Robert Eden Scott
Born: April 23, 1808
Birthplace: Warrenton, Virginia
Father: Judge John Scott 1781 – 1850
Mother: Elizabeth Blackwell "Betsy" Pickett 1788 – 1862
1st Wife: Elizabeth Taylor 1815 – 1834
2nd Wife: Anne Casson Morson 1813 – 1846
3rd Wife: Henningham Watkins Lyons 1827 – 1886
Children:
Robert Taylor Scott 1834 – 1897
Elizabeth "Eliza" Gordon Scott 1839 – 1924
John Scott 1846 – 1882
Susan Morson Scott Herbert 1846 – 1928
Henningham Lyons Scott Spilman 1851 – 1936
Camilla Scott Pinckney 1854 – 1928
Lucy Lyons Scott 1857 – 1861
Robert Eden Scott Jr. 1858 – 1954
Josephine Lyons Scott Ellett 1861 – 1892
Imogen Lyons Scott Wellford 1862 – 1956
Political Party: Whig Party
Education:
Graduated from University of Virginia Law School
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Fauquier County, Virginia
Owner of Oakwood Plantation in Fauquier County, Virginia
1835 – 1842: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates
1845 – 1852: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates
1850 – 1851: Member of Virginia State Constitutional Convention
Civil War Career:
1861: Fauquier County Delegate Virginia State Secession Convention
1861: Voted against the Virginia Ordinance of Secession on April 4th.
1861: Voted in support of Virginia Ordinance of Secession on April 17.
Family Tradition says Lincoln sent Seward to Oakwood Plantation to offer Robert Scott appointment as Secretary of Navy.
1861 – 1862: Virginia Delegate Confederate Provisional Congress.
1861 – 1862: Adopted a Strong States Rights posture.
1861 – 1862: Opposed Modest Tax Programs.
1861 – 1862: Supporter of implementing the government for both peace and war.
1861 – 1862: Opposed Free Trade in Congress.
1861 – 1862: Advocate for withholding Cotton from Europe.
1862: Announced his candidacy for the Regular Congress.
1862: Unsuccessful Candidate for Confederate Regular Congress.
1862: He was Defeated for a seat in Congress by William "Extra Billy" Smith.
1862: Helped equip a company of infantry for the Confederate Army.
1862: Served in the Virginia State Home Guard in Fauquier County.
Died: May 3, 1862
Place of Death: Fauquier County, Virginia
Cause of Death: Killed by a Union Deserter named B. F. Smith, killed instantly.
Age at time of Death: 54 years old
Burial Place: Family Cemetery at Oakwood Plantation, Fauquier County, Virginia
His Tombstone reads: "Killed by a Yankee deserter" and bears a quotation from Julius Caesar but makes no mention of his Congress Service.
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