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Author: Bennett H. Young

Hon. Thos. J. Scott

   Jessamine county is at present in a judicial district, composed of Jessamine,
Madison, Estill, Clark and Powell. The Circuit Judge is Hon. Thomas J. Scott,
who was born in Madison county, but his father, Dr. John Scott, was a native of
Jessamine county, whence his father removed, when quite a young man, to
Richmond, Ky. His mother was a descendant of Col. Estill, one of the most
celebrated pioneers of Kentucky. He was educated at Mount Pleasant College, in
Missouri, from which he graduated at the age of nineteen. Immediately he
returned to Richmond, where he entered the law office of Maj. Squire Turner; in
1871 he was admitted to the bar, and in 1875 was elected County Attorney, to
which position he was re-elected twice without opposition. In 1886 he was
elected Common Pleas Judge for the district composed of the counties of Madison,
Clark, Bourbon, Bath, and Montgomery; and in 1892, he was elected Circuit Judge
of the Twenty-ninth judicial district without opposition, and has been similarly
re-elected for the second term. He is recognized throughout the state as one of
the ablest Circuit Judges. His careful preparation, his studious habits and his
sterling integrity render him a model circuit judge. Although genial and kindly
in his personal relations, on the bench he knows nothing but the strictest
justice, and this has won for him the respect and admiration of all the people
of the district.


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A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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