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Scofield Thayer was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on 12 December 1889 to Edward D. Thayer and Florence Scofield Thayer.

The Thayers were a prominent and wealthy Massachusetts family.

Scofield's father was the owner of several area wool mills, a founding investor in the Crompton & Thayer Loom Company, and a director of the Worcester Trust Company.

Scofield's uncle Ernest Thayer was the author of the well-known poem " Casey at the Bat ".