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brigade at the battle of Long Island, but in 1778 resigned his commission to accept the appoint- ment of secretary of state of New York, made March 13, 1778, in which office he served until Oct. 23, 1780. He was a delegate to the Con- tinental congress, 1780-83. He died in New York <;ity. Sept. 14. 1784.

SCOTT, John Witherspoon, educator, was born in Hookstown, Pa., Jan. 22, 1800; son of the Rev. George McElroy and Anna (Rea) Scott. His father was a Presbyterian clergyman. He was graduated at Washington college, Pa., 1823; was a post-graduate student at Yale, 1823-24, and finislied his theological studies under private in- struction. He held the professorship of mathe- matics and natural sciences at Washington col- lege, 1824-28, and the same position at Miami university, Oxford, Oliio, 1828-45. He was mar- ried, Aug. 18, 1825, to Mary P., daughter of John Neal, of Washington, Pa. In April, 1830, he was licensed to preach, and in October, 1831, he was ordained. He received the degree of D.D. from Augusta college in 1840. In 1845 upon his re- moval to College Hill, Hamilton county, he as- sisted in the founding of Farmers' college (which became Belmont college in 1884), and continued a member of its faculty until 1849, when he accepted the presidency of the Oxford, Miss., female college, serving as such until 1849. He was a professor of natural science at Hanover col- lege, Ind., 1860-68; principal of the Presbyterian academy, Springfield, 111.; professor at Mon- ongahela college, Jefferson, Greene county. Pa., 1875-81, and clerk in the pension office at Wash- ington, D.C., 1881-89. His daugliter, Caroline Scott, married Benjamin Harrison, and upon the inauguration of Harrison as President, Dr. Scott resigned his clerkship and became a mem- ber of his daughter's family at the White House, where he resided until his death, which occurred in Washington D.C.. Nov. 29, 1892.

SCOTT, John Work, educator, was born at Slate Ridge, York county, Pa., Nov. 27, 1807. He was prepared for college at a classical school kept by the Rev. Samuel Morton at Chaceford, Pa., was graduated at Jefferson college, Canons- burg, Pa., 1827, was professor of mathematics at Washington college. Pa., 1829-30; and entered the Princeton Theological seminary, 1830, grad- uating in 1832. He was licensed, Oct. 3, 1832, by the presbytery of New Castle, and was ordained at Poland, Ohio, April 3, 1834, by the presbytery of Hartford. He was stated supply at Three Springs, Pa., and Free church in Steubenville, Ohio, 1836- 47. Here he founded Grove academy in 1836, and was its principal, 1836-47. He was princi- pal of Lindsley institute. Wheeling, Va., 1847-53, ])resident of Washington college, Pa., 1853-65, principal of Woodburn Female seminary, Mor-

gantown, W.Va., 1865-67; vice-president and pro- fessor of ancient languages in West Virginia university, 1867-77, and professor at Biddle uni- versity at Charlotte, N.C., 1879. He received the degrees of D.D. from Washington college, Penn., in 1852, and LL.D. from Washington and Jefferson college in 1865. He died at Ridg- way, N.C., July 25, 1879,

SCOTT, Julian, historical painter, was born in Johnson, Lamoille county, Vt., Feb. 15, 1846; son of Charles Walter and Lucy S. (Kellum) Scott; grandson of Jonathan and Sophia (Lathe) Scott and of Jonathan K. and Lydia Turner (Bryant) Kellum; and a descendant of Jonathan Scott (Sr. ) a native of Scotland, a graduate of Edinburgh university, and a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, from Vermont, and of the Rev. Joshua Lathe of Birmingham, England, who with his wife came to America and settled in Hanover, N.H., in the latter part of the eigh- teenth century; and on his mother's side of Nehemiah Bryant (uncle of William Cullen Bryant) and of the artist Turner. He joined the Federal army in 1861, and served with the Army of the Potomac until 1863, meanwhile making numerous sketches in the field and in military hospitals. By act of congress he was awarded a medal of honor for distinguished bravery and was placed on the staff of Gen, William F. Smith. In 1863 he entered the art school of the National Academy of Design, New York, and later studied under Emanuel Leutze in New York city, going to Paris in 1866, to pursue his studies. He was married Oct. 13, 1870, to Mary, daughter of William and Mary Burns, of New York city. He exhibited at the National Academy in 1870, and was made an associate Academician in 1871. He was elected a life-fellow of the American Geo- graphical society in 1873. In 1890 he was in Arizona and New Mexico, gathering material for the report on the 11th census on the Indians in the southwest. His reports, profusely illustrated, are embodied in the U.S. Indian Census, 1890. He made his residence in Plainfield, N.J., and was elected colonel of Drake's Zouaves of New Jersey. His paintings are chiefly on the military order, and include: Rear Guard at W kite Oak Stcamp (1870); Battle of Cedar Creek (1871); Battle of Golding's Farm (1871); The Recall (1872); On Board the Hartford (1874); Old Re- cords (1875); Duel of Biwr and Hamilton (1876); Reserves Aicaiting Orders (1877); In the Cornfield at Antietam (1879); Charge at Peters- burg (1882); The War is Over (1855); The Blue and the Gray (1886); and Death of General Sedgtoick (1889). He died in Plainfield, N.J., July 4. 1901.

SCOTT, Levi, M.E. bishop, was born at Cant- wells Bridge, near Odessa, Newcastle county,