Background
He was born on May 13, 1846 in N. Greenfield, New York, the son of Alexander Hamilton Scott and Sophronia Wood Seymour.
He was born on May 13, 1846 in N. Greenfield, New York, the son of Alexander Hamilton Scott and Sophronia Wood Seymour.
He was educated at the District School, Juliet Garner"s Select School in West Greenfield and Robb"s Boys" Academy at Saratoga Springs, New New York During 1866-1867, he studied two terms at Albany State Normal School, and became a school teacher.
They had two children, Arthur Hoyt Scott and Margaret, wife of Owen Moon. Around 1878, the paper commission failed, and the family lived in Camden, New Jersey,
Irvin reportedly borrowed $2,000 from his father-in-law and added the $300 the two brothers had to form the capital stock. Irvin became the first president
In 1890, the family moved to Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where he was Chief Burgess 1893-1897.
A large paper plant was established at Chester, Pennsylvania. Scott Paper Company was very successful, largely due to advertising, which stressed the safety and quality of paper tissue.
Toilet paper had been considered an "unmentionable" product prior to this, and this strategy was instrumental in making Scott Paper Company the leading producer of bathroom tissue in the United States by 1890. Irvin died on April 24, 1931 and was interred at Eastlawn Cemetery in Philadelphia.