Biography

08/04/1783 - 07/28/1868

SCOTT, William Gardner, a Representative from Northampton, Pike and Wayne Counties; born, August 4, 1783 in Easton, Northampton County, Pa.; major, 15^th United States Infantry (1812-1813, War of 1812); store clerk (1800-1809); teacher (1809-1811); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1823-1824, 1824-1825 and 1825-1826 terms; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1827-1831); justice of the peace, Northampton County (1832); farmer; died, July 28, 1868 in Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania; interred, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania.