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John W. Scott, who ably represents the prominent merchants and stock dealers of Arkansas County, is a native of Ohio, where his parents located on coming to this country from England. Launcelot and Jane (Clark) Scott, had a family of ten children. After emigrating to America, in 1831, they first stopped at Pottsville, Penn., but a year later chose a home in Ohio, where they lived until their deaths, that of the father occurring in 1852 at the age of fifty years, and the mother in 1888 at the age of sixty-seven. Mr. Scott was a coal operator by occupation, and was an educated man, holding the position of school director for a number of years in the Buckeye State. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. John W. Scott was born in Athens County, Ohio, on September 26, 1838. After having received a good education at the common schools of his native county, he attended the Ohio University, and was married on May 16, 1868, to Elizabeth M. Brett, who died September, 1879. The following year he removed to Arkansas and settled in Arkansas County, where he shortly after became acquainted with and married a Miss Kingsberry. She died in August, 1885, leaving two children, Martha J. and John D., both living. He married his third and present wife, Ormitta Couch, on December 3, 1885. To them three children have been born, but only one survives, Hallie M. Mr. Scott is one of the leading merchants of Bayou Meto, and also owns a fine farm of eighty acres, mostly under cultivation. He is highly respected as a prominent and influential citizen of his township, enjoying the utmost confidence of the citizens, as is shown by the fact of his having held the position of justice of the peace for five years, and elected school director of his district, and is the present postmaster of the village, serving in this capacity for nearly two years. He is a member of the Masonic order, and he and wife are connected with the Baptist Church.