Christopher E. Scott
CHRISTOPHER E. SCOTT, general merchandise, was born in Jefferson Co., N Y., July 10, 1831; left his native State in 1851 and came to Dane Co., Wis., where he worked on a farm. Then returned to New York, remaining there two years, after which he came West again, going to Jackson Co., Iowa.; he then went back to New York and enlisted in Co. D, 10th N. Y. Artillery and served until the close of the war, being in all of the principal battles of the Potomac. In 1866, he came to Wisconsin and located at Whitehall, Trempealeau County, which has since been his home, he taking an active part in all public enterprises. Mr. Scott was married in 1854, in Michigan, to Miss Mary C. Miller, who was born in Illinois in 1834. Their family consists of four children, Walter, Fred, George S. and Harry.
(Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin [1881]", Western Historical Co., Chicago, Ill.)
(Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin [1881]", Western Historical Co., Chicago, Ill.)