The Russellville Democrat., 1880-04-29
THE LATE JUDGE ANDREW
 SCOTT.
The Beautiful Monument erect ed to his Memory by his a- Son in the Russeliville
 Cemetry,
And a Brief Sketch of his Life and of the Family to winch
 he Belonged.

Auu A oTIcI 0kttcu OI HIS LIIG
 and of the Family to winch
 he Belonged.
 From the North Iowa Timss.l
 The St. Louis Republican ofa re. cent date publishes an interesting paper that was recently read before the St. Louis Historical Society by Gen. Fireman A. Roster, of St. Gen evieve, Mo, relating to few former residents of the latter place who have become eminent in public life namely: Ex-Senator George " Jones, Ex-Gov. Dodge, Gen. Dodge and Ex- Senator Dr. Lewis F. Linn Dr. Linn was in the United States Senate representing Missouri from 1853 to 1887; was cotsmporary with Buchanan, Webster, Clay and the Dodges, and he acquired during his Senatorial career the honorable ap pellation of the model Senator"
 Henry Dodge, after serving as Captain in the Black Hawk war, and filling several minor offices, va, elected to Congress from Wisconsin was afterward Governor of the State and then United States Senator from 1851 to 1857.
 Augustus c. Dodge, his son, wal born at St. Genevieve, Mo-, in 1872 He after filling several offices ol lower grade, removing in the mean time to Iowa Territory, was after ward when Iowa became a State, elected U. s, Senator and as such was cotemporary with his father, who as before stated repre-. sented in the same capacity the ad- joining State of Wisconsin. Gen. Dodge was afterwards sent as a min ister tc Spain, and was the first of our ministers who addressed the Court in the Spanish language, as he did in his valedictory to Queen Issabella. He is still living, resi- ding at Burlington, Iowa, and very recently visited Genevieve, review ing the scenes of his boyhood, re- ceiying the congratulations of old friends and relations who were still found in the old historic French viii lage.
 Besides the two Dodges, father and son, Dr. Linn, half brother oi Gov. Dodge, and Hon. Geo. W. Jones above named, the little village of St Genevieve had also the
 HON. JOHN ScoTT,
 delegate to Congress from the Teri tory of Missouri, and afterwards for 15 years member of the lower house of Congress from the State of Mis- souri. Hon. John Scott was the father of our George Dodge Scott, and brotherin law of the Hon. George w. Jones aforementioned The late Hon. Lewis W. Bogy was also reared in St. Genevisye, and dled only few years ago while a Senator in Congress from Missouri, his residence being at the time of his death-iD St. Louis. Hon. James Relf, now deceased, was also once a resident of the same old French vii lage, afterwards moved to Potosi, Washington county, where he lived when he died, having also been s member of Congress from Missouri He was the brother of Mrs. Dr. Linn,
 HoN. ANDREW ScoTT,
 who was appointed United States Judge for the Territory of Arkansa sas, was reared in St. Genevieye. and as Judge went from there to Arkansas at the organization of that Territory He was the brother of the above named Jno. Scott, who as stated was brother-in law of Hon. George w. Jones, and father of our fellow citl. zen G. s. c. Scott and also father Of Mrs. Ben H. Campbell and Mrs. J, Russell Jones of Chicago, Ills.
 Geo. W. Jones, the brother-in-law of Judge Andrew Scott, Is still liv, ing in Iowa and is a man of great distinction, having held with honor to himself and country, many offices military and civil. He was born at Vincennes, Ind, in 1894, removed to St. Genevieve in 1908 or 9, and was a drummer boy il the war of 1912 Whilst student in Transylvanis University, Lexington, Ky, he act ed as an officer in the body guard of Gen. Lafayette in 1924, when that illustrious man on visit to the United States was receiving the grandest receptions from the people whose liberterty he had helped to achieve, Having held the office of U. s. Clerk rendered him without solicitation by Judge Peck, Dist. Judge for Mis- souri, acted as aid de-camp to Gen. Dodge in the Black Hawk war, and been Colonel of the Militia, he re. moved to and was elected delegate to Congress from the Territory of Michigan, in 1885, and that year was appointed by Gen. Cass, Pension Agent and acted as such until lS49, having in the meantime married at St. Genevieve, Miss Josephine Gregoire, descendant of an old and Highly respectable French and Ger man family who had moved to Up per Louisiana in very early times. His wife's father was & very highly respected gentleman and native of France; one of his brothers was a great jurist and another Archbishop of Blais. He was second to Jonathan Cilley, of Maine, who was killed in