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Philadelphia, he was induced to accept an agency of the
Presbyterian Board of Education, at the suggestion of Dr.
John Breckinridge. In this position he remained until
May, 1I834, when he accepted a call to the Presbyterian
Church of Hillsborough, Ohio. Here he remained until
the time of his death, which occurred November 22d, i869..
He was twice married, his first wife being the adopted
daughter of his brother, John Steel. Her name was Ann
Jane Russell. His second wife was E. A., daughter of
Rev. Robert Stuart, D. D., of Walnut Hill, near Lexington,
Kentucky. Dr. Steel left three children, two sons and a
daughter.
COTT, WILLIAM H., Real Estate Dealer, was
di born in Columbia, South Carolina, on September
3d, I825. While he was yet a child he removed
with his parents to Connecticut, and eventually
E to Toledo, Ohio. He enjoyed the advantages of
a good common school education, and the higher
and better advantage-beyond that afforded by any schoolof careful home instruction and training, by a father whose
knowledge was rich and varied, and whose ability to impart
it to his sons was exceptional. His general education,
moreover, was supplemented by a two years' study of the
general principles of law, without, however, any purpose
of entering the legal profession. For a few years after
rel eaching his majority he remained in Toledo, assisting his
fat her in the management of an extensive real estate business, and contributing from time to time to the columns-of
the 7b/edoa Blade, of which paper his father, Joseph W.
Scott, was then the editor and part proprietor. In 1849 he
removed to Adrian, Michigan, where he remained until
I865, engaged for the most part in agricultural and horticultural pursuits, of which he was exceedingly fond, but at
the same time continuing the management of his real estate
interests in Toledo. While there he, together with a few
of the other leading citizens of Adrian, became interested
in the institution of the college which the Wesleyans of the
Northwest proposed to locate there, if the people of Adrian
would co-operate sufficiently. The project was a successful one. The site was provided, three large college buildings were erected and nearly all the cost of the enterprise,
about $Ioo,ooo, was borne by the citizens of Adrian. Mr.
Scott continued to be one of the most active members of the
Board of Trustees of Adrian College, as well as of the
Board of Education and of the City Common Schools in
Adrian until I865, when his real estate interests in Toledo
had grown to such proportions as to require his personal
presence and attention. While in Adrian, besides his devotion to the cause of education, he was active in promoting
and fostering agricultural and horticultural interests, and
was President of the Adrian Horticultural Society, which
became a permanent institution, with a large and valuable
library. On again becoming a citizen of Toledo he fully
identified himself with the city which has been the source
of all his material prosperity, and interested himself actively
in its various public institutions. I-le is now Vice-President
of the Board of Trustees of the Toledo University of Arts
aTEDMAN, GENERAL WILLIAM, was born in
i t Granville, Ohio, November 26th, I8aI5. His
father wa s one of Ohio's ea rly settlers, and
c timhelped to found the towcan of Granville, which
A is the nmee sake of his birthplace, in Massachu setts. When Wil liam had reached the age of
twelve his fat her died. At the age of eighteen he entered
t he p reparatory department of Hudson College, and thence
went to Athens College for a regular course, but was comPelled to relinquish his purpose on account of ill health.
In the spring of I837 he married Elizabeth Elmore, of
Randolph, a nd bega n the l ife of a farmer. He was also
interested, at the sam e t ime, in mercantile and manufarcturing pursuits. His politica l con victions were very decided, and as soon as he was old enough to shape his
course he warmly embraced the anti-slaver y se n timent of
the times and espoused the cause of universal fre edom.
As soon as the Republic, —- party was formed be became
a n active and influential member of that organization i n
the State of Ohio. I n I859 he was elected to the State
Legislature. T he ope ning of the rebellion found him in
active sy mpathy with Lincoln's administration, and soon
after a captain in the 7th Oh io I nf antr y (thr ee months' serv ice). Returning from that campaign with a creditable
record, at the reque st of Gov er nor Dennison, hebe bga n the
recrui t ing of men for the 6th Ohi o Cavalry. Having completed his duties in this direction, hl e was c omm is sion ed
Major of the regi men t. Two years l ater, in Augu st, I863,
h lie was promote d to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy, and early in
I864 was made Colonel. He was one of the best cavalry
officers in the service, and possessed the full confidence of
his superiors and subordinates. In his campaigns he was
accompanied by his three sons as members of his regiment,
all of whom returned in safety, though impaired health fell
to the lot of two of them. He participated in many severe
engagements, and in innumerable skirmishes and brushes
with the enemy, incident to cavalry service. In October,
i864, his three years' term of service having expired', he returned home in not the best of health. He was returned
to the Legislature in I865, and to the State Senate in I868.
His military service had debilitated his system, and left. him
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.without the vitality necessary to combat acute'disease. He
died of yellow fever, at Santiago de Cuba, July 6tb, i869,
,",Iiither he bad been sent three months previous, as Consul,
under appointment of President Grant. On a foreign shore,
away from his kindred, without a familiar voice to soothe
his dying moments, one of Ohio's bravest soldiers and most
honorable citizens passed to rest.
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