New York, Land Records...Livingston Deeds 1831-1833...:
William Scott of Sparta and Phebe W. Scott, His Wife
Livingston County, New York
Deed# 10-502
29 December 1836
"Upon William Scott fell the mantle of his father's [James Scott's] usefulness and influence. William Scott was born July 18, 1790, in Mount Bethel, Northampton county, Pa., coming with his father to Sparta, as before stated, in 1806."
"In 1814, he became foreman in the cloth dressing establishment of Benjamin Hungerford... . At this place began his acquaintance with Millard Fillmore, afterward president of the United States, who had come here to learn the wool carding business."
"In 1820 Mr. Scott married Phebe Woodruff of Livonia...". [Source]
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