Aaron and Florence

According to his death certificate, Leta's oldest sibling Aaron Scott was born on March 26, 1882 in Millbury, Ohio, to David and Lydia (Snyder) Scott. Although he had an older brother named Stephen born in 1878 or 1879, the child did not live, making Aaron the oldest of the Scott children. In 1900, the census states that he was living with his mother and three younger sisters (Nellie, Louise and Leta) in the same residence where he grew up. (As all but 1% of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire, there is no record of the family in that year. Interestingly, Aaron is listed in the 1900 census as a member of the household, but his father David is not. In the 1910 census, David is listed as a member of the household, but Aaron is not. Instead, the 1910 census reports that Aaron lived in Williams, Coconino County, Arizona. He was a boarder in the James and Stella Wade household. He worked as a bartender in a saloon.

He returned to the Toledo area by October 12, 1912, for he married Florence Burrell on that date. He was 30, and she was 21. Florence was born to Oscar Burrell and Mary Atwell on August 5, 1891 in Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio.

The couple had two children: Lucille and June. Lucille Scott was born on June 20, 1914. June Scott was born on June 10, 1917.

The family settled in Rossford, Ohio. According to the 1930 census, Aaron was a day laborer who worked in the sewer system. By 1940, he was an elementary school janitor. The census has him (age 58) and Florence (age 49) living in Rossford, Ohio.

In 1942, at age 60, Aaron registered for the Draft during World War II. There is no indication that he served.

Aaron died on November 25, 1949 after a long illness. He was 67 years old. His obituary states that for seven years he was the janitor at Olney Elementary School in Northwood. Before that he was the janitor at Lark Elementary School, also in Northwood. He and Florence were living at 2308 Sheffield Place in Northwood.

After Aaron’s death, Florence married a fellow whose last name was Tubbs. She died on October 23, 1978 at age 87 in a senior home in Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.

Lucille was 21 when she married Vernon Wells on November 21, 1933. Later, she married a man named Paul Elling.

On October 18, 1935, June Scott married Edgar Thomas. She was 18 years old, and he was 10 years older. This marriage was not successful; subsequently, they divorced and June married Russell Miller on April 8, 1939. She was 21, and he was 24.

Both Lucille and June lived in Arizona for many years.

Although she was the younger sister, June died at age 84 on January 20, 2002. She was living with her daughter Marjorie Grosjean at the time. Marjorie Miller married Ronald Grosjean and had six children. Her son David (born April 15, 1961) married Michelle Metzker (born October 16, 1965), great-granddaughter of Leta Scott, who was Aaron Scott’s sister.

Lucille died on October 9, 2011. She was 97 years old. According to her obituary, her husband Paul and two of her three daughters (Valerie Wells and Mildred Fisher) preceded her in death. She had six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.