Margaret Jane Scott
Margaret Jane Scott was born in 1845 in Ohio to Charles and Isabel Scott. Her father earned a living as a farmer. The family lived in Fox, Ohio, until 1851, when they moved to Wiota, Wisconsin. She married James K. Van Matre on December 2, 1880, and they had two children. They lived in Darlington, Wisconsin. Her husband died in 1913, and she successfully applied for a widow’s pension that November. She lived with her sister Isabel until at least 1920. By 1930, she owned a home in Darlington valued at $2,700. She died there on May 19, 1933, “after a week’s illness.”
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3302) | Scott, Margaret Jane ~ Van Matre, Margaret Jane | 1845 | 1933-05-19 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3790) [recipient] ~ James Scott to Margaret J. Scott, 30 November 1862
People - Records: 1
- (3302) Scott, Margaret Jane is the [sibling of] (3197) Scott, James
Places - Records: 3
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Wisconsin Marriage Records, 1820-2004, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), 20 May 1933
