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time. Mr. Ross owns 360 acres of land in Ohio Township, and eighty acres in Dover, with 3,620 acres in Allen and Woodson Counties, Kan., and 260 acres in Sack County, Iowa; also property in the village of Ohio. Mr. R. is an extensive farmer and stock-raiser, and has one of the largest barns in Bureau County.
JACOB ROSS, Princeton, was boru in Somerset, Somerset Co., Penn., October 12, 1809. He is the son of William aud Jane Whitaker Ross. The father was a native of Ireland, but the mother was born in Peun- sylvania. In 1816 they removed to Tuscar- awas County, Ohio. They came to Bureau County, Ill., in 1851, and died here. When first settling in Ohio Mr. Ross selected the ' place where he would make his home, and unloaded his goods at the roots of a large tree. He then began erecting a shelter, which consisted of four posts set in the ground, and so arranged that a covering of loose boards could be put on-this sufficed till the cabin could be built. Under such circumstances was the youth of our subject spent, and, as is the case with boys reared on the frontier, with but poor advantages for a school education, but he did learn the lesson of self-reliance. In 1849 Mr. Ross came to Bureau County, and began to improve a new farm. He had bought two land warrants for $133 each, and so got a half section of land very cheap. He remained on the farm till March 17, 1873, since which time he has resided in Princeton, but still retains 200 acres of his original farm. In March, 1832, he was mar- ried in Ohio to Mrs. Jemima (Butt) Baker, a native of Ohio. She died October, 1866. She was the mother of eight children, viz. : William B., of Lyon County, Kau. (his twin brother, Joseph W., died at the age of sev- enteen); George W., of Pottawatomie Coun- ty, Iowa; James P., of Lyon County, Kan .; Frank, of Page County, Iowa; David M., deceased; Mary J., wife of Isaac Kurtz, of Walnut, Ill., and Jacob K., also of Walnut. March, 1867, Mr. Ross was married to Mrs. Jane Pritchard, a sister of the first Mrs. Ross, and the widow of Dr. Reason Pritchard. She had previously been widowed by the death of her first husband, John Casebeer, by whom she has three children, viz .: Rev. Jacob B.
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Casebeer, minister in the Methodist Epis- copal Church, of Marshall, Iowa; John R. Casebeer, of Pope County, Iowa, and Martha, wife of G. W. Ross, of Pottawatomie Coun- ty, Iowa. By her second husband she has one son, viz. : Dr. Harvey Pritchard, a phy- sician of. Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Ross is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and in politics is identified with the Repub- lican party.
JAMES ROSS, Ohio, was born February 22, 1808, at Somerset, Penn., and is the son of Rev. William Ross, who was born in An- trim County, Ireland, November 1, 1767, and immigrated to America in 1803. About 1807 he married Jane Whitaker, who was born in this country July 4, 1785, and they settled in Somerset, Penn., where the subject of this sketch was born and resided till he was nine years of age. He removed with his parents to Tusearawas County, Ohio, in 1817, where he resided till 1851, when he came to this county. February 27, 1831, James Ross married Margaret Butt, who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, December 9, 1812, and is the daughter of William and Mary Butt. Of this marriage there is a family of thirteen children, nine of whom are now liv- ing, viz .: Elijah Ross, Limerick, Ill., born June 23, 1832; Mrs. Sarah A. Mulvane, Topeka, Kan., born May 5, 1833; Mrs. Mary J. Ogan, Limerick, Ill., born November 10, 1835; Jemima Ross, born November 10, 1837, died September 6, 1846; William P. Ross, born November 21, 1839, died August 28, 1844; Rachel Ross, born December 25, 1841, died August 29, 1844; Joel D. Ross, Limerick, Ill., born December 1, 1843, and served in the late war of the Rebellion, en- listed Angust 13, 1862, in Company I, Twelfth Illinois Infantry, and served till May. 1865; Mrs. Elmira Mulvane, Limerick, Ill., born June 23, 1846; Mrs. Martha E. Kasbeer, Altona, Iowa, born July 17, 1848; James W. Ross, Princeton, Ill., born April 19, 1850; Mrs. Margaret R. Remsburg, born March 23, 1852, died January 15, 1882; Mrs. Ama W. Matson, Limerick, Ill., born July 19, 1854; Abigail Ross, born April 16, 1856, at home. Mr. Ross' grandfather on the mother's side (Joseph Whitaker) came to this country in the English service during
the Revolutionary war, but subsequently de- serted the English ranks during an engage- ment, and joined the Continental forces. Thus, by his own voluntary act he forfeited all right which he might otherwise have had as an heir to his father's vast estate and wealth in England. Mr. Ross is a Repub- lican, and a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. He owns 669 acres of land in Ohio and Dover Townships, and is a thrifty farmer and stock-raiser.
REV. WILLIAM ROSS, Ohio, was born November 24,1814, in Somerset County, Penn., and is the son of Rev. William and Jane Ross, who came to this county in 1851. (For history of parents see sketch of James Ross.) The sub- ject of this sketch was raised on a farm in Ohio, and at the age of twenty was licensed to preach in the Methodist Protestant Church, and two years later was ordained as a minister of the Gospel. He remained in Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania, traveling a portion of the time, till May, 1852, when he came to this county, and settled in Ohio Township, on Section 30. June 22, 1841, Mr. Ross mar- ried Mary Davis, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Davis, of Jefferson County, Ohio. She was born June 22, 1820. The father was born December 15, 1772, and served in the war of 1812, and participated in the bat- tle of Tippecanoe, under Gen. Harrison. He died March 29, 1856. The mother died May 21, 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Ross are the parents of six children, three of whom are now living: Mrs. Elizabeth J. Burns, was born April 18, 1842, is the widow of the late Rev. John Burns, who died July 27, 1882, Plano, Ill .; Jolin C., forn December 7, 1844, died Oc- tober 11, 1859; Sarah C., born November 15, 1846, died February 23, 1850; James W., born June 5, 1855, Princeton, Ill .; Charles S., born January 23, 1858, died May 3, 1858; Florence V., born December 3, 1860, teacher in public schools, Plano, Ill. After coming to this county Mr. Ross engaged in farming and frequently preached to the set- tlers of his locality till 1863, when he re- moved to Princeton, Ill., and afterward lived in various parts of this State. In 1874 he removed to Ohio Village, where he now resides as Postmaster of the town, which position he has held for the past seven years.
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HENRY RUDIGER, Manlius, was born in the south part of Prussia, May 11, 1826. He was reared on a farm, and remained there till entering the Prussian Army in 1847, where he served for nearly four years, and was a soldier during the revolution of 1848. After returning from the army he remained at home till 1853, when he came to America and settled in Bureau County. For abont, three years he worked in the brick-yards at Prince- ton. In 1856 he began farming in Bureau Township, but in the spring of 1866 he came to his present farm in Section 1, Manlius Township. He owns 386 acres in Sections 1 and 2, in this town. Mr. Rudiger has been very successful in business. He gives most of his attention to the stock business. In 1856 he was married, at Princeton, to Eliza- beth Trum. She is a native of Bavaria, and is the mother of the following children: An- drew, married to Mary Hechtner; Mary, wife of Andrew Jurgeson, of Wyanet; Kate, wife of Mat Follett, of Bureau Town; Henry, George, William, Lizzie, Horace, Fred, John and Caroline. In politics Mr. Rudiger is Democratic. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church of Princeton.
W. H. RULE, Neponset, was born December 19, 1859, in Burean County, Ill. His parents, John and Jane (Hume) Rule, are natives of Scotland. They came to the United States about 1852, and settled in Stark County, Ill. Eventually the family removed to Neponset Township in Bureau County, where they now reside on Section 31, where they have 240 acres of land. They formerly lived on Sec- tion 32. Mr. and Mrs. John Rule are wor- thy members of society, and are the parents of ten children, viz .: Alexander, Mrs. Jane Armstrong, Mrs. Mary Boardman, Mrs. Char- lotte Wright, James, William, Jolın H., Katie, Walter H. and Thomas. Our subject, Wal- ter H. Rule, was educated in Stark and Bu- reau Counties, Ill., and is a wide-awake young farmer, ever willing to fulfill his obli- gations. He was married December 27, 1883, to Miss Ellen Turnbull, who was born March 25, 1859. Her parents are James and Ann (Matheson) Turnbull, natives of Scotland.
E. C. RUSSELL, Neponset, was born De. cember 11, 1838, in Marion County, Ohio; a son of James Russell, a native of Ohio, where
he was born in 1808. He died in 1862 in Bu- reau County. He was a farmer by occupa- tion, and took a deep interest and was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The grandfather of our subject, James Russell, Sr., was also a farmer, and died in southern Indiana. The mother of our subject, Harriet (Pittenger) Russell, was born in 1809 in Pennsylvania. She died here May 1, 1883. She was the mother of eleven children. Of these only Elnathan C. (our subject), Mrs. Sarah A. Vanvactor and Ste- phen S. are now living. William, Mrs. Elizabeth Ledbetter, Samuel, Marietta and Harriet E. reached maturity, but died here. Our subject came to this county with his parents in 1856. He was educated principal- ly in the district schools of his native State. In Burean County he has followed farming, and at present owns a good farm of 160 acres. Here he was married November 15, 1861, to Margaret Fellows, who was born July 3, 1841. She is a daughter of Philip and Eliz- abeth (Weatherwax) Fellows. Mrs. Russell is the mother of three children who are now living, viz. : William C., born September 26, 1867; Jessie V., born February 6, 1871, and Mattie L., born July 25, 1874. Mr. Russell and lady are advocates of true hospitality. Politically he is identified with the Repub- lican party.
S. S. RUSSELL, Neponset, subject of the following sketch, was born April 28, 1850, in Marshall County, Ind. He is a son of James and Harriet (Pittenger) Russell (see preceding sketch). Our subject was educated in Bureau County, to which he came with his parents. He is one of our most wide-awake, thrifty farmers, and owns a farm of 160 acres. He was married here January 4, 1877, to Miss Eliza E. Gould, who was born July 8, 1856, in Neponset Township. Her father, Abraham Gould, is a native of England. This union has been blessed with one child-Ward Russell --- who was born September 30, 1879. Politically Mr. Russell is a supporter of the Republican party.
GEORGE SADLER, Neponset, subject of the following sketch, was born April 7. 1834, in Leavening, Yorkshire, England. His par- ents, William and Hannah (Bois) Sadler, came from England in 1853. They settled
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in Kewanee. Ill., where they died. Our sub- ject was educated in England. He came to Kewanee in 1855. The next year he came to Neponset Township, where he has farmed ever since, owning eighty acres of land near Neponset. He was married September 17, 1867, to Mary A. Norton, born November 12, 1844, in Canada. She is a daughter of Thomas and Frances (Walker) Norton. She is the mother of three children, viz. : Fred- erick N., born June 18, 1868; Elsie E., born September 8, 1871; and Ida M., born Sep- tember 9, 1875. Mr. Sadler is a Repub- lican and one of our patriots of the late war. He enlisted in the fall of 1862 in Company H of the Ninety-third Regiment Illinois Vol- unteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He was most of the time on de- tached dnty as provost guard at Gen. Smith's headquarters.
S. P. SALMON, Princeton, was born Janu- ary 8, 1830, in Morris County, N. J. His father, John S. Salmon, was also a native of New Jersey, and was born in the same house as his son, S. P. Salmon. He came to Bureau County, Ill., in the fall of 1853, and was accompanied by his family. Here he has been engaged successfully as a farmer and is yet living in Princeton. His parents were William and Dorothy (Stephens) Salmon, who were natives of New Jersey. The mother of our subject was Mary Caroline (Bartley) Sal- mon, who was born in New Jersey. She died in Bureau County. Her parents were Hugh and Sarah (Potter) Bartley. Mr. Salmon has one brother, Harlan P. Salmon, who is also living in this county. Our subject was educat- ed in New Jersey, where he was also married, April 3, 1851, to Angeline Salmon, who was born April 5, 1831, in Morris County, N. J. Her parents, Joshua and Jane (Bodyne) Sal- mon, have four children, viz. : Nelson, Clar- inda, Angeline and Almira. Mrs. Angeline Salmon is the mother of two children, viz. : Jonathan B., born August 19, 1853, and Ser- ing J., who was born Angust 20, 1864. The oldest son is married to Ella Blackler. They have one son, Sering P. Salmon. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Salmon and children are members of the Presbyterian Church of Princeton. He came to this county in the fall of 1853, and has been successfully engaged in farming
ever since. He resided twelve years in Selby Township, and while there served satisfacto- rily as Supervisor and Assessor. Politically Mr. Salmon is a Democrat.
H. P. SALMON, Princeton, was born July 20, 1843, in Morris County, N. J. His par- ents were John S. and Mary C. (Bartley) Sal- mon. Mr. Salmon was principally educated in Bureau County, to which he came with his parents in 1853. Here he has devoted his atten- tion to farming, and at present owns a fine farm of 2463 acres. He was united in marriage December 15, 1869, in his native county, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Stephens, who was born May19, 1845, in Morris County, N. J. She is the daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Budd) Stephens, who were farmers and na- tives of New Jersey. This marriage resulted in the following children, viz. : George W., who was born September 11, 1871; Oliver H., born August 8, 1874; Mary C., born March 30, 1880; and Ebon S., who was born December 28, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Salmon are active members of the Presbyterian Church. He has been very successful as a farmer. Politically Mr. Salmon is not identified with any partic- ular party, rather independent, aiming to vote for principle instead of party.
G. H. SAMPSON, Princeton, was born March 19, 1835, in Woodstock, Vt. He is an only son, as were also his father and grand- father. The latter, George Sampson, was a native of Massachusetts. He was a land owner, and during the Revolutionary war served as a Musician in the Colonial Army. He died in 1841, in Vermont, aged eighty- two years. His son, George W. Sampson, was a native of Vermont, where he died in 1870, aged seventy-four years. He married Roxalana Hyde, a native of Randolph, Vt .; she died in the latter State in February, 1836. Our subject came to the State of Illi- nois in 1854. He was married December 24, 1862, in Chicago, Ill., to Miss Jane E. Cumins, a native of Vermont and a daughter of Solon Cumins. At present Mr. Sampson is Secretary of the I. M. B. S., with headquar- ters in Princeton. Politically he is identified with the Democratic party.
ANDREW SAPP, Wyanet, was born in Kent County, Del., November 11, 1834, and came with his parents to Bureau County in
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1842, settling in Wyanet Township. His father, Hezekiah Sapp, resided hero until 1874, when he moved to Iowa, where he now resides. His wife, Mary Jane Bosket, died in this county in 1846. She was the mother of six children: Andrew; Elizabeth, wife of Nathan Harrington; Major, of Hancock County, Iowa; Unity, wife of M. Pierce; Sinia, wife of Welcome Mowry; Mary Jane, of Kansas. Mr. Sapp also has a half-brother and sister, Hezekiah and Amelia. Our sub- ject was reared in this county, and at the age of twenty began working for himself, attend- ing school after that time. His occupation was that of farming until 1865, when he re- moved to Wyanet, and has since made that village his home. For a number of years he was engaged in buying grain and stock at Wyanet, and at the same time carried on his farming. He has been very successful in business, and now owns 1,217 acres of land in Wyanet and Bureau Townships. Mr. Sapp was married in Wyanet Township April 6, 1858, to Ann Eliza Ziegler, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1833. She is the daugh- ter of Joseph Ziegler, who now lives with her; her mother died when Mrs. Sapp was a child. Mr. and Mrs. Sapp have two children: William E., born June 12, 1859, married to Cora Sparks, and lives in Wyanet Township; Elmer, born June 15, 1866. In politics Mr. Sapp is a firm believer in the principles of the Democratic party.
SOLOMON SAPP, Princeton, was born January 4, 1808, in Kent County, Del. He is the son of Elijah and Lydia (Cain) Sapp. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm and educated in the schools of his na- tive county. May 8, 1828, when only twenty years of age, he was married to Miss Marga- ret Wilson, who died in January, 1829. October 8, 1829, he was married to his second wife, Margaret B. White, who lived only till January, 1832. She was the mother of one son-John W., who lived to reach manhood. He enlisted in the service of his country in 1862, but in 1863 was taken sick and came home and died March 3 of the same year. December 20, 1832, Mr. Sapp was again mar- ried in his native State to Miss Ann Carter. She was reared in the same neighborhood as her husband. She is the mother of eight
children, six of whom yet survive: Henry, Elijah, Alfred, Sarah E. (wife of Frank Foreman, of Marshall County, Iowa), Ann Eliza (wife of Josephus Clark), and Juliet (wife of E. K. Mercer). April 27, 1835, Mr. Sapp left his native State for the lead mines of Illinois. July 6 of the same year he arrived in what is now Bureau County, and being well pleased with the country he decided to buy land and settle here. How- ever, in 1836, he removed to Galena, but re- mained only about eight months, when he returned to his farm in this county, where he resided till October 20, 1875, when he re- moved to Princeton. where he has since re- sided. When first coming to the county Mr. Sapp bought 240 acres of land, and, as his capital increased, he continued to invest in land, nntil now he owns over 1,000 acres in this county. Mr. Sapp has done much to develop the farming industry of Bureau County. During his long residence in the county he has improved over 1,000 acres, and made pro- ductive farms where the prairie grass before held sway. Not only has he done much to- ward improving the material resources of the county, but has exerted his influence in advancing religion and morality also. In early manhood he had united with the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, and has been an act- ive member since. In political matters he has ever held to the principles of the Demo- cratic party, but not such an adherent but what he will vote for the man he considers can best fill the position.
ANTHONY SAWYER, Dover, was born January 7, 1814, in Franklin County, Mass. The Sawyer family came from England about 1630, and settled in Worcester County, Mass., where they resided for several generations. The father of our subject, Oliver Sawyer, was born there in 1772, and his wife, Polly Wilder, in 1779. About the year 1800 they removed to Franklin County, where they lived about forty years, afterward going to Westminster, Vt., where they died, the father in 1859 and the mother about three years previ- ons. They were the parents of nine children- two sons and seven daughters -- all of whom are yet living except one daughter, who died in 1849. The oldest was born in 1801, being now eighty-three years of age. The
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youngest is sixty-six years old; she was for twenty-five years a missionary in India, part of the time at Ceylon. Our subject was reared on a farm, and educated in the com- mon schools of Massachusetts. His occupa- tion has always been that of farming, except that for some years he was a teacher in the district schools. In 1838 he came to Bureau County, and has resided here ever since. His farm now contains 290 acres, 200 of which he entered in 1848. In politics he has been a Republican since the party was first organ- ized. January 1, 1849, he was married to Mary Warbington, who was born near Cin- cinnati, Ohio, in 1820. She is the daughter of John Warbington, who removed from Ohio to Terre Haute, Ind., and from there to Bureau County in 1846 or 1847, and died a few years later. His wife died when Mrs. Sawyer was a child. The family consisted of one son and four daughters. The son died in California, but the daughters still survive. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer have three children, viz .: John, Mary Lillian (wife of Arthur Hussey of Tiskilwa), Cora Elma.
GUSTAV SCHULTZ, Bureau, was born in Prussia, January 27, 1830. He was educated in the schools of his native country, attend- ing till he was fourteen years old. He then served an apprenticeship of three years at the shoe-maker's trade, and did journey work for three years, after which he was in the army for three years. His father, Jacob Schultz, died in 1853, and his wife, Mary (Goersz) Schultz, came to America in 1854 with her family, and died in Iowa in 1865. She was the mother of six sous and two daughters, all of whom, except one daughter, came to America and are now living in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Gustav Schultz arrived in Princeton, Ill., the last of May, 1854. In 1857 he began farming on rented land near Princeton, but the following year he went to Iowa, where he purchased land, and remained for five years. At the end of that time he returned to Bureau County and purchased the old homestead in Section 36, Bureau Town- ship. Three years later he sold out and again removed to Iowa, Muscatine County. In 1868 he again returned to Bureau County and purchased his present farm in Sections 25 and 26, which contains 240 acres, aud he
has deeded 160 acres to his children. Au- gust 6, 1854, he was married at Princeton, to Mary Hechtner, sister of John Hechtner (see sketch). She was born in Prussia, August
24, 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Schultz are the parents of four children, two of whom are living: Frederick, born September 25, 1858, in Poweshiek County, Iowa, is now living on the old £ homestead (he married Mary Lempke, born in Chicago, February 14, 1859; they have two children, viz .: Gustav, born March 9, 1882; Fred, born February 25, 1884); Henrietta, born December 6, 1860, in Poweshiek County, Iowa. She married John Becker and has three children: Freddie, born January 6, 1881; Mary, born September 21, 1882; John, born June 25, 1884. In poli- tics Mr. Schultz is a stanch Democrat. He and his son are members of the A. F. & A. M. of Wyanet, and he is also a member of I. O. O. F. of Princeton. His son-in-law is also a Mason and member of I. O. O. F.
JOHN SCOTT, Princeton, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, December 15, 1837. He is the son of John Scott, a native of Pennsylvania, and who in youth and early manhood was a book-keeper and master of large iron works in Westmoreland County. Near middle life he immigrated to Ohio, where his wife, our subject's mother, died. In 1844 he removed to Bureau County, Ill., and settled on a farm in Dover Township, where he died in 1874. The subject of this paragraph remained on the farm till he was twenty-one years of age, after which he at- tended Kuox College for two years. At the age of seventeen he had begun reading law during his leisure hours at home, and after quitting Knox College he went into the office of Judge George W. Stipp, but later read with Levi North, Esq., and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ottawa in February, 1866. In 1868 he opened a law office in Princeton and has continued to do a general law practice here since, being one year in partnership with Milton T. Peters. In politics Mr. Scott has always been identi- fied with the Republican party, and is a strong temperance man. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, Guardian Lodge, No. 1123. He was married in Ottawa, Ill., to Miss Carrie J. Betts, who was born in Dela-
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ware County, N. Y., and is the daughter of William H. Betts, who came to Ogle County in 1855 or 1856, but is now a resident of Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have one daughter, viz .: Elsie L. Scott. Mr. Scott has been successful in his chosen profes- sion, but his success in life has been ob- tained through his own exertions, ho being in every sense a self-made man. More of his career as an attorney will be found in the chapter on the Bench and Bar, to which the reader is refered.
R. SCOTT, Neponset, was born January 10, 1825, in Jefferson Co., Ohio. His parents, John and Nancy (Crouch) Scott, were natives, he of Pennsylvania and she of Maryland. They died in Jefferson County, Md. The grand- father of our subject was James Scott. Our subject did not receive the benefit of an edu- cation, six months being all the time he spent in a school room, and his desire for knowledge is only satisfied by constant read- ing. He was reared in Jefferson County. At the age of twenty-two years he enlisted in the army, and served six months in the Mexican war. At the close of the war he returned to Ohio and lived five and one-half years in Washington County, In 1854 he came West, and settled in Stark County, Ill., where he resided one and one half years, and then re- moved to Henry County, where he remained one year, and then returned to Stark County, and the following year settled on Section 23, in Neponset Township, Bureau County, but afterward removed to Section 27, where he farmed till the spring of 1883, when he re- moved to Neponset, where he now resides. Mr. Scott was married in Washington County, Ohio, October 30, 1852, to Deborah Dufee, who was born March 21, 1835, in Athens County, Ohio. She is a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Styles) Dufee. Mrs. Scott is the mother of four children, viz. : Melvin O., now a resident of Grinnell, Iowa; Sidney W., a farmer of Neponset Township; Mrs. Laura A. Bennett, and Rosannah J. Finan- cially Mr. Scott has been a successful farmer, and politically he is an Independent.
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