Joseph F Mosser's Genealogy :Information about George William Scott
George William Scott (b. September 4, 1821, d. August 10, 1888)
Notes for George William Scott:
George William Scott and his wife Rachel Elkin along with 2 children,William Elkin Scott and Sarah Ann Scott,immigrated to the United States in 1846.He had been in the pottery business with Joseph Elkin who was Rachel's father.The Scott Elkin and Myatt families are all mentioned in the Encyclopedia of BritishPottery and Porcelain China by Geoffrey A. Golden, FRSA, with a long history of pottery works in the area of New Castle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England.
After arriving in theUnited States , George Scottwas a dry goods clerk for one William Bromley. In 1854 after saving some money George imported a quantity of Queensware from England and sold it for a substantial profit.With this money he purchased a tavern on Front Street in Cincinnati,Ohio which he converted into a pottery. This pottery named the George C. Scottmade Rockingham and Yellowwarepottery.They prospered and four more children, William,Samuel Joseph,George Edward and Henry James,were born.Following George Scott's death in 1888 the firms name was changed to George Scott and Sons and in 1901 it became the Scott Pottery Company.At that it showed that management and title belonged to a Sarah Waite.In 1902-1903 a pottery catalog showed them making white granite and common day china dinner sets.
The Scott family burial site is located at Spring Grove Cemetary at Cincinnati,Ohio.
More About George William Scott and Rachel Elkin:
Marriage: December 25, 1839, Newcastle,Staffordshire, England.
Children of George William Scott and Rachel Elkin are:
- William Elkin Scott, b. November 27, 1841, Newcastle, England, d. December 6, 1850, Cincinatti,Ohio.
- +Sarah Ann Scott, b. December 9, 1843, Newcastle, England, d. November 26, 1912, Peru, Indiana.
- +Samuel Joseph Scott, b. May 20, 1847, Cincinnati,Ohio, d. January 30, 1922, Springfield,Ohio (Masonic Home).
- S. William Scott, b. August 27, 1849, Cincinnati,Ohio, d. July 2, 1851, Cincinnati,Ohio.
- William Scott, b. August 27, 1855, Cincinnati,Ohio, d. September 1, 1855, Cincinnati,Ohio.
- +George Edward Scott, b. August 27, 1856, Cincinnati,Ohio, d. December 23, 1909, Seattle,Wa..
- Henry James Scott, b. July 14, 1858.