From the Matagorda County History & Genealogy page
Dr. Edward Eugene Scott was born February 20, 1867, in Lampasas, Texas.
His parents were Dr. Morgan Jackson and Harriett Kenney Scott. They were natives of Gasconade County, Missouri, both being born there in 1821.
This family moved to Texas in 1852 and settled in the town of Lampasas.
His father, Dr. Morgan Jackson Scott, was a pioneer doctor, stock raiser and Texas Ranger Captain.
When Edward was five years of age, his father was killed in a gunfight on the post office steps of Lampasas.
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