Biographies  McCormick County - South Carolina Genealogy Trails SCOTT, JOHN JOSEPH, soldier, physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 23, 1837, at Scott's Ferry, Savannah River, Edgefield district, S. C. He received in English and Latin education; and in 1856 graduated from the medical college of Georgia at Augusta. In 1857 he was appointed surgeon to General William Walker's expedition to Nicaragua; and in 1858-61 practiced his profession in Bossier Parish, La. Luring the civil war he was in the confederate service; and in 1862 was made acting-surgeon of the sixteenth regiment Louisiana volunteers. He then enlisted as a private soldier and participated in the battles of Farmington and in the fight at Boonville. He then again became assistant-surgeon; and subsequently until 1865 he was assistant-surgeon to the sixteenth Texas regiment. In 186570 he again practiced medicine in Bossier Parish; in 1870-72 in Minden; in 1873-74 at Benton; and since 1874 at Shreveport, La. Since 1877 he has been a member of the Shreveport medical society; has been its vice-president for three terms; and in 1890 was its president. In 1890 he was a delegate to the state medical society; since 1878 has been a member of the Louisiana state medical society; and is a member of the Medico Legal society of New York. He is a prominent Mason and Knight of Pythias; and medical examiner for numerous patriotic, fraternal and insurance societies. He is the author of Monograph on the Indirect Toxicological Action of Strychnia and other papers. [Source: Herringshaw's American Statesman and Public Official Yearbook: 1907-1908;  By Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1909; Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack.] BACK © all rights reserved to the original submitter