Shelby  County  Indiana
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Scott


The  Kokomo  Tribune
 October 1, 1929
Page 3
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          Randolph Scott  of Shelbyville was the supper guest Thursday of  Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tracey  and family.
Contributed by Janet McColley Franklin


The  Shelby  Republican
 Thursday April 3, 1924
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COUPLE  WEDDED       
        THIS  AFTERNOON
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          Elwood F. Facemire, 75, of Indianapolis, formerly of Shelby County and Mrs. Nancy Jane Scott, of Jackson township, obtained a marriage license today at the office of the clerk of the Shelby Circuit Court.  They left here about noon for Franklin, where they were married this afternoon by the pastor of the Christian church. They will make their home in Indianapolis.
        Mr. and Mrs. Facemire are both well known in Shelby county.  Mr. Facemire formerly lived in Hendricks township, leaving here about twenty-five years ago for Indianapolis.
Contributed by Barb Huff


The  Shelby  Republican
 Thursday December 31, 1923
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DISMISS DIVORCE SUIT
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          A complaint for a divorce and alimony, which was filed by  Mrs. Ella B. Scott, against  Martin Scott, was dismissed today by the plaintiff in the Shelby circuit court.
Contributed by Barb Huff


The  Shelby  Republican
 Thursday December 13, 1923
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SEEKS  ALIMONY       
        WITH  DIVORCE
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Mrs. Ella B. Scott Filed Complaint
Against Martin Scott In Court Here
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MARRIED  THIRTY-FIVE  YEARS
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          A complaint for a divorce, alimony of $5,000, and allowance of $10 a week and a restraining order prohibiting her husband from disposing of any of his property pending the hearing of the suit, was filed today in the Shelby Circuit Court by  Mrs. Ella B. Scott, of Sugar Creek township, against  Martin Scott, a well known farmer of that township. Ed K. Adams represents Mrs. Scott.
          The couple was married in 1888 and separated December 6, 1923. They are the parents of four children, all more than twenty-one years of age.  Mrs. Scott says that her husband has a violent temper, and that he cursed her.
          She charges that he refused to permit her to visit her relatives and would not allow them to call on her at her home.  Religious differences also entered into the trouble, according to Mrs. Scott, who alleges that her husband would not permit her to attend her church.  She is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
          The plaintiff says that her husband was morose and sullen and that at times he refused to speak to her.  On December 2, 1923, she charges that her husband struck her and told her to do as he wanted her to do or to get out.  She states that her husband owns eighty acres of land, valued at $40,000 and that he has personal property valued at $1,000.  Mrs. Scott says that she is fifty-six years old and has no means of support.
Contributed by Barb Huff


The  Shelby  Democrat
 Thursday, August 21, 1913
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FAMILY  IN  REUNION  SUNDAY
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Held Enjoyable Meeting in Jackson Township
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          Descendants of  Joel D. Scott,  J. J. Scott,  Robert Scott,  Mrs. Jacob Medsker,  Mrs. Willia Shaw  and  Mrs. Nancy Williams, who were among the prominent pioneer residents of Shelb county held their first annual reunion Sunday in the  Michael Ropp grove in Jackson township, the number present being ninety-eight.  The reunion next year will be held the second Thursday in August and officers were elected yesterday, Morgan Scott  being chosen president and  Robert Scott  secretary-treasurer.  The feature of the reunion was grand dinner at the noon hour.  Special attention was given the children, who were placed at a table to themselves.  A fish fry formed a part of the meal and ice cream and cake were served during the afternoon.  Jess,  George,  Jonathan,  Robert,  Martin,  Buck,  Mack,  and  Morgan Scott  and  Mrs. Minnie Williams  and their families were present and the others at the reunion were George Ropp and family,  Sam Hupp and family,  John Shaw and family,  Thomas Stoughton and family,  Joseph Stoughton and family,  Steve Brockman and family,  Willard Gipson and family,  William Becker and wife,  Martin Cutsinger and family of Edinburg,  Clark Stine and family,  William Sandefur and family of Franklin,  Mrs. Nancy Law of Indianapolis,  Mrs. Lillie Hill and son,  Mrs. Jessie Ropp and son, Edward, of Memphis, Tenn., Clella Becker and family,  Michael Ropp and family,  Mrs. Charity Orr and children of Franklin,  Mrs. John Stine, of this city, and  Jonathan Medsker and family.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  Democrat
Monday, January 15, 1912.
Page One
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          Robert Scott,  of Jackson township, was a business visitor in this city today, and was an agreeable caller at the Democrat office.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Indianapolis  News
Marion County, Indiana
Monday, December 30, 1901
Page 2
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Prominence and Wealth of the Prin-
cipals Make the Tragedy
One of Uncommon
Interest.
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(Special to The Indianapolis News.)
          SHELBYVILLE, Ind., December 30. -- There is no longer a reasonable doubt but that  George Scott,  of Hendricks township, was murdered by  Clarence Sandefur,  who was assisted by his mother,  Mrs. Emma Sandefur.  The accused are in jail on charge of murcer.  Mrs. Sandefur is the wife of  George Sandefur,  and apparently fifty years old.  As stated in the original dispatch to The News, the trouble between the families arose over boundary lines.  Their homes are only about two hundred years apart, and the home of Scott's father is on-quarter of a mile from that of the Sandefurs.
          Last Friday evening Mr. Scott drove into his field near the Sandefur home after a load of fodder, and as he left the field, as the story runs, young Sandefur and his mother stopped his team in front of their house, and the trouble was renewed.  After the fight Scott remounted his wagon and drove to his father's home.  At 5 o'clock the next morning he died.  Coroner Ray  was called, and an autopsy disclosed the Scott's skull was fractured, his right haw broken, while two blood clots had formed on the brain.  There was also a severe cut across one of the jaws, a large contusion on the scalp, while his neck and shoulders were black, and one eye was closed, the result of heavy blows by some blunt instrument.
          After young Sandefur had been arrested in this city, where he came to surrender to a justice of the peace and enter a plea of guilty to assault and battery, he claimed that Scott assaulted him with a knife, and he did nothing but defend himself.  Before he could enter his plea, word was received of Scott's death, and the arrest followed.  Information was also received the Mrs. Sandefur was concerned in the affray, and when she came here she was also arrested.  Mother and son have retained attorneys, and under their advice are not talking.  The prominence and wealth of the principals add to the interest.  Mr. Scott was a man of family and lcoally prominent.  The burial will take place to-morrow.
Contributed by Arla Luna


The  Daily  Evening  Democrat
Saturday, January 31, 1885
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L  O  C  A  L      N  E  W  S.
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          A marriage license was issued yesterday to  Milford Hill  and  Ida Scott.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Daily  Evening  Democrat
 Tuesday, January 31, 1882
Page 4   column 1
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          Master Russell Scott,  grandson of  Solomon Gorgas,  is now a page in the House of Representatives at the Capitol.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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