Alex Scott was the first born son of Dr. W. Scott and Christena Smith Scott. He and his three brothers were born in a dugout home in Norway Township in the hillside near the Republican River. He attended Hungry Hollow School, farmed and gave much assistance to his parents and his neighborhood. Alex saw the country grow for 79 years from a lonesome prairie to a modern community.
In 1904 he was married to Miss Stella Hay, daughter pioneer parents of Scotch descent. They lived on and farmed the Scott homestead. Five children were reared by this couple. Athel, a farmer continuing on the Dr. Scott homestead; Warren, Probate Judge in Republic County; Dr. Alex Jr., a practicing physician in Junction City, Kansas; Helen, who lives in Belleville and Alice who lives on a farm near Scandia.
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