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business until his death, Jan. 12, 1897. Mr. Scott was married on July 11, 1859, to Charlotte A. Scott, and of this union there are three sons now living-Lincoln, Henry and Webster.
WILLIAM SCOTT, retired farmer, St. Charles, Kane County, Ill.; born in Virgil Township, Kane County, Feb. 1, 1844, son of John and Mary (Atkinson) Scott. The father, John Scott, was born in North of Ireland in 1809, came to the United States with his parents in 1820, and passed the early years of his manhood in New York State. Coming to Illinois in 1836, he spent a few months in Chicago, then came to St. Charles, Kane County, afterwards bought a settler's claim in Virgil Township, and still later located on land which he purchased from the Government. He was one of the earliest settlers of Kane County, and, as farmer and merchant, was identified with the history of the county until his death on Oct. 17, 1877, his wife surviving until Sept. 11, 1882. William Scott was trained to the business of farming and stock-raising, and obtained his education in the public schools at Elburn and Sycamore, Ill. For several years he was engaged in buying and shipping cattle and horses to western markets, and in this connection traded extensively throughout the Western States. He was the owner of the old family homestead in Virgil Township from 1865 until 1874, but in later years has devoted his time mainly to the improvement of his property in St. Charles. Mr. Scott has been identified with the Methodist church since early manhood, and is one of the oldest members of the church at St. Charles. In 1874 he was married to Miss Hattie B. Pike, daughter of Cornelius Pike, who came to Illinois from New York State, the old home of the Pike family having previously been at Fort Edward in that State. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have one daughter, Jennie M., born Sept. 22, 1879, and married to J. George Ainsworth Aug. 14, 1901.
ROBERT SCOVILLE, former Assistant General Agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Batavia, Ill.; born in Fort Edward, N. Y., May 1, 1813, was early left an orphan and obtained a fair school education. His first work was on a packet on the Champlain Canal, where he was employed for several years. He became prominent and was elected to the Legislature for three terms. In 1851 he removed to
Chicago, and ten years later to Batavia, where he served three terms as Village Trustee, in association with Major Wolcott and others. For twenty years he was Assistant General Agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He died in 1888, at the age of seventy-five years.
LOUIS N. SEAMAN, banker, Elgin, Ill.; born at Castile, Wyoming County, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1853; educated at the State Normal School (Albany, N. Y.) and Williams College (Williams-town, Mass.); came west in 1878, locating first at Belvidere, Ill., where he engaged in the mercantile business; established the Mitchell National Bank, of Mitchell, South Dakota, in 1886; came to Elgin in 1892 and with others organized the Elgin National Bank, of which he has since been cashier.
ALONZO E. SEARLES (deceased), lawyer, Aurora, Ill.; born in the town of Broom, Canada East, Nov. 30, 1820; admitted to the bar in Vermont in 1842; came to Aurora, Ill., in 1858, where he practiced his profession continuously with the exception of one year spent in Chicago. He was married in 1850 to Miss Caroline A. Rice, of Swanton Falls, Vt., and the surviving members of the family are Mrs. Searles and her son, Albert E., who reside in Aurora. Mr. Searles died Oct. 9, 1891.
JOHN S. SEARS, lawyer, Aurora, Ill.; born in Niagara County, N. Y., March 21, 1867, was brought up in his native State, and graduated from the High School at Lockport, N. Y.; attended the law department of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and afterward finished his law studies at Worcester, Mass., where he was admitted to the bar in 1892. In 1894 he came to Aurora, Ill., and formed a partnership with the late Newell F. Nichols, then one of the oldest and most prominent members of the Kane County bar. The firm of Nichols & Sears existed until January, 1900, when Mr. Nichols died, and since that time Mr. Sears has been head of the firm of Sears & Smith. He was married in 1900 to Miss Edith M. Crane, daughter of E. G. Crane, of Aurora, Ill,
ALBERT T. SEAVEY, farmer, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, born in Sugar Grove Township, May 30, 1856, son of Mark and Ruth H. (Thompson) Seavey, acquired his education in the local district school and in the High
