Hugh "Scotty" Vernon Scott

Scotty

Born in Deer Trail, Colorado — home of the world's first rodeo — into a blended family of thirteen children. The Dust Bowl and his father's death drove the family to the Idaho panhandle. He married Ada Chiaretta in wartime Portland in 1943, retired after 30 years at Fogle Red-E-Mix, and was married 60 years.

At a Glance Has open questions

Born: October 13, 1923, Deer Trail, Colorado
Died: February 8, 2004 (age 80), after a fight with cancer
Parents: Jesse William Clarence Scott (1885–1932, Bennet, NE) & Della D. Bennett (1881–1980, Woodburn, IA)
Spouse: Ada Chiaretta (married June 14, 1943, Portland, Oregon)
Children: Four, including Janet Kathern Scott (b. 1951)
Family line: Scott · Chiaretta line (Janet's family)
Relation to Jerry: Jerry's father-in-law; grandfather to Jerry and Janet's children

How sure are we? Documented through census, draft, and obituary records.

Still to find out

The family's exact migration route from Colorado through Idaho to Oregon is undocumented but findable in census and city-directory records.

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Scotty and Ada

Sources for this page

1940 United States Census
Government record · 1940

Places Della Scott and her younger children (including Willard and Hugh) in the Northfork Precinct of Bonner County, Idaho.
WWII Draft Registration Cards
Government record · 1940–1942

John Paul Johnston registered Oct 16, 1940; Hugh Scott registered June 30, 1942 at Priest River, Idaho.
Ada Chiaretta Scott obituary
Obituary · April 2018

Documents Ada's life, her work as a Rosie the Riveter assembling B-17 and B-24 bombers in San Diego, and her 60-year marriage to Scotty.
American Fork Cemetery records
Cemetery record

600 North Center Street, American Fork, Utah. Hugh 'Scotty' Scott and Ada Chiaretta Scott are buried together here.

Notes from the family

Remember something about Hugh? A story, a photo, a correction, a date? Even a messy note helps. Just open the plain-text file research-notes/hugh-vernon-scott-notes.md and type it in — or tell Scott (or Claude Code) “add this to Hugh’s page,” and it will be woven in properly, with the source recorded.