For those who may not receive this newsletter, I had to share the following
unbelievable article. Imagine trying to track the Scott family! The
tidbit of humor is great, too.
Karen
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HUMOR. An anonymous note your editors received ominously reads:
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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MISSING LINKS: RootsWeb's Genealogy Journal
Vol. 6, No. 8, 21 February 2001, Circulation: 784,231+
(c) 1996-2001 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley
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MARRIED 10 YEARS WITH 19 CHILDREN
by Chandra Martin lunar(a)ipa.net
From the ILLINOIS-IOWA-MISSOURI SEARCHER, Vol. 16 #1 Issue 53,
page 25 (originally from THE NEWS-REPUBLICAN, Farmington, Iowa,
April 6, 1911, but the dateline is Muskogee, Oklahoma).
Married 10 Years, Have 19 Children
Muskogee, OK -- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott of Highland, Kansas,
are seeking a home in this state with plenty of land. They will
need it, for although they have been married not quite ten
years, they are the parents of nineteen children, all boys, and
thirteen of them living. They hold the record for triplets,
having five sets to their credit, and two sets of twins. All of
her thirteen boys are under five years.
Recently the Scotts, deciding that they must find more land,
went to Alberta, Canada. They were not satisfied there and
returned. On the return trip Mrs. Scott and her thirteen
children all rode on one first-class ticket. At Omaha the
conductor made a vigorous protest.
"Madam, you cannot carry a whole Sunday School along with you on
that one ticket," he said, "and you need not tell me those are
all yours. You will have to pay for some of them."
"The rules of this railroad provide that a child under five
years may ride free, when accompanied by its parent with a
first-class ticket, don't they?" retorted Mrs. Scott.
"They do, but you will have to show me."
Mrs. Scott dug down into her valise and brought out the Family
Bible in which was recorded the names and ages of each of the
children. The conductor had to give in. The mother and children
occupied five double seats in the homeseekers' car and paid for
only one.
The names and ages of the children are: Ashbell, Archer and
Austin, triplets 4 1/2 years old; Arthur and Arnold, twins,
3 1/2; Allan, Almon and Albin, triplets, 2 1/2; Albert, Albion
and Adolph, triplets, 18 months; Abel and Abner, twins, 6
months. Mrs. Scott is 30 years old and her husband is only a
year her senior.
The mother and children are now in Highland [Doniphan County]
Kansas, while the father is in Oklahoma seeking a location.
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