Rev. Thomas E. Scott, a minister and farmer of the Ninth District, was born in the house that he now lives in, December 20, 1845, and is one of five living children out of a family of nine. They are Mrs. A. J. McCorkle, Mrs. Julius Huie, James A. (of Texas), Allen and our subject. The father was of Scotch-Irish descent, born in York District, S. C., in 1808. The grandfather, James Scott, was a native of Pennsylvania, but moved to South Carolina, and in 1817 to Alabama; from there in 1826 he moved to Gibson County, Tenn., where he died in 1853. James Scott, our subject's father, was educated at home, and for several years clerked for Dr. Lee, at Eaton, Gibson County. When twenty-four years old he married Miss Violet B. Roddy, and settled on a farm in Gibson County, but three years later moved to Dyer County, where he owned a farm of 400 acres, which has since been divided among the children. Mrs. Scott died May 31, 1847, and in November, 1850, he married Miss Margaret L. Scott. In 1851 he was deputy sheriff. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are still living. Rev. Thomas Scott was educated at home, but completed his studies at Bluff Springs Seminary, Obion County. When only twenty years of age he commenced his ministerial work in the Christian Church, and has ever since made it the earnest work of his life, and has done much to advance the cause of his church. He is well known all over West Tennessee, and has been preaching for twenty years in Dyer County. October 17, 1877, he married Miss Artie, daughter of Jonathan and Lou C. Hall, of Gadsden, Crockett County, and they had four children, three of them now living: Homer W., Horace H. and Lillian. Mrs. Scott was born in Dyer County, March 11, 1851, and is a devout member of the Christian Church. She was educated at Yorkville Seminary, and taught for a number of years before her marriage, as Mr. Scott did also. He possesses fine business qualifications, and is a true Christian gentleman.