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Charles was a blacksmith.
Marion's first marriage to Richard H. Norris ended in divorce, as did her marriage to Charles. She and Charles divorced in 1924 in Androscoggin County Court (DIVORCE RECORDS, Maine State Archives Microfilm Roll 4, Vol. 17, Page 9).

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Cora and Bert divorced 3 March 1906 (MAINE DIVORCE RECORDS [Maine State Archives] Roll 2, Vol. 8, Page 26, Line 10).

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Arthur was a salesman in Auburn.

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In March of 1918, then-four-year-old Fred "fell in the barn cellar and broke his arm" (News Item, "The Norway Advertiser," Norway, Maine, 22 March 1918).
Frederic worked in the Penley Brothers Spool Mill in West Paris. Edna was a waitress.

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Nancy had been a homemaker and childcare provider. She enjoyed needlecraft, knitting, crocheting and reading. She suffered from diabetes.

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Allan was a truck driver for the Bessey Food Plant in Buckfield, as well as for the Burnham And Morrill Company (home of those world-famous baked beans) in Portland.

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Richard was a farmer in Otisfield, Maine.

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Darlin was a farmer in Waterboro, Maine.

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Herman worked for the Highway Department.

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George preferred to be known by his middle name, Valmore. He was a millworker.

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Celia was a teacher.

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Bob Butters was, for many years, Fire Chief of Norway, Maine. He was one of the most admired men to have ever lived there. Beverly was Norway Town Clerk for many years.

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Dr. Franklin Pierce Lamson-Scribner was born the son of Joseph Sanborn Lamson and Eunice Ellen Emmons Winslow of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Joseph Lamson was born 27 August 1815 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, the son of John and Nancy (Dodge) Lamson. Eunice was born 20 April 1817 in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, the daughter of Stephen and Rebecca (Bliss) Winslow (AUGUSTA VRs, 1 [op. cit.], 160). They were married 19 May 1839 at Farmington, Franklin County, Maine. Joseph died of cholera 20 June 1854 in Cambridge. Eunice then married S.W. Sawyer and moved to Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, where she died of tuberculosis 12 April 1879 or 1881 (DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM LAMSON OF IPSWICH, MASS. 1634-1917 [op. cit.], 207).

In 1854, with Joseph near death and 4 children to care for, Eunice chose to leave Franklin and his brothers and sisters in the care of others (There were 2 older brothers, Joseph and Charles, and 1 older sister, Isabelle. Another brother, George, had died in 1847 at age 2). So it was that Frank came to be cared for by Virgil and Isadore Scribner of Manchester, Maine. It wasn't long before the Scribners adopted him (He was 3 years old when adopted). The adoption was probably never made legal, but was likely informal. To honor his adoptive parents, when he became a young adult, Frank added the name Scribner to his given surname, Lamson.

Franklin was a highly respected agrostologist (an expert in the science of plant growth and nutrition) for the U.S. Government. After graduating from the Maine State College of Agriculture in 1873, he taught in public schools for a few years. In 1887, he became Chief of the Section of Vegetable Pathology in the Department of Agriculture. From 1888 to 1894, he was Professor of Botany at the University of Tennessee. In 1894, he became Chief of the Division of Agrostology in the Agriculture Department. Then, in 1901, he began a three-year tour of service in the Philippine Islands, as Chief of the Insular Bureau of Agriculture.
From 1904 to 1923, he was in charge of the Agriculture Department's exhibits which were shown at a large number of fairs and expositions in the U.S. and abroad. He retired from Government Service at age 70, but was given a two-year extension in order to take the Agriculture Department's exhibits to Brazil's Centennial Exposition held in 1922-23. He continued to be active until 1933. He died from pneumonia on 22 February 1938.
Among the honors bestowed upon him was the Cross of "Chevalier du Merite Agricole" from the French Minister of Agriculture in 1899. He was the author of several botanical papers and essays, including a Three-volume work on "American Grasses," published 1897-1900.

His second wife, Marjorie, lost her sight about 1931. She learned to read Braille, and spent countless hours studying the subject of most interest to her, Christian Science.

Sources: KImberly Adams Lamson-Scribner, DR. FRANK LAMSON-SCRIBNER GENEALOGY REPORT (Oberlin, LA: Unpublished Manuscript, 1996), and "Lamson-Scribner Family Chart" an appended document containing additional information;
William J. Lamson, DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM LAMSON OF IPSWICH, MASS 1634-1917 (New York: The author, 1917), 287-288.