Scott, Lawrence W
journalist, clergyman, author, poet, was born May 29, 1846, in Monongalia county, Vt. In his youth he learned the printer's trade in Texas, and was local editor of the Daily Leader of Covington, Ky. In 1866 he entered the ministry, and became somewhat distinguished as a theological disputant.
In 1872 he returned to Texas, where he published the Olive Branch, which was afterward consolidated with the Southern Christian Weekly. He is the author of Paradox, and Other Poems, and several prose works.