Dr. James F. Scott in his Portsmouth City Health Department Office

ID: 863 ~ Source: Image courtesy Toye Sue Parks. Scioto Historical Collection, Center for Public History Community Archives, Clark Memorial Library, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ 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…