Thomas Francis Scott

  General Notes:

The 1940 Federal Census for Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N.Y., ED#53-8, page 77B, [image 18 of 26 at www.ancestry.com], dated May 14, 1940 records Thomas (62 - PA) and Elizabeth (59 - NY) Scott. Thomas is a Blacksmith with a Private Shop. He has completed 3 years of grade school while Elizabeth has completed 4 years of grade school. Also in the household is a lodger, the widower Howe Michel (86 - NY)

The Thomas Scott family is in both the 1920 and 1930 Federal Census in Cochecton, Sullivan Co., New York. Thomas indicates his parents are from the Irish Free State.
The 1930 Federal Census for Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N.Y., ED#6, page 211B, dated April 11, 1930 records Thomas (51- NY/Irish Free State/Irish Free State) and Elizabeth (47 - PA/PA/PA) Scott with daughters Katherine (20) and Anna (11). Thomas is a Blacksmith in a Blacksmith Shop. Thomas owns his own home valued at $3,000 and has been married to Elizabeth for 21 years.


The 1910 Federal Census for Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N.Y., ED#130, page 1A, records Thomas and Elizabeth having been married 1 year. Edward Scott, father of Thomas, is living with them.

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Thomas Francis Scott taken September 1918 records his date of birth as February 4, 1879. He is living in Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N.Y. with a wife an family and is a Blacksmith. His physical description is 5' 10'' and slender with gray eyes and black hair.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Blacksmith (own shop).

Thomas married Elizabeth Abplanalp, daughter of John Abplanalp and Rose Rohrbach, about 1909. (Elizabeth Abplanalp was born on 16 Nov 1881 in Galeton, Potter Co., Pennsylvania and died on 16 Feb 1959 in East Meadow, New York.)