Scott/Beatty/Shaffer/OlingerJ.P. Scott Obituary & Tombstone J.P.’s Obituary JOHN P. SCOTT John Pettigrew Scott, 73 in ill health for some time, died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday (24 Jul 1938) of peritonitis, in his home in Idaho, near Shelocta. A son of Zacchariah T. and Margaret (Olinger) Scott, he was born January 21, 1865. He was a well-known thresherman. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Anna M. Scott and these children: Howard L. Scott of Shelocta, R.D.2; Frank T. Scott of Rural Valley, R.D.1; Mrs. Gladys M. Rose of Mineral Ridge, O.; Mrs. Ella G. Wingard of Yatesboro, R.D. and J. Paul Scott of Shelocta, R.D.1 J.P. Scott's Tombstone. 1. Obituary, “SCOTT,” The Indiana Weekly Messenger, 28 Jul 1938; digital images