Nathan Scarritt (April 14, 1821 — May 22, 1890) was an American educator, pastor and real estate dealer.

As a child, he worked on a farm in Alton, Illinois, and didn't receive a proper education.

[2] At age 16, Scarritt began attending McKendree College, having to work as a cleaner for the school to pay for tuition.

[2] To pay off student debts, Scarritt worked briefly as a schoolteacher in Waterloo, Illinois until 1845, when he moved to Fayette, Missouri.

He also worked as a traveling minister for the Delaware, Shawnee and Wyandot tribes[5]—with translations done by Silas Armstrong.