William Thomas Scott

William Thomas Scott (1839–1917) was a prominent business and political leader in Cairo, Illinois. Nellie gave birth to four children, three of whom survived until adulthood. Their children were named William, Wilmina, A.D., and Jessie. Wilmina died shortly before her first birthday in 1865.

Political career When African American people were granted the right to vote in 1870, Scott was already a leading member of the Republican Party in Cairo. Despite multiple arrests for bootlegging and running houses of prostitution, he remained popular to the people of Cairo as an activist and a journalist. He held many high-status positions in the Bureau until 1915.

Death Scott died on January 23, 1917, in Springfield, Illinois.