Charles ("Charlie") Leland Scott (1866-1924) was born in Channahon, Ill., to Ben and Mary Scott. He moved with his parents to Sacramento, Calif. and then to Cresswell, Or. In 1885 he began his teaching career in a one-room schoolhouse in the rural Oregon community of Lynx Hollow, and continued teaching in area schools for the next 15 years; he also served as principal of Central School in Eugene, Or. In 1894 he was appointed to the office of Deputy Sheriff of Lane County, a position he held until 1898; he then ran unsuccessfully for the office of Sheriff, and shortly thereafter returned to teaching. Charles Scott met his future wife Mollie Brattain in 1887, when she was also teaching in a one-room schoolhouse outside of Creswell; they married in 1891. In 1900 Charles Scott began working as a bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Eugene; in 1909 he joined the First National Bank of Springfield as a cashier, and soon rose to become president of the Bank. He also served as mayor of Springfield, Or. from 1913 to 1915. Charles Scott died of encephalitis lethargica ("sleeping sickness") at the age of 58; Mollie Scott died in 1955. Of the three Scott children, Paul was a financial executive, Randall became a Methodist minister, and Ruth worked as a music critic for the publication Musical America. Randall married Ethel Wakefield, a drama coach at University High School in Eugene; their son Leland ("Lee") Howard Scott had three children, Nancy, Sue, and David. Sue Scott became an actor and producer in radio and theater. A cousin of Charles Scott's, Ruth Randall, was married to J. Sigfrid Edström, a Swedish sportsman and head of the International Olympic Committee in the 1940s and 1950s.
From the description of Scott family papers, ca. 1850-2004 (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 212411968
