lumberman, banker, politician, b. Roxburahshire, Scotland. He migrated to the U.S. with his parents in 1839, and in 1848 moved to Wisconsin, settling near Poynette. In 1851 he moved to Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), where he opened a private banking business and was soon engaged in floating lumber down the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers to his yards in Dubuque and St. Louis. In 1871 he purchased an interest in a lumber mill in Merrill, later moved to that settlement, and in 1880 became sole owner of the firm as the T. B. Scott Lumber Co. A Republican, Scott was mayor of Merrill (1883) and was state senator (1873-1882); while senator, he was instrumental in establishing Lincoln County. Scott was also president (1874-1882) of the First National Bank of Wisconsin Rapids, and in his will bequeathed a portion of his estate to establish libraries in Merrill and Wisconsin Rapids. Wis. Blue Book (1880); G. O. Jones, et al., comps., Hist. of Lincoln, Oneida and Vilas Cos, (2 vols., Minneapolis, 1924); Wis. Rapids Daily Tribune, Feb. 8, 1921.Learn More
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[Source: Blue book]
