Rev. Nathan Scarritt, D.D. (1821 — May 22, 1890) was an American educator, pastor, and real estate dealer.
Early life and education
Scarritt was born in 1821 in Edwardsville, Illinois, the seventh of twelve children. His parents, Nathan and Latty, traveled from New Hampshire on wagon. As a child, he worked on a farm in Alton, Illinois, and didn't receive a proper education.[1]
Scarritt attended McKendree College, having to work as a cleaner for the school to pay for tuition. During his third year of college, his father became ill and he left school to care for him. The school paid for his final year, and he graduated in 1842 as valedictorian.[1]
In the 1850s, Scarritt moved to Kansas City, Missouri and bought land from Lieutenant Joseph Boggs and between 1847 and 1853, built an L-shaped two-story house for $2150. He lived in that house until 1862.[8] The house is approximately 2,000 square feet, and is constructed of a limestone foundation, and a juglan clapboard painted olive-tan.[9]
^Steeper, Nancy Cook (2003). Gatekeeper to Los Alamos: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin. Los Alamos, N.M: Los Alamos Historical Society. pp. 13–14. ISBN978-0-941232-30-2.