Rev. William Madison Scott, age 91, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Salmon, in Fairview Sunday evening at 7:00 o'clock,

Rev. Scott was born in Jackson, Mo., May 4, 1845. As a child he moved with his parents to Mississippi, where he resided until 1858, when the family moved to Arkansas. He entered the war between the states, serving in the Confederate Army in McCoy's Company A.

In 1869 he joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Rev. Scott moved to Texas in 1877 and was married to Miss Della Welch on November 20, 1878. He was ordained to the ministry in the Marshall Presbytery in 1909.

He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Salmon, of Marshall; one son, Rev. Sam Scott of Camden, Texas; two brothers, R. P. Scott of Dallas, and Frank Scott of Cleburne, Texas; nine grandchildren; one great grandchild.

Rev. Scott was the last charter member of the Walter P. Lane Camp No. 412, Confederate Veterans.

The funeral services were held at the home of his daughter, Mr. Robert Salmon, in Fairview, Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev. W. T. Ingram of Marshall and Rev. T. C. Stockton of Longview. Interment was made in the Greenwood cemetery.

Pallbearers were: S. R. Faulkner, B. J. Blankenship, R. L. McClaren, Authur Murph, W. B. Keasler and W. H. Hartley.

[Source: Marshall Morning News, March 10, 1936]

Report of the Stated Clerk on Mortuary

McAdoo Presbytery --W. M. Scott died March 8, 1936, age 91. Retired.

[Source: General Assembly Minutes of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1936, page 79]

Age 91, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Salmon, near Marshall, Texas, March 8, 1936.

Brother Scott was born in Jackson, Mo., May 4, 1845. As a child he moved to Mississippi, where he resided until 1858, when the family moved to Arkansas. He entered the war between the states, serving in the Confederate Army in McCoy's Company A.

In 1869 he united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he was ordained to the full work of the gospel ministry in 1909 by the Marshall Presbytery of the Texas Synod.

He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Robert Salmon, of Marshall, Texas; one son, Rev. Sam Scott of Camden, Texas, two brothers: R. P. Scott of Dallas, Texas, and Frank Scott of Cleburne, Texas; nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

The funeral services were held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Salmon, conducted by the writer of this article and Rev. T. C. Stockton of Longview, Texas. We pray God's richest blessings upon his good wife, and the other relatives and friends.

W. T. Ingram, pastor Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas.

[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, April 1, 1936, page 15]

Civil War Memoirs of Rev. William Madison Scott

John L. Scott
born: 1806 - Tennessee
died: 1863 - White County, Arkansas
married: July 18, 1832 - Lawrence County, Alabama
wife: Elizabeth Angelin Williams
[daughter of: Moses Cridil Williams and Mary Carwel]
born: December 25, 1813 - Alabama
died: September 8, 1910 - Cleburne, Texas

Children of John L. Scott and Elizabeth Angelin Williams:

1. James Asa Cardil Scott
born: May 27, 1833 - Alabama
died: ? - Arkansas

2. David Williams Scott
born: January 2, 1835
died: May 25, 1836

3. Addison Josephus Scott
born: September 11, 1836 - Mississippi
died: September 15, 1867 - Arkansas

4. Samuell Walker Scott
born: November 12, 1838
died: January 11, 1840

5. Mary Jane Scott
born: August 7, 1840 - Missouri
died: March 2, 1858

6. Louisa Emeline Scott
born: August 28, 1844 - Missouri

7. William Madison Scott
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: May 4, 1845- Jackson, Missouri
died: March 8, 1936 - Marshall, Texas
married: March 20, 1870 - Yalobusha County, Mississippi
1st wife: Mollie Scott
born: ? - Mississippi
died: August 25, 1872 - Arkansas

Child of William Madison Scott and Mollie Scott:

7.1. Samuel Lowery Scott
born: August 16, 1872 - Arkansas
died: April 4, 1956 - Leggett, Texas
married: August 9, 1903 - Leggett, Texas
wife: Mattie Addieline Thomas
born: March 18, 1880 - Leggett, Texas
died: September 23, 1979 - Nederland, Texas

married: November 28, 1878 - Cass County, Texas
2nd wife: Philadelphia Caroline Welch
born: September 3, 1853 - Mississippi
died: August 1, 1945 - Harrison County, Texas

Child of William Madison Scott and Philadelphia Caroline Welch:

7.2. Mattie Lee Scott
born: 1886
died: 1971
married: July 3, 1916 - Marshall, Texas
husband: Robert L. Salmon
born: 1877
died: 1940 - Marshall, Texas