He was a community leader in New York,setting up organizations to promote racial harmony and fairness,as well as a public speaker and writer on race relations.Samuel was a member of the Brooklyn,board of education,and a leader in the Republican Party.He fought for the end of slavery in Cuba & Puerto Rico.
He invented a special mirror bracket which allowed you to see yourself as others see you.Samuel went on to see 4 more patents.
Here are his inventions:
1.Adjustable window cornice.
2.Cornice.
3.Pole tip.
4.Curtain Rod.
5.Curtain Rod.
Samuel moved with his family to New York City when he was a child,where he completed grammar school.During the Civil War,he was the suter for the 3rd United States Colored infantry and almost went bankrupt to regroup he first operated grocery stores in Fernandina and Jacksonville,Florida,and then a barber shop in Springfield Massachusetts.It was there that Samuel developed and patented his first invention,the adjustable window cornice.Moving to Brooklyn,New York,he worked as a traveling salesman for an import-export business located in lower Manhattan while continuing to patient his inventions and,by the late 1880s,was able to support himself and his family by manufacturing the products derived from his patents.His company,the Scottron Manfacturing Company,was located at 98 Monroe Street in Brooklyn.
Samuel married Anna Maria Willet,a native New Yorker,in 1863; they had five children.
His grandson,Charles Scottron played for the Smart Set Athletic Club basketball team,one of the Black Fives,teams,which were basketball leagues in the period between 1900 & 1940,when racial segregation was institutionalized,in which African American players in New York,Washington,D.C., Chicago,& Pittsburgh,& later other cities,engaged in community-based & inner city leagues & rivalries.
Samuel was the maternal granddaddy of noted singer Lena Horne.
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