Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - O. M. Scott
O. M. SCOTT
O. M. Scott was a hardware merchant in Marysville. The senior
member of the firm of O. W. Scott & Bro., whose name appears at the
head of this sketch, came to this city in the spring of 1860, and
established business under the firm name of Henderson &
Scott. In 1869, Henderson withdrew his interest, and Mr. Scott
succeeding, carried on the business with an interval of two years until
1882, when his brother was admitted to the concern. Mr. Scott
occupied his present location in February, 1880, but continued in the
sale of agricultural implements and manufacture of tinware at the old
stand. The firm carry a stock of $15,000 to $20,000, and occupy
the upper floors in manufacturing, and employ from twelve to fifteen
men. We may judge something of the magnitude of their business
when we record their sales of nearly $75,000 for the year 1881.
The subject of this sketch was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1837,
and is the second son of James and Mary (Joselyn) Scott, the former a
native of Washington County, Peon., and the latter of Maine. The
parents, with Hugh, the father of James, settled in Licking County,
Ohio, and were among its early pioneers. James, with his family,
removed to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1857, where he resided until the
death of his wife In 1879, when he came to Marysville and is at
this time, July, 1882, living with his son Judson J., in the
seventy-sixth year of his age. O. M. Scott gave his services to his
country in the three years call for volunteers, and enlisted September
14, 1862, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He was assigned to the Commissary Department most of
the time, but participated in many of the hard-fought battles in which
the regiment was engaged. He was wounded at the battle of
Bentonville, N. C., March 18, 1862, while acting on the Staff of Gen.
John G. Mitchell. He was discharged at Washington, D. C., as
First Lieutenant, in 'May, 1865. He was married, in 1870, to Miss
Hattie B., daughter of John Guthrie, and a native of Licking County,
Ohio. Four children were born to this union. two of whom are
living, viz.: Dwight G. and Mary. Mr. Scott is a member of the
IOOF., G. A. R., and connected with the Congregational Church.