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GEN. RUFUS SCOTT., BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HtS ACTIVE AND PROMINENT CAREER.Oall.nl Skddler, Frommarat Attorney **d Caaiuw-llar, X**ge Oil Ihrodne** and Aetln Mm of AfTMre.—m* APiblk tow.General Rnfus Scott, who passed away Friday morning, October i'i. Isas. died daring the accond week cf hi* fifty ninth year. Born in Friendship, 'October 8th,►i »t tlM Academy there,- and In AWr^^nj’TCfiWy.'iSfi.'^ulWc career tegan when. In 186ft at 22 years of age, he took the stamp for Abraham Lincoln and . the new Republican party, for which he did effective work as an eloquent and con-® vlucing speaker. In May 1991 he gar® op ! atody of the law and enlisted as a private in the war from which, four years later,■ he was honorably discharged a Brigadier a General. Marked ability, good judgment f personal bravery and gallant servlco had earned Its reward, and the President be-. sought General Scott to continue his r brilliant career as an officer In the regular j army. This appointment was declined for the sake of a civil life as an attorney . and counsellor at law.5 During the war and while at home on 1 recruiting duty because of wound* received, on Nov. 12, 1861, be was married • to Mary M., daughter of John and Mary ' A. Aitell of Friendship.The military record of General Scott is an unusually Interesting one. Beginning i as a private, la the 23rd X. Y., he waspro-[ mated and commissioned Major of the i lEOth New York volunteer Infantry, which : i was transferred to cavalry In 1S63 and : named, first the I9th New York volunteer cavalry, and then the 1st New York D.-a- i goons. In Ibis famous regiment Major I Soott was successively promoted lieuten- « ant colonel, brevet colonel, and brigadier 1 general. Of the six wounds he received I In active field service, four of them were ' severe ones. His war record was like that I 1 of bis regiment, the brilliant achievements 5 1 and Important captures of which, an- ’ tarnished by a single disaster, tolls its own I , simple, eloquent story. The Empire state 1 I Is proud Indeed of the dragoons, three I whole companies of whom and parts of as , many more came from “Grand Old Allegany.” They were comrades, whom in point of character and patriotism, were second to non. in the service. In popu-' larlty, as well as ability, Rufus Scott was 1 the peer of his fellow officer* Gibbs and ^ Thorp, than whom no better soldiers fought in the Union Cavalry.1 Afto/tho war he continued bis legal f studies and was admitted, to the bar in r 1986, and began the practice of law at 7 Belmont; was several times supervisor of i Amity, and two terms district attorney Very prominent in his profession and nn i ardent Republican, his service was ranch sought and he ‘ was widely known as a 1 ; campaign orator. !' In lssJ he came from Belmont to Weils- 1 ville to be in closer touch with his large I oil interest*. He became one of the . county’s most prominent oil producers, i holding valuable property in the Waugh : Porter and other districts of the fleid Vice President of the Producers Protective Association, he was the New York state member of the Executive Committee which inaugurated the great -shut In” ' movement against the Standard Oil Co. ' He was a projector also of the Producers ‘ Oil Co. and the Pure Oil Co.In 1SS4 ho became interested in the manufacture of carbon-black from natural gas. Having charge of the woiks at Ludlow, Fa, he help'd develop the ce'e bra ted Peerless Carbon-Black, the finest article, of Its kind that Is manufactured. From It are made the highest priced print- : Ing Inks. Of late years the stock of this company has paid very large dividends.Rufus Scott was a typical American , man of affairs; an enthusiastic partisan, 1 Interested In politics; a gallant soldier, ! ready to volunteer t he best years of his j life to his country's cause; a learned and 1 able attorney, prominent as one of the ' best of Western New York lawyers; and a business man. Interested in the produc- t tlon of oil and in manufacturing. His was indeed an eventful life, a life that produced much, that left the world richer and his country better. A life which it ! seems might better have been spared for i many years to come, but “the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.” Not alone I In Wellsville, not alone in Allegany * county, but in all the western portions of * New York and Pennsylvania, where he was so weli known, the death of General Scott Is folt as a great loss. Citizen and I ’ lawyer, oil operator and' business' man he leaves an unfilled place. 1The bereaved and sorrowing family left ; at the beautiful home here are the faithful wife and only son Claud© R. Scott, and 1 Mrs. Scott’s mother, Mrs. Mary Axtell. 1 There are three brothers; Walter Scott, re- 1 siding at Oneonta, Warren Scott, of Nor- ' w.eh, Russell ScotV of Friendship^with a sister, Mrs. Newton, also of Friendship.
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Wellsville Allegany County Reporter
Wellsville, New York, US
Tue, Oct 20, 1896
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