John Scott ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: LDH2-3BL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of In the 1850 census John was 10 years old, in 1880 age 35., Abt 1845 and , , OH. ²

2. Census in 1850 in Mifflin Twp., Franklin, OH. ³ The 1850 census recorded George Scott, 31, living with wife Hannah, 33; John, 10; Catharine, 4. Also in the home is Andrew Scott, 21. Everyone was born in Ohio except Hannah in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1870 in Peru, Miami, IN. ⁴ The 1870 census recorded John Scot, farmer, 28, living with wife Lydia, 26; and son George D., 4 months old born Jan 1870. John was born in Ohio, Lydia in Pennsylvania, and George in Indiana.

4. Census in 1880 in Washington Twp., Miami, IN. ² The 1880 census recorded John Scott, farmer, age 35, living with wife Liddie A. 30. John and his father were born in Ohio, and his mother, Lydia and her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Next door is John's father, George Scott, 62, and mother Hannah, 64.

John married Lydia A. Beecher, daughter of Benjamin Beecher and Margaret Finney, on 31 Oct 1869 in Miami, Miami, IN.¹ (Lydia A. Beecher was born on 11 Jul 1843 in , , PA ⁵.)