Scott - Charles Milton
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Friday, June 21, 1895
Just before 1 o'clock Tuesday mornin goccurred the death of Charles Milton Scott at his home on Elston Avenue. His final illness had not been an extended one but death was looked for almost from the first. On Memorial Day he was prostrated by the heat and owing to his feeble constitution he was unable to rally. The funeral took place from the family residence on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Scott was born in Crawfordsville October 17, 1849 and was the son of Thomas Scott, being one of 10 children, 8 of whom still live. He passed almost his entire life in this city except periods of a year or so when he engaged in newspaper work at Peru and Chattanooga, Tenn. He also resided in Ladoga for a time. In 1870 he was married to Miss Laura Carr of Kokomo, who with one daughter, Miss Lelia, survive him. Mr. Scott engaged in various business and for a number of years had the contract for carrying the government mails in this city. Later he engaged in newspaper work and purchased the Daily Dispatch which, upon his retirement, became the daily edition of The Journal. In 1890, he was elected city clerk and was re-elected in 1892, serving the city in that capacity for four years. At the November election he was elected Justice of the Peace for Union Township. He was also clerk of the coroner's court. Few men were better known in Crawfordsville than Mit (sic - Milt?) Scott and certainly no one more respected. To those who knew him best his life was a remarkable one. For years, he had engaged in hard and active work while in an enfeebled condition of health which would have bedridden many less resolute men. Nothing except grit and determination kept him going and he faced every work and every difficulty with so much fortitude and uncomplaining good will that he won the admiration of all acquainted with the circumstances. Although a confirmed invalid he was a hard and efficient worker and performed his every function with exactness and credit. He was kindly and considerate and bore no grudges. Faithful and true in his public and his private life he was a good citizen and good friend. Mr. Scott was a member of several secret orders, the POS of A, the AOUW and the National Union. In the last named order he carried a $5,000 life insurance and a $2,000 policy in the AOUW. -- kbz
The funeral of C. M. Scott occurred yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at his late residence on Elston Avenue and was very largely attended by the public in general and especially the officials and ex-officials of the city. Music was furnished by Miss Maud Cowan, Miss Edna Dick, A. A. McCain and Omer Cox and the services were conducted by Dr. H. A. Tucker and Dr. J. W. Greene. The pall bearers were Frank Abraham, Harry Connard and John Brothers, of the P. O. S. of A., and D. W. Gerard, John Williams and Ed Voris, of the Tribe of Ben-Hur and the A. O. U. W. -s