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Scott, Edward

lawyer, author, was born in 1774 in Virginia. He was a Tennessee lawyer, prominent in the state's early history, who published Laws of the State of Tennessee in 1822. He died in

Scott, Frederick R

railroad president, was born in 1830 in Ireland. Since 1873 he has been president of Richmond and Petersburg railroad.

Scott, Gustavus

lawyer, congressman, was born in Prince William county, Va. He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1784 to 1785. He died in 1801 in Washington, D. C.

Scott, Gustavus Hall

naval officer, was born June 13, 1812, in Fairfax county, Va. He served in the civil war with distinction, attaining the rank of rearadmiral, United States navy. He died March 23, 1882, in Washington, D. C.

Scott, Harvey D

Congressman, was born in Ohio. He removed to Indiana; and was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-fourth congress.

Scott, Henry Lee

soldier, author, was born in 1814 in North Carolina. He was an army officer who served in the Mexican and civil wars, and was the author of A Military Dictionary. He died in 1886.

Scott, Hugh Reid

lawyer, banker, state senator, was born in 1855 in Rockingham county, N. C. In 1878 he was prosecuting attorney of his native county, and during 1881-84 was a member of the state senate of the North Carolina legislature. In 1885 he organized the Reidsville bank, and has ever since been its president.

Scott, Irving Murray

mechanical engineer, was born Dec. 25, 1837, in Hebron Mills, Md. He has invented numerous appliances connected with engines; and also in mining machinery. He has been president of the Mechanics' institute and of the Art institute of San Francisco, Cal.

He is at the head of the Union Iron works, and built the battleship Oregon.

Scott, James

lawyer, jurist. In 1813 he was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Indiana.

Scott, James

clergyman, author, poet, was born in 1806 in Scotland. He was pastor at German Valley and Newark, N.

J. He published a dissertation on the genius of Robert Pollok in his Life, and before his death completed a narrative poem called The Guardian Angel. He died in 1857 in Newark, N. J.

Scott, James W

journalist, was born June 26, 1849, in Walworth county.

He is the editor and owner of the Chicago Evening Post.

Scott, Jeanne Mcclain

editor, author, was born Aug. 12, 1849, in Carthageon-the-Cumberland, Tenn. She attended the Sacred Heart college of New Orleans, and in 1863 graduated from the Huntsville college, Alabama. She is the editor of the Arkansas Traveler, and a contributor to eastern and southern magazines. She is a successful syndicate writer and the author of four books.