Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 3. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 461.
 
REV. FRANCIS E. SCOFIELD

     who since September, 1909, has been preaching in the Methodist Episcopal
church at Myrtle Point, was born in New York, a son of Wilson and Mary
(Scofield) Scofield, in whose family were four children: Elizabeth, deceased;
Ruth, the wife of Joe Baker, of Illinois; Loretta, the wife of Ira W. Russell,
of Canada; and Francis E., of this review.
     The last named spent the first eighteen years of his life in the Empire
state and was reared upon a farm which his father owned and cultivated. The
public schools afforded him his educational privileges and his experiences were
those which usually fall to the lot of farm lads. On leaving New York he made
his way to Illinois but remained only a brief period and then went to Iowa,
where he engaged in teaching school. His father also went to that state and
purchased a farm which he afterward sold to his son Francis, who lived thereon
for several years. Our subject then went to Kansas, where he remained for four
years, taking up a homestead and also purchasing land. He there engaged in
raising sheep and cattle until he determined to locate in the far west and made
his way to California. After spending the summer in that state, however, he came
to Oregon in 1876 and settled at Dora, where he engaged in farming for twelve
years. In 1888 he removed to Marshfield, where he began preaching regularly
having previous to this time done some ministerial work in the communities in
which he had lived. His parents were Methodists and he was reared in that faith.
A church was organized in Coos county before he removed to Marshfield and Mr.
Scofield joined that church, which was of the Baptist denomination. He was
chosen its preacher and continued there to deliver the gospel message for nine
years, after which he returned to his old home at Dora and engaged in preaching
for the Congregational church there. In September, 1909, he came to Myrtle Point
and accepted the pastorate of the Methodist Episcopal church here. He, however,
also often preaches in the Presbyterian church. Rev. Scofield is an exponent of
one of the signs of the times÷that feeling which recognizes that Christianity in
its broadest and best sense transcends denominationalism and though people may
differ on minor points, in the essential points of Christian religion they are
one. This has enabled him to work in harmony with various churches and at each
point to do a notable work for the good of the community.
     In Fort Dodge, Iowa, the Rev. Scofield was married to Miss Rosella Emmons,
a native of New York and a daughter of Amasa Emmons, who removed to the west
during her infancy. Her brother Avery and a sister, Emma, live in Iowa, and
another sister, Roxanna, is a resident of Nebraska. The Rev. and Mrs. Scofield
have become parents of four children: Ida R., the wife of Professor Fargo, of
Salem, Oregon, who was at one time a teacher in the McMinnville (Oregon)
College; Mrs. Edna Dailey, a widow who is a trained nurse living with her
parents and has one son, Wilbur; Ivan, a practicing dentist of Grants Pass,
Oregon, who is married and has six children; and Clara, who is the wife of Clark
Bunch, of Myrtle Point, by whom she has two children, Andred and Rosella. In his
business affairs Mr. Scofield has always been successful and at the present time
is engaged in loaning money on property. He is a man liberal in his political
views and yet never neglectful of the duties of citizenship. He is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His honorable, upright life and his
example and teachings all are potent elements for moral progress in his
community.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.