Colusa
County
Biographies
ENOCH E. SCOTT
Enoch E. Scott has been a leading
factor in the business interests of Iowa Hill for many years and his efforts
have contributed in a large measure to its commercial activity. He is a stockholder and manager of the large
mercantile company of that town, and the reputation which he enjoys in business
circles is unassailable. Mr. Scott was
born in Toronto, Canada, on the 2nd of January, 1861, and is of
Scotch lineage. His parents were Seth
and Susan B. (Foote) Scott, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of
Canada. Their farm was situated on the
boundary line between Canada and the United States, lying partly in the British
province and partly in this republic. In
1868 they sold that property and removed to Detroit, Michigan, and there the
father engaged in dealing in livestock.
His wife died in 1869, at the age of forty-four years, leaving to her
husband the care of their children, namely:
Henry S., Walter D., Enoch E. and Harriet. In 1874 the family removed to Sacramento,
California, and the father died in Napa City, this state, on the 1st
of November, 1898, at the age of seventy-six years. He and his faithful wife were members of the
Episcopal Church and were people of the highest respectability.
Their son, Enoch E. Scott, was
educated in the Pierce Christian College and he entered upon his mercantile
experience as a clerk. Later he embarked
in business on his own account in Colusa County, where he remained for twenty-two
years, and in 1896 he came to Iowa Hill.
For a time he acted as manager of the firm of Weber & Company, of
Sacramento, and on their retirement he became connected with the mercantile
company of which he has since been manager.
This is a stock company, composed of the following named: Seymour Waterhouse, president; E. Waterhouse,
vice-president; and Enoch E. Scott, secretary and manager. They have a large store and carry a complete
stock of general merchandise, hauling their own goods. They have two large freight wagons, each
drawn by six horses, and these are almost constantly on the road, bringing the
merchandise from the railroad at Colfax to the store at Iowa Hill. Mr. Scott and the company with which he is
connected have also various mining interests and are actively engaged in the
development of the rich drift mine on which the prosperity of the county now
largely depends.
In 1888 Mr. Scott wedded Miss Minnie
Leggett, of Columbia, Missouri, and their union has been blessed with a son and
daughter, Allen E. and Florence E. Mr.
Scott is a valued member of the Masonic fraternity and is past master of the
blue lodge in Colusa, of which he has been a member since 1887. In his political sentiment he is a Democrat,
but is an independent voter. He indeed
deserves mention among Iowa Hill’s most prominent merchants and among her
representative citizens and should find a place in the history of the men of
business and enterprise in the great west whose force of character, strength,
integrity, control of circumstances and whose marked success in establishing
great industries, have contributed in such an eminent degree to the solidity
and progress of the entire county.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Pages 768-769. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2011
Gerald Iaquinta.
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