one point, was the legal partner of Robert Lincoln. Charles died young in 1876. Honors and tributes Scammon received honorary Legum Doctors from the University of Chicago in 1862 and from Waterville College in 1869. The Jonathan Y. Scammon Chicago Public School - Level 1+, a neighborhood school in Chicago was named after Scammon.<ref name= References External links Guide to the Jonathan Young Scammon Papers 1839-1890 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center 1812 births 1890 deaths People from Lincoln County, Maine Colby College alumni Illinois lawyers Businesspeople from Chicago Illinois Republicans Illinois Whigs 19th-century American politicians Chicago City Council members Illinois state senators 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American lawyers Presidents of the Chicago Board of Education