Background
Scott, Isaac Macburney was born on February 19, 1866 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor William Briar and Mary (Boyd) Scott.
Scott, Isaac Macburney was born on February 19, 1866 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor William Briar and Mary (Boyd) Scott.
Educational public schools, Morristown, O.
Began with Ætna Iron & Nail Company, Bridgeport, O., 1883. Secretary Beaver Tin Plate Company, Lisbon, O., 1894-1898. Secretary Ætna Standard Iron & Steel Company, Bridgeport, O., 1898-1900.
Auditor American Sheet Steel County, New York City, 1900-1903.
Secretary Louisiana Belle Iron Works, Steubenville, O., 1903-1904, president, 1904-1913. Organized, 1913, Wheeling Sheet & Tin Plate Company, and built tin plate plant at Yorkville, O. (1st plant in world to successfully produce black-plate for tinning by cold-reducing process), merging with Wheeling Steel & Iron Company, 1914, and president latter, 1914-1920.
Company merged, 1920, with Louisiana Belle Iron Works and Whitaker-Glessner Company, forming Wheeling Steel Corporation, of which was president until October 31, 1930. Chairman of the Board Sharon Tube Company, Scott Lumber Company, National Bank of West Virginia.
President Buckeye Rolling Mill Company.
Clubs: Fort Henry (Wheeling).
Married Fora B. Dickerson, January 1, 1890. Children: Hugh Briar, Henry Dickerson, Arthur MacBurney.