Dr. James F. Scott recognized for Fifty-Years of Service by the Scioto County Medical Society

ID: 840 ~ Source: Local History Digital Collection, Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, Ohio. https://www.yourppl.org/history/items/show/28742 ~ Date: 1980

This file appears in: Dr. James F. Scott, the First Elected Black County Coroner in the United States

This file appears in: Dr. James F. Scott, the First Elected Black County Coroner in the United States

Dr. James F. Scott, the First Elected Black County Coroner in the United States

By Gary Hairston

James Forrest Scott was born in Porter, Ohio located in Gallia County, on 29 July 1903. He graduated from Bidwell Porter High School in 1921. Despite being the only black member of his class, he was…