John Barton Scott

As printed in 1894

JOHN BARTON SCOTT, M. D. The physician comes closer to the confidence of his patients than any other person is privileged to do with his fellow-man. In the hour of agony which comes to the household when a loved one is stricken with a dread disease, the doctor is the stay and hope of the family. He who is skilled in the diagnosis of difficult cases and efficient in their treatment justly merits and occupies a high place in the regard of the people. Among those who for many years have devoted their lives to the cause of suffering humanity Dr. Scott may be regarded as among the foremost, and in pursuing the noble calling of a physician he has won golden laurels for himself. Coming to Hamilton in 1874, he has since then conducted practice with marked and well deserved success, and probably no physician in the county is better known than he.

In Fayette County, Pa., January 10, 1849, the subject of this sketch was born to the union of Wilson and Anna (Woodward) Scott. His grandfather, Thomas C. Scott,.was one of a family of thirteen children, all of whom came to the United States, settling in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. He made his home in Pennsylvania, where, after his marriage, he engaged in farming in Fayette County. When advanced in years he came to Ohio, and from that time made his home among his children, until his death in Carroll County, at the age of about eighty-eight. He was a Presbyterian in religious faith. His family consisted of twelve children, all of whom attained years of maturity, there being nine sons and three daughters.

Wilson Scott was born in 1808, and passed the years of boyhood upon the home farm. He learned in youth the trades of blacksmith and machinist, which he followed more or less until his death in Fayette County, in March, 1891. Although fifty-three years old when the Rebellion broke out, his chivalrous and loyal spirit was fired with devotion to the Stars and Stripes, and he enlisted for service, becoming wagon-master of the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry. After having served for eighteen months, his health failed and he was obliged to return home. Having accumulated a competency his latter years were spent in ease. He was one of the founders of the Republican party in Fayette County, and was ever loyal to its principles. His religious connections were with the Presbyterian Church. His wife died in 1879, aged sixty-seven years.

The parental family consisted of fourteen children, of whom nine attained mature years. Joshua is a retired merchant of Fayette County. Mary is deceased. Crawford H., now engaged in the mercantile business at Dayton, Ohio, was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, enlisting in Company I, Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry. At the battle of Deep Bottom, August 14, 1863, he was shot through the left lung and carried off the field as dead; however, the wound was not a fatal one, though he still carries the ball in his body. Sarah Ann is the wife of Joseph Woodward, of Fayette County, Pa. Clark B. is a merchant of Bethany, W. Va., and one of the Trustees of Bethany College. John B. is the next in order of birth. Winfield is a missionary, located in Oregon. Wilson L. is a physician of Hartford City, Ind. Alice, the wife of Lester Gilmore, resides in Connellsville, Pa.

I Upon a farm in Fayette County our subject passed the years of youth. After graduating from the normal school he engaged in teaching for several years. He commenced the study of medicine in Connellsville, Pa., and in 1869 was graduated from the Cincinnati Literary and Scientific Institute and the Physio-Medical College. In 1874 he completed the course at the Physio-Medical Institute, though from 1869 he had been engaged in practice in Fay'ette County, Pa. He dates his residence in Hamilton from 1874, and his career here has been one of great success.

In 1878 Dr. Scott married Addie M. Brady, who was born in Butler County, and is a daughter of the late Christian Brady, of Hamilton, who died July 14, 1894. Two children complete the family circle, Anna G. and Violet M. The family occupies an elegant residence at No. 726 High Street, which the Doctor built and owns. Politically, he is a Republican, but while he never fails to cast his ballot, he does not, further than that, participate in public affairs. In addition to valuable property in Hamilton, he owns some line farming lands in Ohio and Indiana. He is a frequent contributor to physio-medical journals, and at one time served as President of the Physio-Medical State Society, of which lie is still a member. He is now filling the position of Vice-President of that organization, and is one of its most active and inliuential workers. He is held in high regard by all who know him, and both as a physician and as a citizen merits the high esteem in which he is held.

As printed in Memorial record of Butler County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of representative citizens of the county together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (1894). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.