SCOTT, Samuel C. - Putnam

Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at his home on south Green street, Samuel C. Scott died after a short illness. His disease was diabetes and he had been in failing health for some years.

Mr. Scott was born in Jessamine county, Kentucky, Dec. 25, 1830, and came to this county when but a boy of ten years, making the journey on horse back. He was married Feb. 10,1851, to Miss Nancy Galey, the daughter of James Galey, and to them were born seven children, four of whom with their mother survive. They are Joseph Scott, Mrs. Pem Reynolds, Miss Fannie Scott and Edward Scott. Mr. Scott was the county truant officer at the time of his death, and with the exception of sixteen years from 1854 to 1875, spent at Bainbridge, had lived here since coming from Kentucky, he was a member of the First Methodist church and had lived along and useful life, celebrating his 70th birthday last Christmas day. He was an earnest Christian man and his life will be remembered for the good he had done, he was active in church work and had filled many responsible positions in the church with integrity and zeal. He will be missed by many who loved him and by none more than his family, to whom he had been a kindly affectionate father and husband   --- thanks to Kim H