San
Joaquin County
Biographies
A worthy citizen of San Joaquin
County who has resided here since 1912 is Mrs. Charlotte Scott, widow of Mark
Scott, who passed away six years ago on their home place of fifteen acres three
miles south of Lodi. In maidenhood Mrs.
Scott was Miss Charlotte Scarrow, a native of
Toronto, Canada, born June 6, 1859, a daughter of James and Abigail (Nelson) Scarrow. Both
parents were natives of England and while a young man James Scarrow
settled in Canada, where he followed his trade of carpenter. Mrs. Scott is the third in a family of ten
children and the only one residing in California. The other members of the family are: Elizabeth residing at Calgary, Canada; Alma
resides at Creemore, Canada; Mary at Toronto; Emma;
Nelson is a teacher in the University of Toronto; Ellen resides at Creemore; George at Manitoba; Alice resides in
Saskatchewan; Charles is also a resident of Canada. Both parents lived to be about sixty-five
years old. Mrs. Scott received her
education in the grammar and high schools of Ontario, Canada.
On August 14, 1882, at Sault Sainte
Marie, Michigan, Miss Scarrow was married to Mark
Scott, a native of Montreal, Canada, a son of John and Jane Scott. Mr. Scott received his education in the
grammar and high schools of Montreal and was one of nine children: Mary, Anna, Isaac, Jane, William, John, Mark
and Marion, twins, and Robert. Mr. Scott
learned the carpenter trade and worked at it until his marriage, then he engaged
in farming for six and a half years in Canada; the family then removed to Sault
Sainte Marie, Michigan, where they farmed for the following seven years; then
they removed to Mitchell, South Dakota, where they bought a quarter-section of
land in that vicinity and farmed for six and a half years. The family then returned to Michigan and
engaged in the dairy business for a number of years. Seventeen years ago the family removed to the
state of Washington and settled at College Place, near Walla Walla, where they
had an apple and cherry ranch until 1912, when they came to California and
purchased a fifteen-acre ranch under the Stockton-Mokelumne
Irrigation Ditch three miles south of Lodi.
Ten acres of this ranch is in a Tokay vineyard and the remaining four
acres in an orchard of peaches, plums and cherries. Mr. Scott was not long permitted to enjoy
California, for he passed away four years after taking up his residence in San
Joaquin County. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are
the parents of eight children: Mrs. Abbie Woodhall, Mrs. Fannie
Roberts and Mrs. Elizabeth Flower, all residing in Walla Walla, Washington;
Lottie resides at home; Fred lives in Los Angeles; Wesley resides in Berkeley;
Alma lives on the hold home place, and Russel is at
home with his mother. Four years ago
Mrs. Scott moved to Lodi and makes her residence at 215 Tokay Street. She is a Republican in politics and an active
member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Lodi.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1544. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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