The Family of Claude R. Scott and Sarah G. Barnes Scott

The Parents of Claude R. Scott

Rufus and Mary Scott

The Parents of Sarah G. Barnes

Enos W. Barnes and Sarah A. Hurd Barnes

Scott Family Tree

Claude’s Maternal Family Tree

Barnes Family Tree

Hurd Family Tree

Marriages of Claude R. Scott

Marriage to Sarah G. Barnes in 1901

Marriages of Sarah G. Barnes

Marriage to Claude R. Scott in 1901

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Marriage of Claude R. Scott and Sarah G. Barnes

at Grove cottage Hemlock Lake NY on 26 June 1901.

Photo courtesy of Karen Roberts Chrysler.

Marriage of Claude R. Scott and Sarah G. Barnes

From the Livonia Gazette, 5 July 1901.

Hemlock - One of the most charming and pretty weddings of the season was that of Miss Sara Gertrude Barnes, only daughter of Mrs. Enos W. Barnes of Wellsville, and Mr. Claude R. Scott of the same city, which took place at the cottage home of Mrs. Barnes on Hemlock lake on June 26.

About fifty friends and relatives of the bride and groom were present. The Rev. Fred W. Beecher, rector of the St. John’s Episcopal church at Wellsville, performed the ceremony. Mr. E. Willard Barnes gave the bride away and Mr. Charles M. Barnes acted as best man. The bride was prettily attired in white crepe de chime over white silk, and carried a bouquet of white Canterbury bells. She was attended by a bridesmaid, Miss Lillian Lee of Wellsville, who was gowned in white organdie and also carried a bouquet of Canterburys.

It was a pretty picture, as under the spreading branches of the old oaks and pines the company assembled to witness the ceremony. The cottage was decorated with ferns and roses, and from each nook and corner peeped these beautiful emblems of joy and happiness, while outside all nature smiled upon the pretty scene.

After the ceremony luncheon was served in an open tent on the beach, where forty-six covers were laid. The table decorations were green and white, and looked very dainty and pretty under their canopy of white, while the happy company, seated at the table overlooking the beautiful sheet of water, made a picture in the mind’s eye long to be remembered by those present.

Mr. Scott is a young lawyer and one of the leading oil producers of Wellsville, while the bride is the daughter of the late Enos W. Barnes, editor of the Wellsville Daily Reporter, which papers are now published by Mrs. Barnes and the two sons, E. Willard and Charles M. Barnes.

Read about the Grove cottage here.

The Obituary of Claude R. Scott

26 July 1867 - 17 July 1912

From the Belmont Courier, 2 August 1912

Hemlock - Claude R. Scott died at Grove Cottage on Hemlock Lake, July 17, 1912, at the age of 45 years. The funeral was held in Wellsville from the home of his mother, Mrs. Rufus Scott, last week Friday with the burial at Woodlawn.

He is survived by his mother, his wife, Gertrude Barnes Scott and three children, Gertrude, Rufus and Florence.

For the last few years Mr. Scott has been involved in the welfare and education of his children, giving to them all attention, the benefits of which will make themselves much felt in their future development. He was a devoted husband and father. He was known to his intimate friends as a man of versatility and was an interesting companion.

His early education was received in Belmont, where he lived when a boy. Later he attended the Wellsville High School, where he was a member of the first class to be graduated, that of 1830. He received university training at Cornell, and left his mark upon the undergraduate life by founding there with the aid of Leonard T. Beecher, another Wellsville boy, a chapter of the well-known Greek letter fraternity, Chi Psi. He was instrumental in securing for this successful fraternity the Flake-McGraw mansion in Ithaca for the chapter house, at that time probably the best college fraternity house in the United States.

While in college Mr. Scott took great interest n mathematics and in intercollegiate athletics and won several bicycle races, gaining a remarkable popularity in the university.

After leaving college Mr. Scott studied law with his father, General Rufus Scott, and was admitted to the bar. He never practiced much in the courts but devoted himself to the oil business, in which he became one of the best known operator in this field, being conversant with the most minute details.

Between High School and college he worked as a pumper on an oil lease and those who know the trade, say that he could have made as many feet on the “drilling tower” as an expert driller had he cared to turn the screw.

Few, if any, knew the producing sands of this region better than he and if success in the hazardous business of producing oil could have been reduced to a science, Mr. Scott would have reaped its very highest rewards.

In a personal tribute to Mr. Scott, the Rev. E. H. Edson, of Palmyra, N.Y. says; “The death of Claude R. Scott brought sorrow to many people other than the members of his family and near relatives, for he had a host of friends whose regard for him had steadily advanced from admiration to love. His was a genial cheerful disposition making every one happy, who was so fortunate as to share the hospitality of his charming home at Hemlock.”

The Obituary of Sarah G. Barnes Scott

1878 - May 1952

From the Democrat and Chronicle, 4 May 1952

Mrs. Claude R. Scott, 74, who owned the last private cottage on Hemlock Lake, died in Summit, N.J., Thursday night. The cottage was purchased from her by the City of Rochester three years ago.

Funeral services will be tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. in St. John’s Episcopal Church in Wellsville where she was born.

Mrs. Scott was in Summit at the time of her death visiting her two daughters, Mrs. Clarence J. MacDaniels and Mrs. Florence Roberts. A son, Rufus B. Scott, who lives in Wellsville, survives his mother.

She was the daughter of Enos W. and Sarah Hurd Barnes. Her father was founder of the Wellsville Daily Reporter.

She married June 26, 1901, and her husband died in 1912.

The Burial of Claude R. Scott

Woodlawn Cemetery in Wellsville NY

The Burial of Sarah G. Barnes Scott

Woodlawn Cemetery in Wellsville NY