Author talk:Riley Estel Scott

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 * https://books.google.com/books?id=yX83AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA43&lpg=RA1-PA43&dq=riley+scott+sunset&source=bl&ots=3M6wdEREBe&sig=5wnKY0wwgACGPucopiBus5AHECA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiznL6o2fbaAhVCKWMKHQFUB_EQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=riley%20scott%20sunset&f=false

Passport
There is a November 1914 record of a passport application as a writer / newspaper journalist to Germany, Austria, Italy. War time, who knows whether he ever came back. That is the last and certain US based record that I can find.

Census
Name: 	Riley Scott Age: 	57 Estimated Birth Year: 	abt 1883 Gender: 	Male Race: 	White Birthplace: 	West Virginia Marital Status: 	Single Relation to Head of House: 	Employee Home in 1940: 	Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky Map of Home in 1940: 	View Map Street: 	Salvation Army Hotel 330 W Chestnut House Number: 	330 Inferred Residence in 1935: 	Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky Residence in 1935: 	Same Place Resident on farm in 1935: 	No Sheet Number: 	81A Occupation: 	Lecturer Attended School or College: 	No Highest Grade Completed: 	College, 4th year Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 	30 Class of Worker: 	Wage or salary worker in private work Weeks Worked in 1939: 	50 Income: 	800 Income Other Sources: 	Yes
 * 1940 USA

Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration.
Name: 	Riley Scott Gender: 	Male Residence Age: 	59 Birth Date: 	6 Aug 1882 Birth Place: 	Kentucky, USA Residence Date: 	1942 Residence Place: 	Frankfort, Kentucky

Application for Seaman´s Protection Certificates
Name: 	Riley Scott Age: 	36 Birth Date: 	6 Aug [1882] Birth Place: 	Montcalm, W. VA Application Date: 	7 May 1919 Application Place: 	Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA Record Type: 	Application
 * NAI: 2788575; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation; Record Group Number: 41; Box Number: 001 - Washington DC