SCOTT
SCOTT
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 church, 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
