Basic Identification
Gender: female
Ethnicity: “mulatto”
Immigration:
Attributed Race: black
Free or Enslaved: free
Birth & Family
Birth Date: 1865/00/00
Birthplace:
Mother: William Taylor
Father: Ann Taylor
1st Spouse: John Scott
2nd Spouse: female
Age Details
Age: 65
Age Group: elder adult (60+)
Life Details
Occupation(s): matron at Tuskegee Institute
Last Church:
Military Service:
Last Residence: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama
Last Address:
Death
Death Date: 1930/07/30
Death Note: none
Place of Death: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama
Cause of Death: abdominal tumor
Burial & Undertaking
Burial Date: 1930/08/01
Funeral Home:
Diuguid ID Number:
Indigent?:
Gravesite and Grave Marker Data
Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes
Section: 105.Z
Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker
Grave Marker Erector(s):
Confirmation Source for Interment: official ledger
Notes
Lucy Baber’s handwritten note: “Plot with enclosure and stone ‘Scott’–Mary Belle Scott’s family”; “Section 14, Block 1”. Inscription reads: “Mary Belle Scott’s Family”
N.B. This “Mary Belle Scott” is incorrectly listed in BOBW as being buried in 1830
Others In Same Plot (T0169)
Obituary and Biographical Detials
Apparently her husband John Scott died between 1900 and 1910, but I cannot find any death or burial record.
1900 LCD: “Belle Scott”, teacher, residence 1314 Church Street
1910 census: no occupation, 609 Sixth Street with three sons Norvell, Oswald, and Duval
1920 census: lived on the Tuskegee campus in the household with President Robert R. Moton