Scott, Walter E.

Title: Scott, Walter E.
Alias: Death Valley Scotty; Scott, Walter E., 1872-1954
Gender: Male
Member: Scott family
Birth date: 20 Sep 1872
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.); Kenton County (Ky.)
Birth information: He was born at Dry Creek, on the Boone-Kenton border.
Father: Scott, George A.
Mother: Perry, Elizabeth
Life event(s): Marriage: 5 Nov 1900; Hamilton County (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Spouse(s): Milius, Ella Josephine
Child(ren): Scott, Walter Perry
Death date: 5 Jan 1954
Place of death: Death Valley (Calif.)
Death and burial information: Cause of death: Gastro intestinal hemorrhage due to carcinoma of prostate; Castle Ground Cemetery (Scotty's Castle, Calif.)
Occupation(s): Prospector
Resided in: Bryan (Nev.); Grapevine Canyon (Calif. and Nev.)
Related resource: "Death Valley Scotty" by Hillary Delaney [PDF]; "Death Valley Scotty", Death Valley National Park website; "Record Breaking Run of the Scott Special", Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum website
Bibliographic citation(s): Nevada, Death Certificates, 1911-1965; FindAGrave.com, memorial #6056096
Source(s): Ohio County Marriage Records 1774-1993; Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910; Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930; Find A Grave.com