Arizona republican., 1910-10-21
DEATH ENDS LONG
AND USEFUL LIFE
CHAPLAIN WINFIELD SCOTT, D..
D.. GATHERED UNTO HIS
FATHERS.
biographical Sketch of a Worthy Cit
izen, Brave Soldier and an
Earnest Minister of the
Gospel.

Winfield Scott, better known and !
widely so by the title of Chaplain |
Scott died Wednesday night about 3
o'clock in ST JOseph's hospital in
this city as the result of an oper-
alton for strangulated hernia, caused
originally by a wound received dur
ing the civil war Death came quite
unexpectedly, even though his condi-
ton was known to be serious, for the
operation appeared to be entirely
successful and the patient revived
well after it, The physicians were
hopeful even sanguine of his early
recovery when he suddenly expert
enced a change for the worse, while
chatting with a friend, sank rapidly
and died in a very few minutes.
The chaplain had been ill since
Saturday but when first stricken the
cause OF his trouble was not fully
understood When his condition be-
came serious Mrs Scott who was IN
San Diego was notified and she is
expected to arrive here this morning
| Beside his wife he is survived by
three daughters all Of whom are
married and reside elsewhere NO
funeral arrangements have been an
nounced.
Winfield Scott was born in OAK
land county, Michigan, February 20
| 1897 and was therefore past I5 years
! of age. Though he led life of con-
slant activity. much of it under nara
shin and privations. he was of siren
nous mould and possessed of great
vitality. Few who knew him would
have guessed his age to be more
than S. and he was active clear to
the day of his last illness. But par
TALLY tinged with gray ne dld not
chow his age and from his jolly and
! iovial manner he would scarce nave
| been classed among the patrlarchs.
To the very last he was man OF
| the present hour fully alive to sur
rounding conditions and as ambitious
and hopeful as any of his fellow CIT
liens.
His life was devoted primarily TO
the ministry but while almost con-
| stantIv in the direct service OF the
Raptist church. he also found Tune
IN plav valorous part in the de-
Tense of his country on many flelds
of carnage, and in subsequent years
was a power of no small proportions
in the development of the great west
Material monuments to his INDUSTRY
and foresight in the way OF -churches'
schools, railroads, prosperous towns
and happy homes, dot the mis- anu
ya1as from the Missouri river to san
Francisco. and south to this valley
where the closing chapters Of his NE
were written in similar characters
on the scroll of time.
Leaving Michigan in an early ia!
. he went to New York state where
he graduated from the Roches'ei
university and the Rochester tneolog-
ical seminary and in 1861 at the age
of "a he was called to the pastorate
Of the First Baptist church OF SEr-
acuse. Early in the days OF liie
civil war he joined the union lorCes
at the head of company I OF lhe
12sth New York volunteer imantry'
He suffered many and grleVous
,vounds and September %, 1864 ne
uas mustered out as incapacltateu
: for service. He was WOUNDED d'
/ MARYLAND Heights, twice at Gettys-
burg and twice more at SpottsylVsthia
t court house. In one of the latter d
: sbeu tore away the muscles OF the
+biob Had he not been man Oh
remarkable vitality and lndomltaoie
: will he must have succumbed 10
these injuries.
His recital of one incident is re-
called. when after particularly
bloody battle the surgeons and tneir
assistants went over the field sort
, inc ont the possible survivors from
| ,boea believed to be mortaliy wound
Cd as facilities did not permit them
. m give attention to all. Mr. Scot'
was indicated as one 10 DE iell :.
dio on the field. He just had strength
enough to reach his musket ana ann
II. demanding that attention De CIV
on him. It was so ordered ana lie
was saved for nearly half century
of further usefulness
" Recovering sufficiently from ms
4 wounds to resume his Ministerial
duties he was called to the pastorate
y Of the First Baptist church in Leav-
K enyorth. Kansas, and in the years
y tbat followed he did much in the
4 wav Of organizing churches in east
arn central and southern Kansas
Y Tho citv of Winfield, Kansas, IL Is
H said. is named after him, and ne nae
y 70 do with naming other OF th'
4 many towns then rapidly sprlnSlhs
N M in the sunflower state
" he was also connected energeticai
H " in immigration work and raiiroa'
y extension through that deVeiopii'
Z state. in addition to his minister's
y duties. Eventually he pushed on :
Y Denver where he was an ac,lVe loi :,
in church organization for perioo
y stiu later going to San Francisco
z San Jose and Los Angeles. IN an o
X which he was identified with cnurci
organization and extension. ne wa
K made doctor of divinity in Caliior
X MIA :n 1878. In 1882 he was appoln.
ed chaplain in the regular army ue
X ing retired on account of recuTrln'
Y trouble from his wounds, IN Marc
x 1898. ~,
81 In the nineties he came to tnl
\ valley, being then still cohnec'e'