Dr. John Orlando Scott was born on Saturday, June 10, 1837 in Frankfort, Franklin Co., Kentucky.
John's parents were Robert Wilmont Scott (1808 - 1884) and Elizabeth Watts Brown (1811 - 1886). Both are buried in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankford, Kentucky.
His father, Robert Wilmont Scott, was a farmer and fine live-stock breeder which included originating the breed of "improved Kentucky Sheep" and the establishment of the publication "Frankford Farmers."

Dr. John Scott was educated under B. B. Sayre, a distinguished educator of Kentucky and graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky in 1856.  He read medicine under his older brother, Dr. Preston Brown Scott and graduated from Louisville Medical University in 1861.

Soon Dr. Scott enlisted in the Confederate Army in the regiment "Medical Staff", Assistant Surgeon, 2nd Mounted Kentucky Infantry. He was promoted to Surgeon of the 7th Kentucky Infantry.  After the war, Dr. Scott traveled Europe, spending time in hospitals in London, Dublin and Paris. Upon his return to the United States, he settled in Owensboro, Daviess Co., Kentucky where he engaged in a practice of general medicine until 1875. There, he also served as the County and City Physician.

On April 4, 1865 John Orlando Scott and Ellen Cecelia Melvin were married in Perry, Alabama. Their children were:

	Louise Graham Scott	1866-1953
	Robert Scott	1869-1902
	Preston B. Scott	1871-1955
	Stewart Melvin Scott	1875-1941

Confederate Magazine Vol. X January 1902 pg. 29

Due to pulmonary troubles, which were aggravated by the heavy climate of Kentucky, Dr. Scott and his family moved to Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas in 1875.  Dr. Scott died March 8, 1904. He is buried at West Hill Cemetery.