Background
Scott, Frederic William was born on August 30, 1862 in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Frederic Robert and Sarah Frances (Branch) Scott.
Scott, Frederic William was born on August 30, 1862 in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Frederic Robert and Sarah Frances (Branch) Scott.
Princeton University, 1881-1882.
Member firm Arrington & Scott, tobacconists, Richmond, Virginia, 1884-1890, Shelburne & Scott, leaf tobacco, 1893-1900. Thomas Branch & Company, bankers and brokers, 1889-1891, Scott & Stringfellow, since 1893. Widely known in connection with reorganization of various concerns, among them the M. Rumely Company, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, the International Mercantile Marine Company.
Director Atlantic Coast Line R.R. (finance committee), L.&N. Railroad Company (finance committee), General American Investors Company Appointed March 1918, member Division Finance and Purchases, under United States Railway Administration Rector of University of Virginia.
Member firm Arrington & Scott, tobacconists, Richmond, Virginia, 1884-1890, Shelburne & Scott, leaf tobacco, 1893-1900. Member Virginia Volumes (state militia), 1883-1890, advancing to captain on staff.
Married Elisabeth Strother, October 18, 1893. Children: Buford, Mistress Edward C. Anderson, Mistress John H. Bocock, Fred W., Junior.