Death of Dr. Caleb Scott
                         at age of 90
                                     
  Dr. Caleb Scott  died Tuesday morning  at the  home of his  
  daughter Dr. Hattie L Wilkerson. Dr.  Scott was one of the  
  oldest and best known citizens of eastern White county: for 
  several years he had been unable to practice his profession 
  on account of infirmity of old age and failing faculties but 
  he experienced no  serious illness  previous to  his death  
  which came peacefully and with but a few hour's warning.
  
  Only the  day  before,  he had  passed  his  90th birthday  
  anniversary and had expressed his opinion that he would be  
  able to round out the century.  But the aged body was worn  
  out and a  few hours  later it  had ceased  its activities  
  forever.  
  
  Funeral services were conducted at the Wilkerson residence  
  Thursday afternoon by  Rev. Wells of  Delphi, burial being  
  made at Warden cemetery near Sitka.
  
  Deceased was born in Wayne county, Indiana; his family moved 
  to Cass county near Burnettsville in 1827: of his father's  
  family of nine children, Levi who lives in Texas is the only 
  one now left. Mr. Scott early evinced a talent to treat the 
  sick and in 1847 he moved to Burnettesville where he took up 
  the practice of medicine,  having previously studied under  
  some doctor in  that vicinity. For  the next  60 years his  
  entire time was devoted  to this profession,  all of it in  
  White county except one year which he spent in Illinios. In 
  1868 he moved  to his  farm in  Liberty township  where he  
  resided until 1906.
  
  Dr. Scott was married three times,  his first wife being a  
  Miss Hicks of Burnettesville, the second a Miss Sheperd of  
  Carroll county and the third Miss Elizabeth Healy of Royal  
  Centre. From the last marriage 8 children, 30 grandchildren 
  and   1    greatgrandchildren   survive;    The   children    
  are--Mrs.Viola Bunnell of Burlington , N. Dak., Henry Scott 
  of Flaxton, N.  Dak., S. A.  Scott of  Walla Walla, Wash.,  
  Horace Scott  of Ferry,  Wash.,  Mrs. Margaret  Tedford of  
  Frankfort, Ind., Marcellus Scott, Mrs. Mary Burget and Mrs. 
  Hattie L. Wilkerson of this vicinity.
  
  Of the several children who preceded him one son Arne died  
  in Andersonville prison during the Civil War; another child 
  Mrs. Grace Churchill died in Dakota two months ago.
  
   Indiana Observer
   Oct 6, 1911
  
  Typed by 
  Lyman Morrison
  March 9, 1994

			     CALEB SCOTT

A medical practitioner of sixty years' activity in White County,
Dr. Caleb Scott finally succumbed to the demands of ninety years and
on October 2, 1911, died at the home of his married daughter,
Mrs. Hattie L. Wilkerson, in Idaville.  His remains were interred at
the Warden Cemetery near Sitka.  The deceased was born in Wayne
County, Indiana, and in 1827, when Caleb was about six years old, the
family moved to Cass County, near Burnettsville.  He early showed an
inclination and a talent in treating the sick and, having studied
under several local physicians, he moved to Burnettsville in 1847, and
the succeeding sixty years he devoted to the practice of his
profession, mostly in Eastern White County, with the exception of one
year which he spent in Illinois.  In 1868 he located on his farm in
Liberty Township, upon which he resided until 1906 when he went to
reside with his daughter, Mrs. Wilkerson, at whose home he died.
Doctor Scott was thrice married and left as descendants, eight
children, thirty grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

From: 
A Standard History of White County Indiana An Authentic Narrative of
the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the
Progress of Town and Country

Under the Supervision of
W. H. HAMELLE
VOLUMES I and II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1915

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