SCOTT, SAMUEL EWING Pg. 1093 One of the best known pioneers of Canton, he has now held the office of Commissioner of Highways for 21 years, and his bseen in the public service in some capacity for the past forty years. He was for a long time Deputy Sheriff and whatever office he has held has reflected his honesty and efficiency. Mr. Scott was born in Jefferson, Madison Co., Ohio, on the 27th of May, 1836, his parents being James and Rachel (Pippot) Scott. His father was born in Ireland, while his mother was of French ancestry. In October 1839, when he was in his fourth year his parents migrated from Madison Co., OH, and settled on a farm just east of Canton, not far from where he has resided for some 35 years. In this locality Samuel E., was reared, and educated in the district schools and found employment first on his father's farm and afterward on his own property. The young man became a voter shortly after the organization of the Republican party and has never voted any other ticket. Being of a social and mechanical disposition he soon became propular among his fellow townsmen, with the result that they have pretty continuously in office. As he put it, his chief occupation is still "building bridges and constructing roads." On 17 December, 1857 Mr. Scott married Miss Matilda Richey, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Kessel) Richey, natives of Pennsylvania. There were twelve children in the Richey family, of whom five are living. The father died in 1895 at the age of eighty, but the mother is living with Mrs. Scott, her daughter, a well-preserved lady of eighty-eight years. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott have been born: John Hartley Scott Charles Edward, George Thompson, Daisy Emma, Luella Myrtle, and Maggie Rachel. Joan