Matthew T. Scott

Matthew T. Scott

American agriculturalist (1828–1891)

📍 Lexington, Kentucky USA

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Matthew Thompson Scott (1828–1891) was an American agriculturist and real estate operator during the 19th century. Born and raised in Kentucky he attended college at Centre College also in Kentucky. After college he spent several years tending to his father's lands in Ohio. He then journeyed to Central Illinois to develop prairie land into farmland as well as build houses. While doing this he created and developed the city of Chenoa. He also developed the McLean County Coal Company with Adlai Ewing Stevenson I. Scott also was the founder of the Bloomington Bulletin a Democratic daily newspaper

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