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Relatives: Wife of James Scott. Mother of David and James Scott. Stone Condition: Sound Material: Sandstone Height: 1.71 Breadth: 0.82 Depth: 0.27 Inscription Condition: Clear but worn Inscription Technique: Incised Mason: Not known Pre 1855 no. N/A ( What's this? )

Monument Inscription

ERECTED
BY

JAMES SCOTT
IN MEMORY OF HIS SON
DAVID
WHO DIED 3RD OCTR. 1883
AGED 20 YEARS
ALSO MY WIFE
JEANIE CRAIG,
WHO DIED 8TH FEBY. 1914
AGED 76 YEARS
HIS SON JAMES
DIED 11TH JULY 1920 AGED 62 YEARS
THE ABOVE JAMES SCOTT
DIED 18TH DECEMBER 1923 IN HIS 90TH YEAR


“LIFE IS SHORT,DEATH IS SURE
SIN THE WOUND, CHRIST THE CURE”

Family History

This very obviously Victorian style monument was raised in memory of the family of a local baker in the village of Newton.

James Scott was born to parents John Scott, a gardener to trade, and Janet Pollock and came from the district of East Kilbride. He met and subsequently married a young servant girl by the name of Jeanie Craig. Jeanie, who originally had been born and raised in the village of Eaglesham, was the child of a local builder called John Craig and his spouse Ellen Finlay Clements.

The marriage between James Scott and Jeanie Craig took place, not in the bride’s village of Eaglesham as would be expected, but in East Kilbride. The reason why there was this break in tradition is unknown, but the couple celebrated their marriage on 13th April, 1858. At the time of the marriage the bridegroom was twenty-four years of age while the bride was nineteen.

The couple through time settled in the village of Newton where James Scott set up his bakery business which was successful enough for him to have to employ staff. The fact that he did so entitled him to acquire the title of Master Baker.

The family soon arrived but unfortunately one of the sons was born with a condition then described as Potts Curvature of the Spine. This degenerative condition is nowadays diagnosed as Tuberculosis of the Spine. The effects of this condition in this case resulted in the softening of the spine which effectively put an end to this young man’s life prematurely. This son, David by name, had, despite his condition, gained employment as a clerk in the Apothecary Hall in the village which was today’s equivalent of the chemist’s shop. David expired at the tender age of twenty years and was first to be laid to rest in this plot. The parents and another son James joined their relative to rest under this monument in due course.

James Scott, the Master Baker, lived to the very advanced age of his ninetieth year.