Mary (Leach) Scott, one of the oldest and most esteemed women of Union Township, died at her home southeast of Lizton Sunday (Aug. 2, 1908) of infirmities due to extreme age, she being past 84 years. The funeral was conducted by Rev. G. W. Alley Tuesday afternoon and was largely attended. The remains were interred in the K. of P. Cemetery at Lizton.
Aunt Mary, as she was affectionately known, was born in Mason County, Kentucky, January 9, 1824, being the oldest child of Enos and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Leach, who settled in Union Township in the fall of 1831, where the father entered 200 acres of land. The subject of this sketch was eight years of age when her parents moved to this County and, with the exception of those eight years, her entire life was spent in Hendricks County. During all those years, she was never out of the state on a visit, and few times out of the County, and was one of those few persons of the present day who never rode even on a steam or electric car. She was married to Samuel T. Scott on the 6th day of January, 1848, and to them were born five children, all of whom are living and were at the bedside when she breathed her last. The children are James E., John W. M., Enos M. Nathaniel W. and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Ayres. The husband survives, the death of the mother being the first break in the family circle. Twenty-seven of the thirty-four grandchildren survive her and were at the funeral. There are also eight great-grandchildren. A remarkable fact concerning this family is that during their married life of 60 years, they payed out less than $ 75 for doctor bills. These figures are said to have included all medical attention required by the children until they left the parent roof, as well as the last sickness. Few, if any, families can boast of a record like this.
Aunt Mary was a kindly woman who endeared herself to all who met her. She was a true and loving mother, and while she was connected with no church, she possessed that noble and pure soul which means more than the word church men say.
Coming as she did in the early days of the County's history, she witnessed the development of the country from a wild uncultivated state to that of advanced civilization and she experienced all the hardships and privations incident to those early days. She has seen children grow from the cradle into manhood and then to the grave, aged and gray, within the span of her life. With her death is severed one of the few remaining links which connects the "good old days" of pioneer times with those we think of as the commonplace present.
She leaves behind a host of sorrowing friends to whom she was endeared by kindly acts and long association. She leaves descendants who are of the County's best citizens, and she also leaves behind the record of a long and useful life which assures her loved ones that those many years were not spent in vain.
Aunt Mary, as she was affectionately known, was born in Mason County, Kentucky, January 9, 1824, being the oldest child of Enos and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Leach, who settled in Union Township in the fall of 1831, where the father entered 200 acres of land. The subject of this sketch was eight years of age when her parents moved to this County and, with the exception of those eight years, her entire life was spent in Hendricks County. During all those years, she was never out of the state on a visit, and few times out of the County, and was one of those few persons of the present day who never rode even on a steam or electric car. She was married to Samuel T. Scott on the 6th day of January, 1848, and to them were born five children, all of whom are living and were at the bedside when she breathed her last. The children are James E., John W. M., Enos M. Nathaniel W. and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Ayres. The husband survives, the death of the mother being the first break in the family circle. Twenty-seven of the thirty-four grandchildren survive her and were at the funeral. There are also eight great-grandchildren. A remarkable fact concerning this family is that during their married life of 60 years, they payed out less than $ 75 for doctor bills. These figures are said to have included all medical attention required by the children until they left the parent roof, as well as the last sickness. Few, if any, families can boast of a record like this.
Aunt Mary was a kindly woman who endeared herself to all who met her. She was a true and loving mother, and while she was connected with no church, she possessed that noble and pure soul which means more than the word church men say.
Coming as she did in the early days of the County's history, she witnessed the development of the country from a wild uncultivated state to that of advanced civilization and she experienced all the hardships and privations incident to those early days. She has seen children grow from the cradle into manhood and then to the grave, aged and gray, within the span of her life. With her death is severed one of the few remaining links which connects the "good old days" of pioneer times with those we think of as the commonplace present.
She leaves behind a host of sorrowing friends to whom she was endeared by kindly acts and long association. She leaves descendants who are of the County's best citizens, and she also leaves behind the record of a long and useful life which assures her loved ones that those many years were not spent in vain.
Mary (Leach) Scott, one of the oldest and most esteemed women of Union Township, died at her home southeast of Lizton Sunday (Aug. 2, 1908) of infirmities due to extreme age, she being past 84 years. The funeral was conducted by Rev. G. W. Alley Tuesday afternoon and was largely attended. The remains were interred in the K. of P. Cemetery at Lizton.
Aunt Mary, as she was affectionately known, was born in Mason County, Kentucky, January 9, 1824, being the oldest child of Enos and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Leach, who settled in Union Township in the fall of 1831, where the father entered 200 acres of land. The subject of this sketch was eight years of age when her parents moved to this County and, with the exception of those eight years, her entire life was spent in Hendricks County. During all those years, she was never out of the state on a visit, and few times out of the County, and was one of those few persons of the present day who never rode even on a steam or electric car. She was married to Samuel T. Scott on the 6th day of January, 1848, and to them were born five children, all of whom are living and were at the bedside when she breathed her last. The children are James E., John W. M., Enos M. Nathaniel W. and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Ayres. The husband survives, the death of the mother being the first break in the family circle. Twenty-seven of the thirty-four grandchildren survive her and were at the funeral. There are also eight great-grandchildren. A remarkable fact concerning this family is that during their married life of 60 years, they payed out less than $ 75 for doctor bills. These figures are said to have included all medical attention required by the children until they left the parent roof, as well as the last sickness. Few, if any, families can boast of a record like this.
Aunt Mary was a kindly woman who endeared herself to all who met her. She was a true and loving mother, and while she was connected with no church, she possessed that noble and pure soul which means more than the word church men say.
Coming as she did in the early days of the County's history, she witnessed the development of the country from a wild uncultivated state to that of advanced civilization and she experienced all the hardships and privations incident to those early days. She has seen children grow from the cradle into manhood and then to the grave, aged and gray, within the span of her life. With her death is severed one of the few remaining links which connects the "good old days" of pioneer times with those we think of as the commonplace present.
She leaves behind a host of sorrowing friends to whom she was endeared by kindly acts and long association. She leaves descendants who are of the County's best citizens, and she also leaves behind the record of a long and useful life which assures her loved ones that those many years were not spent in vain.
Aunt Mary, as she was affectionately known, was born in Mason County, Kentucky, January 9, 1824, being the oldest child of Enos and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Leach, who settled in Union Township in the fall of 1831, where the father entered 200 acres of land. The subject of this sketch was eight years of age when her parents moved to this County and, with the exception of those eight years, her entire life was spent in Hendricks County. During all those years, she was never out of the state on a visit, and few times out of the County, and was one of those few persons of the present day who never rode even on a steam or electric car. She was married to Samuel T. Scott on the 6th day of January, 1848, and to them were born five children, all of whom are living and were at the bedside when she breathed her last. The children are James E., John W. M., Enos M. Nathaniel W. and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Ayres. The husband survives, the death of the mother being the first break in the family circle. Twenty-seven of the thirty-four grandchildren survive her and were at the funeral. There are also eight great-grandchildren. A remarkable fact concerning this family is that during their married life of 60 years, they payed out less than $ 75 for doctor bills. These figures are said to have included all medical attention required by the children until they left the parent roof, as well as the last sickness. Few, if any, families can boast of a record like this.
Aunt Mary was a kindly woman who endeared herself to all who met her. She was a true and loving mother, and while she was connected with no church, she possessed that noble and pure soul which means more than the word church men say.
Coming as she did in the early days of the County's history, she witnessed the development of the country from a wild uncultivated state to that of advanced civilization and she experienced all the hardships and privations incident to those early days. She has seen children grow from the cradle into manhood and then to the grave, aged and gray, within the span of her life. With her death is severed one of the few remaining links which connects the "good old days" of pioneer times with those we think of as the commonplace present.
She leaves behind a host of sorrowing friends to whom she was endeared by kindly acts and long association. She leaves descendants who are of the County's best citizens, and she also leaves behind the record of a long and useful life which assures her loved ones that those many years were not spent in vain.
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