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SCOTT, Charles, governor of Kentucky, was bom in Cumberland county, Va., in 1733. He served under General Braddock in 175."). In 1775 he raised and eoninianded the first company of jKitriots south of the James river; was commis- sioned colonel of the 3d Virginia battalion, Aug. 12. 177G; was j)romi>ted brigadier-general, April 2. 1777, and served with the army in New Jersey, 1777-79. and under Gen. Anthony Wayne at Stony Point in 1779. He was taken prisoner at Cliarles- ton in 17S0 and confined until near the end of the war. He removed to Woodford county, Ky., in 178.1; commanded troops in the Indian outbreaks of 1791-94, and the battle of Fallen Timbei-s. He was governor of Kentucky, 1808-12, and a town and county in that state were named in his honor. He di^d in Koiitu.-ky, Oct. 22. 1813.

SCOTT, Charles, jurist, was born in Knox- ville. T.'un., Nov. 12. 181 1; son of Edmond and Sarah (Corde) Scott: grandson of Major Joseph Scott, and a descendant of the celebrated Scott family of Virginia. Major Joseph Scott was a soldier in the Continental army during the Re- volution, and after the close of the war was appointed U.S. marshal of Virginia, by Presi- dent Jefferson. Edmond Scott was a prominent lawyer of Tennessee, and judge of the state cir cuit court, 1815-46. Charles Scott established himself in the practice of law in Nashville, Tenn., but later removed to Jackson, Miss., where he entered into partnership with George S. Yerger. He was ntarried to Elizabeth M. Bullus. He was chosen chancellor of the super- ior court of chancery of the state in 1852, and in 1859 removed to Memphis, Tenn. He is the author of: Analogy of Ancient Craft Masonry to Natural and Revealed Religion (1849); The Key- stone of the Masonic Arch (1856). He died in Jackson. Miss.. May 30. 1861.

SCOTT, Charles Frederick, representative, was born in Allen county. Kan., Sept. 7, 1860; son of John W. and Maria (Protsman) Scott. He was brought up on his father's farm; at- tended the common schools, and was graduated from the University of Kansas, B.S.. 1881. He was engaged in clerical work in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, 1881-82, returning in the latter year to lola. Kan., where he purchased an interest in the Register, a weekly newspaper, of which he subsequently became sole proprietor, as well as editor and publisher. He served as state senator. 1892-96; was married, June 15, 1893, to May Brevard, daughter of Henry A. and Elizabeth (Merriman) Ewing of lola. and was a presidential elector on the McKinley and Hobart tioket. 1896. He was a Republican representa- tive from th«» state-at-large in the 57th con- gress. 1901-03. and re-elected to the 58th congress for the term expiring March 3, 1905. He re-

ceived the honorary degree of M.S. from the University of Kansas, 1888, serving as regent of the university, 1891-95, 1895-99 and 1899- 1903; was president of the State Editorial as- sociation, 1893; of the Kansas League of Re- publican Clubs, 1S96, and of the Kansas Day club. 1900. He is the author of: Letters Wi-itten from Mexico and Europe (1891); History of Allen and ^VtH>dson (.'onnties. Kansas (1900).

SCOTT, Elmon, jurist, was born in Isle La Motte, Vt., Nov. 6, 1853; son of Anson and Ann Barbara (Pike) Scott; grandson of Henry and Cornelia (Wicker) Scott and of Ezra Pike. He removed with his parents to a farm in Chester, Eaton county, Mich., 1804, and attended the public schools, subsequently studying law at Charlotte, Mich. He was admitted to the bar, 1877; commenced practice in Charlotte, where he served as city-attorney; removed to "Wash- ington Territory in October, 1881, and located at Pomeroy in January, 1882. He was married, Oct. 23. 1882, to Eleanor, daughter of Francis and Rebecca McBrearty of Pomeroy; was mayor of the city three times, and elected to the su- preme court of Washington, 1889. He removed to Wliatcom, Wash., 1890; was re-elected to the supreme court in 1892. and was chief-justice at the expiration of his term in 1899. He subse- quently resumed the practice of law in What- com, Wash.

SCOTT, Gustavus, delegate, was born in Prince William comity. Va.; son of the Rev. James Scott, a ministerof the Established church, who settled in Virginia in 1730. Gustavus at- tended Kings college, Aberdeen, Scotland; re- turned to America, and when his friend. Sir Robert Eclen, was made governor of Maryland, he established a law practice in Somerset county, and was a delegate to the Annapolis convention of July 22, 1774; a member of the Association of the Freemen of Maryland; a member of the first constitutional convention of Maryland; a representative from Dorchester county in the state assembly of 1780 and of 1784, and a delegate to the Continental congress, 1784- 85. He was an advocate of the claim of James Rumsey to the right to the support of the legis- lature for his steamboats, and was one of the first promoters of the Potomac Canal company, 1784. He was one of the commission to super- intend the erection of the capitol at Washington, and gave his personal bond to the state of Mary- land, as security for the loan of several thousand dollars, to complete the work. He died in Wash- ington. D.C., in 1801.

SCOTT, Gustavus Hall, naval oflScer, was born in Fairfax county. Va.. June 13, 1812; son of Gustavus Hall Scott, a graduate of the Col- lege of New Jersey, A.B., 1805, A.M., 1808; pro-