STOTT, WILLIAM TAYLOR: 1836-1918.
William Taylor Stott , son of the Rev. John and Elizabeth Vawter Stott, was born in Vernon, Ind., page: 307[View Page 307] on May 22, 1836, and grew up on a farm near the town. He was educated in an academy at Sardinia, entered Franklin College, and graduated in 1861.
When the Civil War broke out he enlisted as a private with the 18th Indiana Regiment, serving for three and a half years and being discharged with the rank of captain. He then entered Rochester Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1868, and was ordained to the Baptist ministry in the same year. He married Arabella Ruth Tracy on May 21, 1868.
In 1868-69 the Rev. Mr. Stott served as pastor at Columbus, Ind., in 1869-70 as acting president of Franklin College, and in 1870-72 as professor of natural sciences at Franklin . From 1872 to 1905 he was president of Franklin . He died on Nov. 1, 1918.
Information from Who's Who in America and Dunn–Indiana and Indianans.
- Indiana Baptist History, 1798-1908.
Franklin, Ind., 1908.
