My Genealogy Hound

Philip Drennen Scott, secretary of the Van Buren Ice & Coal Company, was born here October 22, 1855, and is a son of Charles G. and Caroline (Drennen) Scott. The father was born in Galena, Kent Co., Md., in 1817, and was a son of Dr. Edward Scott, a native of Kent County, Md., born in 1778. He graduated from a medical college in Pennsylvania, and was a son of John Scott, who came to America from Scotland at an early date. Dr. Edward Scott’s wife, Annie Maria Comeygs, was born in Kent County, Md., in 1783, and died in 1857. Dr. Scott died in 1840, and was the father of thirteen children. Charles G. Scott came to Van Buren in 1836, and engaged in the mercantile business until the war. He was one of the original stockholders and directors of the Fort Smith & Little Rock Railway, and was president of the road fully ten years. From 1863 until 1874 he sold goods in Little Rock, and then returned to Van Buren, where he passed the last of his llife in retirement. He was a successful business man, influential citizen, and highly esteemed person, and died in 1882. The mother of our subject, Caroline L. Drennen, was born in Nashville, Tenn., in 1825, and is a daughter of John Drennen, an early settler of the county. Mrs. Scott is still living, and of her seven children, four still survive: Emma A. (wife of James Lawson, of Little Rock), Fannie M., Philip Drennen and James Stuart (captain of a ferry boat at Van Buren). Philip D. attended St. John’s College at Little Rock during his youth, and in 1874 went into the milling business with Thomas Gilham, in Van Buren. Two years later he sold his interest, and for five years was in the hardware business. In April, 1887, he became secretary of the Van Buren Ice & Coal Company, which position he has since filled. He is a good financier, and looks after his mother’s interests, besides managing the ferry at Van Buren, and is a well-to-do man. September 28, 1880, he married Fannie I. Dunham, daughter of J. S. Dunham, editor of the Van Buren Press. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are members of the Episcopal Church and have two children: Drennen and Dunham. Mr. Scott is a Democrat, and member of the K. of P. Besides being secretary of the Van Buren Ice & Coal Company, he owns stock in that and the Van Buren Canning Factory.