afterward of the Bank of Naperville, and since he retired from mercantile life has been doing business as a private banker ; and the banking house of Willard Scott & Co., is considered one of the absolutely safe institutions of its class in Northern Illinois. An attendant of the Congregational Church, his religious views may be classed as orthodox, except for a strong leaning toward the belief of the final salvation of all, through the Savior. In politics, he is a Democrat; voted for Jackson, loved Douglas, and with him believed in obeying the laws and supporting the Constitution." Mr. and Mrs. Scott have both been residents of Illinois for more than half a century, and all that time have lived near Chicago. They have seen and helped to produce the remarkable progress of this section, and now move around amid their children, grandchildren and neighbors, enjoying the confidence, esteem and respect of everybody."
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