 His eight siblings included sisters Abigail and Catherine.The family settled in Yamhill County, where they remained one year before relocating north to Mason County on Puget Sound in the Washington Territory.In 1855 and 1856, Scott fought for a year as a volunteer in the Puget Sound War, serving with the local militia in skirmishes against the Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, and Klickitat peoples.