Andrew Hunter Scott, Sr.

Andrew Hunter Scott, son of Joshua Hunter Scott (1785 - 1845) and Ann Keen (1780 - 1860), was born 21 August 1815 at Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; he died at the age of 59 on 11 October 1874 at Provo, Utah County, Utah Territory, and was buried at Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah County, Utah. He had six plural wives.

Marriages and Children

1. Sarah Leeds Sleeper (21 July 1816 Vincentown, Burlington County, New Jersey - 7 September 1900 Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania), married 18 February 1838 Vincentown, Burlington County, New Jersey. Their family home was in Bristol, New Jersey; Sarah did not emigrate to Utah with Andrew. Their children were:
   1. George Comb Scott (born 8 July 1840), married Cornelia E. Kennedy on 25 December 1861
   2. Mary Emma Scott (born 21 February 1843), married George W. Ivins
   3. Hyrum Smith Scott (1 April 1845 - 17 June 1862)
   4. Ann Elizabeth Scott, twin (born 8 March 1849)
   5. Ann Margaret Scott, twin (born 8 March 1849)
2. Elizabeth Terry (22 Jun 1818 Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - 26 May 1871 Burlington County, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth did not emigrate with Andrew to Utah
3. Sarah Ann Humphries Roe (26 September 1832 Philadelphia - 7 June 1904 Provo, Utah County, Utah), daughter of George Humphreys Roe (1794 - 1844) and Abbey Jane Weldon (1811 - 1888), married 12 January 1851 Kanesville, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Their family home was in Provo, Utah County, Utah Territory. Their children were:
   1. Franklin Scott (born 1 December 1861), married (1) Sarah Ellen Stubbs; (2) Eliza Stubbs
   2. Walter Scott (born 17 March 1863), married (1) Martha J. Taylor; (2) Harriet Broadhead
   3. Anna Scott (born 2 March 1856), married John A. Wilkens
   4. Andrew Hunter Scott (born 27 November 1856), married (1) Winifred Taylor; (2) Myrtle Warwood
   5. Mary Emma Scott (born 14 September 1858), married Jesse Harding
   6. Canby Scott (born 28 October 1860), married Eliza B. Cook
   7. Sarah Ann Scott (born 7 June 1862), married W. J. Hardy
   8. Abby Jane Scott (born 30 January 1864), married William Joseph Taylor
   9. Howard Scott (born 23 March 1866), married Eunice L. Stubbs
   10. Rouzel Eugene Scott (born 18 May 1868), married Mary E. Peay
   11. Francelle Scott (born 6 February 1871), married Walter Sorensen
4. Martha Ann Norton (28 September 1840 Limestone, Alabama - 13 August 1903 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah), daughter of John Westley Norton and Dorotha Osburn), married 1 April 1856 Provo, Utah County, Utah Territory. Their children:
   1. William Norton, married Marietta Clark
   2. Lois D. Scott
   3. General Winfield Scott
   4. Milton Leo Scott
   5. Flora Scott
   6. Dallas Loren Scott
   7. John Norton Scott
   8. Martha Zorelda Scott
5. Karen Christian aka Corrin Christian
6. Hannah Miller (21 January 1811 Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England - 11 February 1887 Provo, Utah County, Utah), married 14 July 1863 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Biographical Sketch

Andrew's parents were well-to-do farmers in Middleton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. At the age of eighteen Andrew learned the trade of a tailor, which he pursued successfully for many years. He married Sarah L. Sleeper (1816 - 1900) of Vincentown, New Jersey. Scott joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was called by Jedediah M. Grant to travel and preach the gospel in Philadelphia and surrounding country. Later, he filled another mission to the southwestern part of New Jersey.

In 1845, Scott traveled with a company of Saints to Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, where he endured the mobbings and tribulations that were heaped upon the Saints there. He returned to the East to get his family, but his wife refused to move. In the spring of 1850, he started west once more with some of the children. He located temporarily in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he married Sarah Ann Roe (1832 - 1904), with whom he had six sons and five daughters. The Scott family reached the Salt Lake Valley on 26 September 1851 with the Morris Phelps Company, and located at Provo.

Scott served as Bishop of the Provo Second Ward from 1861 to 1874, was in the 34th Quorum of Seventies, and led an ox train of 48 wagons across the plains in 1866. A successful farmer and an importer of sheep, he built the Provo Woolen Millsto to manufacture woollen cloth; he also manufactured brooms and engaged in bee raising and silk culture. He was a nursery man who is credited with having planted the first fruit trees in Utah county. In 1859, when the Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society of Utah County was organized in Provo, Scott became a director and one of the most active members of that society.

Scott served as the Superintendent of construction of the fort wall around Provo in 1854. He built the first schoolhouse in Second Ward; the first Utah county courthouse; the Provo meeting house; and also constructed canyon roads, bridges and dams on the Provo River. He served as Provo City recorder; assessor and councilman; and mayor of Provo six years. In 1860 Andrew had a household of 12, a real wealth of $1,200, and a personal wealth of $800. In 1870 he had a household of 11, a real wealth of $1,800, and a personal wealth of $967.

Sources

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Name: Andrew Hunter Scott; Gender: Male; Birth Place: PA; Birth Year: 1815;
  • Spouse Name: Sarah Lee Sleeper; Spouse Birth Place: NJ; Spouse Birth Year: 1816; Marriage Year: 1838; Number Pages: 1. Source Citation: Source number: 588.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JAB. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
  • Spouse Name: Hannah Miller; Marriage Year: 1863; Marriage State: UT; Number Pages: 1. Source Citation: Source number: 590.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JAB. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
  • Spouse Name: Sarah Ann Roe; Spouse Birth Place: PA; Spouse Birth Year: 1832; Marriage Year: 1851; Marriage State: IA; Number Pages: 1. Source Citation: Source number: 587.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JAB. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
  • Spouse Name: Martha Ann Norton; Spouse Birth Place: AL; Spouse Birth Year: 1840; Marriage Year: 1856; Marriage State: UT; Number Pages: 1. Source Citation: Source number: 673.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JAB. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
• 1840 United States Federal Census. Name: Andrew H Scott; Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Northampton, Burlington, New Jersey; Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1; Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1; Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2; Total Free White Persons: 2; Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2. Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Northampton, Burlington, New Jersey; Roll: 248; Page: 251; Image: 510; Family History Library Film: 0016515. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1850 United States Federal Census. Name: Andrew H Scott; Age: 59; Birth Year: abt 1791 [1815] ; Birthplace: Pennsylvania; Home in 1850: Southampton, Burlington, New Jersey; Gender: Male; Family Number: 379; Joseph Darwood 28; Mary H Darwood 28; John R Darwood 0; Franklin Darwood 15; Sarah E Randolph 11; Eliza A Darwood 21; Silas Crane 19; Holmes E Crane 20; Benjamin Shinn 22; Andrew H Scott 59; George C Scott 9; Hiram Scott 5. Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Southampton, Burlington, New Jersey; Roll: M432_444; Page: 349A; Image: 130. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Iowa, Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850. Name: Andrew Hunter Scott; Age: 33; Birth Date: 21 Aug 1815; Birth Place: Hulmeville, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Occupation: Tailor; Death Date: 11 Oct 1874; Death Place: Provo, Utah, Utah; Father: Joshua Scott; Mother: Nancy Ann Keen; Spouse Name: Sarah Lee Sleeper; Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1838; Marriage Place: Vincentown, Burlington, New Jersey; Children of Spouse 1: George Comb, Mary Emma, Hyrum Smith, Ann Elizabeth, Ann Margaret; Second Spouse Name: Sarah Ann Humphries Roe; Second Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1851; Second Marriage Place: Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Children of Spouse 2: Franklin, Walter, Anna, Andrew Hunter, Mary Emma, Canby, Sarah Ann, Abby Jane, Howard, Rouzella Eugene Rouzel, rancelle; Third Spouse Name: Corrin Christian; Source: United States Federal Census, 1850, 1860, 1870; FamilySearch; Ancestral File; Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail; Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848. Comments: Andrew was a bishop; seventy; farmer; in 1851 he journeyed with the Morris Phelps Company to the Salt Lake Valley.Household Members: Andrew Hunter Scott 33; George Comb Scott 10; Hyrum Smith Scott 5; Sarah Ann Roe Humphries 18. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Susan Easton Black, Harvey Bischoff Black, Sarah Allen and Rebecca Allen. Annotated Record of the United States Federal Census Iowa, Pottawattamie County 1850. Private donor.
• 1860 United States Federal Census. Name: Andrew Stott [Andrew Scott]; Age in 1860: 44; Birth Year: abt 1816; Birthplace: Pennsylvania; Home in 1860: Provo, Utah, Utah Territory; Gender: Male; Post Office: Provo; Household Members: Chas Canada 56; Celestra Canada 31; Jas Canada 18; Cornelia Canada 16; Silas Canada 10; Josephine Canada 8; Hulda E Canada 7; Hy E Canada 7; Jno Canada 6; Chas Canada 3; Celestia Canada 7/12; Andrew Stott 44; Sarah N Stott 28; Lars N Stott 25; Geo C Stott 20; Martha A Stott 20; Franklin Stott 8; Walter Stott 7; Anna Stott 5; Andrew Stott 4; Mary E Stott 2; Wm Stott 1; Angelene Stott 4/12. Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Provo, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 921; Image: 393; Family History Library Film: 805314. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• 1870 United States Federal Census. Name: Andrew Scott; Age in 1870: 54; Birth Year: abt 1816; Birthplace: Pennsylvania; Home in 1870: Provo Ward 3, Utah, Utah Territory; Race: White; Gender: Male; Post Office: Provo; Household Members: Andrew Scott 54; Sarah Scott 37; Walter Scott 16; Annah Scott 15; Andrew Scott 12; Mary Scott 11; Cauby Scott 9; Sarah Scott 8; Abby Scott 6; Howard Scott 5; Rosell Scott 2. Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Provo Ward 3, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 283B; Image: 563; Family History Library Film: 553111. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index. Name: (Bishop) Andrew Hunter Scott Sr.; Birth Date: 21 Aug 1815; Death Date: 11 Oct 1874; Cemetery: Provo. Source Information: Utah Valley Regional Family History Center. Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998. Original data: Utah Valley Regional Family History Center. Utah County (UT) Cemetery Index. Provo, UT, USA: Utah Valley Regional Family History Center, 1997.
• Utah Cemetery Inventory. Name: Andrew Hunter Sr. Scott; Gender: M (Male); Birth Date: 21 Aug 1815; Birth Place: Hulmeville, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; Death Date: 11 Oct 1874; Death Place: Provo, Utah; Cemetery: Provo City Cemetery; Source: Sexton; Grave Location: Block 2 Lot 34; Type of Marker: Upsgl; Relatives: Father Joshua & Nancy/ann Deen Scott; Spouse Sarah Ann Humphrey Roe (d. 1904). Source Information: Utah State Historical Society, comp.. Utah Cemetery Inventory [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Utah State Historical Society. Utah Cemetery Inventory. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: 2000.
• Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 275
• Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1149
• Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory. Name: Andrew Hunter Scott; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 21 Aug 1815; Birth Place: Middletown, Bucks County, Penn.; Religion: Lds; Occupation: Councilman, Farmer, Mayor, Carpenter; Spouse: Sarah Lee Sleeper;Sarah Ann Roe; Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1838; Marriage Place: Kanesville, Iowa; Father: Joshua H Scott; Mother: Nancy Ann Kenn; Departure Place: Nauvco, Illinois.; Pioneer Company: Morris Phelps Co.; Trail: Mormon Trail; Arrival Place: Salt Lake City; Arrival Date: 1851; Place Settled: Provo, Utah; Death Place: Provo, Utah, Utah; Death Date: 11 Oct 1874; Burial Place: Provo, Utah, Idaho; Burial Date: 1874; Submitted by: Darline Jenkins; Page Number: 002171; Submission Date: 29 Sep 1990. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Original data: Questionnaires compiled by Sons of the Utah Pioneers in Salt Lake City.
• Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848. Name: Andrew Hunter Scott; Gender: Male; Relationship to Primary Person: Self (Head); Father: Joshua Scott; Mother: Nancy Ann Keen; Birth Date: 21 Aug 1815; Birth Place: Middleton, Buckshire, England; Alternate Birth Places: Middleton, Buckshire, England; Death Date: 11 Oct 1874; Death Place: Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; Residences: Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; 1860, 1870; LDS Church Ordinance Data: Baptism Date: September 17, 1843 Officiator: William J. Appleby Baptism Date: October 17, 1841 Rebaptism Date: Ordained Elder Date: October 22, 1843 Officiator: Joseph Newton Ordained Seventy Date: January 5, 1854 Ordained Bishop Date: 1861-1874 Provo, Utah, UT, USA. Vocations: Farmer; 1860, 1870 Nurseryman, Fruit and Seedsman, City Recorder, Assessor and Councilman Mayor of Provo for six years. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.
• Millennium File. Name: Andrew Hunter Scott; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 21 Aug 1815; Birth Place: Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA; Death Date: 11 Oct 1874; Death Place: Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1851; Father: Joshua H Scott; Mother: Nancy Ann Keen; Spouse: Sarah Ann Humphries Roe; Children: Anna Scott; Walter (Sir) Scott; Spouse Father: George Humphries Roe. Spouse Mother: Abbey Jane Weldon. Source Information: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Name: Andrew Hunter Scott; Birth Date: 1815; Birthplace: Pennsylvania; Volume: 154; Page Number: 440; Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941: 30 Sep 1935, 926. Source Information: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical- Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.