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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 elected class orator by his peers. An…
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This work is licensed by Andrew Feight, Ph.D. under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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