Benjamin Welcome Scott

1830 - 1909  (79 years)

• Name	Benjamin Welcome Scott  [1]
  Birth	8 Jan 1830	Scott County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	KNC9-83Y
  Burial	1909	Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, USA   [1]
  Death	11 May 1909	Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I91706	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas C Scott,   b. 2 Nov 1806, Casey County, Kentucky, USA d. 3 Nov 1875, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna M Cowhick,   b. 14 Jun 1810, Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, USA d. 31 Oct 1900, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Nov 1828	Morgan County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F61695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza Jane Freshour,   b. 31 May 1838, Johnson County, Missouri, USA d. 28 Jan 1909, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Age 70 years)
  Children	+ 1. Addie May Scott,   b. 12 Apr 1873, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA d. 2 Apr 1910, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F61694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

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  Burial - 1909 - Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, USA Death - 11 May 1909 - Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Benjamin Welcome Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=16007740&indiv=try [S2951] Ancestry.com, Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Anna Cowhick https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60984&h=2118781&indiv=try