Henry Scott
West Union, Ohio, was born March 6, 1838, in Green Township, Adams County. He lived in Jefferson Township from 1840 till 1872, at which latter date he located in West Union. His education was acquired in the common schools of Jefferson Township, at the old academy at North Liberty, and in the West Union High School. He taught in Green and Jefferson district schools for about ten years, and was a most careful and successful instructor. He was elected on the Democratic ticket Treasurer of Adams County, which office he filled to the satisfaction of his party for two terms, from 1872 to 1876, inclusive. He also has served for nearly twenty years as Justice of the Peace in Jefferson and Tiffin Townships. He was admitted to practice law in 1878, and is recognized as one of the most careful and painstaking attorneys at the Adams County Bar. On March 24, 1861, he married Miss Harriet Shively. They have no family.
The great - grandparents of Henry Scott were James and Cynthia Scott. Their son, James Scott, who married Agnes Young, in Washington County, Pa., January 17, 1812, was his grandfather. They had nine children, of whom John Scott, the oldest, born December 18, 1812, was the father of our subject. He came with his parents to Adams County, in 1813, where he resided until his death, August 3, 1882. He married Susanna McGary, a daughter of Henry McGary and Sallie Young, his wife. Susanna was born in the house now occupied by Mrs. Isaac Worstel, in West Union, January 14, 1814. She and her sister, Elizabeth, who was born in Manchester April 6, 1808, and the widow. of George Young, are the oldest living sisters in Adams County. Henry McGary was a son of William McGary, a Revolutionary soldier and a pioneer of Adams County. He has a separate sketch in this volume.
Henry Scott had three brothers, Alexander, James and Whitney; and two sisters, Sarah A. and Elizabeth A. Of these Alexander and Whitney are now deceased.
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900