George Thornton Scott was born in Greenup County, Kentucky, on March 14, 1849. He came to Ironton in 1869. He was educated at West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Lebron.
Adams County
John Payton
John Payton and Julia A. Marcum were married in Lawrence County, in 1837. Mr. Payton was born in Adams County, Ohio, in the year 1813, and came to this county at the age of four years, in 1817.
Colonel John Means
Col. John Means, a revolutionary war soldier of prominence in the region of South Carolina, moved to Ohio in 1819 and settled in Adams county. He moved
John Campbell
John Campbell, young Andrew Ellison and Hamilton and others had built Mount Vernon, the firm being known as Campbell, Ellison & Co.