REV. ISAAC SCOFIELD, retired Methodist minister, post-office New Vernon, was born September 12, 1812, in Albany County, N. Y., to Daniel and Olive (Brown) Scofield, natives of the same county. The parents had twelve children. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and during his early days he was employed on a farm. He was licensed to preach at the age of twenty-two, and began preaching at Chagrin Falls, Ohio. His regular appointments were at Edinboro, Portage Co., Ohio; Centerville Circuit, Evansburg, Crawford Co., Penn.; Shippensville Circuit, Venango and Clarion Counties; Red Bank Circuit; Cambridge Circuit, Crawford County; Sheridan Circuit, Chautauqua County, N. Y.; McKean Circuit, Erie County; Columbus Circuit, Warren County and Chautauqua County, N. Y.; Leon Circuit, State of New York; Perrysburg Circuit, State of New York; Villenovia Circuit, Chautauqua County, N. Y.; Quincy Circuit, Chautauqua County, N. Y.; Harrisville Circuit, Butler County, Penn.; Espyville Circuit, Crawford County, Penn.; Williamsfield Circuit, Ashtabula County, Ohio; Salem Circuit, Mercer County; Evansburg, Crawford County; Jamestown Circuit, Mercer County; Delaware Grove Circuit, Mercer County; New Lebanon, Mercer County; Waterloo, Venango County; Hendersonville, Mercer County. He retired from active service about 1873, since when he has only preached occasionally. He was married in 1837 to Ellen McConnell, who died in 1853, the mother of John, George, Wesley and Daniel. He was again married, to Mrs. Elizabeth McConnell, the widow of George McConnell, by whom he had no children. She died in 1866, and he again married Louisa Ferree, and by her he has had four children: Emma, May, Ettie and Harry B. Rev. Scoffield [Scofield] settled with his family where he now resides in 1872, where he has a small piece of land. He is a Republican, and the good he has done in this world will only be known in that day when the secrets of all hearts shall be opened and revealed.

History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1118