GEORGE W. SCOTT, president of the Star Storm Front Company, with plant on the corner of East Main and Clay Streets, Troy, has been a resident of this city for the past thirty-five years. He was born in 1849, in Elizabeth Township, Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of the late John Scott.

John Scott came to Miami County from Pennsylvania, very early and as he was a millwright, he built many of the pioneer mills here. The later years of his life were passed on a farm in this county. He was a man of sterling character and deep convictions and was one of the first two men who had the courage to vote the Abolitionist ticket in Miami County.

George W. Scott was reared in his native county and attended the country and Troy schools. His first work was done in connection with a nursery and he remained interested in that for some ten years or more, when he was appointed deputy-treasurer of Miami County. After the close of his official term he engaged in the buggy manufacturing business, founding the Troy Buggy Works in 1880, with which concern he continued until 1903, when he sold his interest, having been both president and general manager of the enterprise from its incorporation. Mr. Scott then engaged in the manufacture of buck-boards until the fall of 1895, when he patented the storm front, in the manufacture of which he has been concerned ever since. In 1906 the business was incorporated as The Star Storm Front Company, of which he has since been president. The business includes the manufacture of five different styles of storm fronts, all of which Mr. Scott invented. It is due to Mr. Scott's ability, energy and talent that many of the largest manufacturing plants now located in Troy have been developed. He is an active citizen so far as encouraging public-spirited efforts go and never shirks responsibility for himself.

In 1873 Mr. Scott was married to Miss Emma M. Knoop, who is a daughter of William Knoop, who was a pioneer of the county. They have live children, namely: Eugene, who is superintendent of the Troy factory; Guy, who represents the business in Indiana; Beatrice, who is a talented vocalist and soloist in the Congregational Church choir at Toledo; and Ruby and Marguerite who resides at home. Mr. Scott is a charter member of the order of Knights of Pythias.