Levi Scott

Levi Scott (October 11, 1802 – July 13, 1882) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1852.

Early life Scott was born near Cantwell's Bridge, now Odessa, Delaware. His parents were Methodists, his father a class-leader and local preacher who entered the Itinerant Ministry of the Philadelphia Annual Conference in 1803. Scott labored on a farm until his sixteenth year, when he began a mechanical occupation.

Ordained ministry Converted in 1822 and licensed to preach in 1825, Scott joined the Philadelphia Conference the following year. He was appointed, successively, to ministries in Talbot, Dover, St. George's Charge, Philadelphia, and West Chester. In 1832, on account of impaired health, he became a supernumerary. The following year he resumed his work. In 1834, he was unexpectedly appointed presiding elder of the Delaware District.

Scott continued to fill pastoral charges until, in 1840 he accepted the position of principal of the Dickinson Grammar School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He served in this position for three years before returning again to pastoral work, which was more to his taste. He was a trustee of Dickinson College from 1858 to 1882.