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SCOTT, Sutton Selwyn, author, was born in Huutsville, Ala., Nov. '26, 1829; son of James Greene and Ann (Biddle) Scott; grandson of John or Ijohn Scott, great-grandson of John or Ijohn Scott, who emigrated to this country from Scotland, and settled on a plantation in Dinwid- dle county, Va., near the line separating it from Brunswick county. He was graduated from East Tennessee university (University of Ten- nessee), A.B., 1850; began the practice of law at Huntsville, Ala., about the year 1855; was a member of the state legislature from Madison county, 1857-58 and 1859-60; was elected at the latter session of that body a trustee of the Uni- versity of Alabama; was one of the committee appointed by Gov. A. B. Moore of Alabama to meet Mr. Davis, the Confederate president-elect, at West Point, Ga., Feb. 16. 1861, and escort him to his inauguration at Montgomery; and served as Confederate commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1863 to the close of the war. He was mar- ried at Columbus, Ga., Nov. 10, 1864, to Loula Marie, daughter of William and Polly (Bass) Hurt of Russell count}', Ala. He settled upon his plantation near Uchee, Ala., 1865, and after that time was mainly engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a delegate to the Alabama constitutional convention, 1875; to the Demo- cratic national convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1880; a member of the state legislature from Russell county, 1884 and 1890; U.S. commis- sioner to adjudicate claims in New Mexico and Colorado, 1885-87, and chairman of the commis- sion to the Indians of Utah, 1894-96. He' is the author of: SoutJihooke-Southern Tales and Sketches (1880); The Mobilians, or Talks about the South {ISQ"); and contributions to numerous periodicals. In 1903 lie was residing in Auburn, Ala.

SCOTT, Thomas Alexander, railroad president, was born in London, Franklin county, Pa., Dec. 28, 1824; son of Thomas Scott, the keeper of " Tom Scott's Tavern " on the old limestone turn- pike from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. He at- tended the country schools in winter, worked on the farm in summer, and served as clerk in stores in Waynesboro, Bridgeport, and Mei'cersburg. He was clerk to the toll collector at Columbia on the state road, 1841-47; chief clerk to the col- lector of tolls in Philadelphia, and in 1851 entered the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad. He was general-superintendent of the mountain district, with headquarters at Duncasville, 1852- 57; general agent of the Pittsburg office, 1853-55; general superintendent of the entire line as successor to General Lombaert, 1855-59; and vice president, 1859-61. He was appointed on the staff of Gov. Andrew G. Curtin, and in 1861, with the aid of the U.S. troops, opened the new line of

railway from Washington to Philadelphia. He was commissioned colonel of volunteers May 3, 1861, and was put in control of all government railways and telegraphs. He was assistant sec- retarj' of war under Secretary Cameron, 1861, and under Secretary Stanton, until May, 1862. He utilized the transportation of the northwest and of the western rivers for the benefit of the U.S. army. On Sept. 24, 1863, he accepted a government commission to repair the railroads and superintend the transportation of the 11th and 12th army corps sent through Nashville to General Rosecrans at Chattanooga, and he served as assistant quartermaster general on the staff of General Hooker. He was chosen presi- dent of the western division of the Pennsylvania railroad in 1864, president of the Pennsylvania Company, the agency through which the Penn- sylvania railroad obtained leases of connecting roads to the west and of the " Pan Handle Route" 1871. He was also the president of the Union Pacific railroad, 1871-72, and of the Pennsylvania railroad, 1874-80, resigning in 1880, on account of failing health. He was the founder and first president of the Texas Pacific railroad. He died in Darby, Pa., May 21, 1881.

SCOTT,Thomas Fielding, first bishop of Oregon and Washington territories, and 60th in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Iredell county, N.C., March 12, 1807. He was graduated from the University of Georgia, A.B., 1829, A.M., 1832; was admitted to the diaconate in Augusta, Ga., March 12, 1843; and advanced to the priest- hood in Macon, Ga., Feb. 24, 1844, by Bishop Stephen Elliott. He was rector of St. James's, Marietta, Ga., and Trinity, Columbus, Ga. , and was elected in 1853 first missionary bishop of Oregon and Washington tei'ritories, being con- secrated at Christ cliurch, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 8, 1854, by Bishops Elliott, Cobbs and Davis. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the University of Georgia in 1853. When on his way to attend the general convention, 1867, he contracted a fever while crossing the Isthmus of Panama, and died in New York, July 14, 1867.

SCOTT, William Amasa, political economist, was born in Clarkson, Monroe county, N.Y., April 17, 1862; son of Thomas and Hukly Ann (Richards) Scott; grandson of Amasa and Mar- garet Scott and of William I. and Margaret Richards. He attended the public schools and the State Normal school, Brockport, N.Y., 1878- 82, and was graduated from the University of Rochester, N.Y., in 1886. He was professor of history and political science in the University of South Dakota. 1887-90; a graduate student and instructor in history at Johns Hopkins uni- versity. 1890-92. receiving from this institution the degree of Pli.D. in 1893, and was associated