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Mark was a farmer,and a Democrat. Interestingly, he was a member of the Open-Communion Baptist Society of Charleston, while his brother, Matthias, was a member of the First Universalist Society.
Mark and Dorothy "moved to Charleston, Maine, in 1832 and commenced a pioneer life, clearing the land and working with willing hands to establish a comfortable home for themselves and children. Dolly was small in stature, quiet and unassuming, a true gentlewoman always" (Cilley, THE CILLEY FAMILY ROOTS IN NEW ENGLAND [op. cit.], 73).
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Note N645 Index
Ira was a farmer in Charleston and Hudson, Maine.
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Note N648 Index
Henry (who also went by the name "Horace") was a farm laborer, living most of his adult life in Hudson, Penobscot County. He never married. He might be the Horace Scribner who served in the 19th Maine during the Civil War. We don't know when he died.
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Note N649 Index
In 1860, according to that year's Census of Charleston [op.cit.], Eleanor (aged 44 and single) was keeping house for an 89-year-old neighbor named Betsy Snow. She was still a housekeeper in the 1870 Census [op.cit.].
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Note N653 Index
John served in the War of 1812 in the 1st New Hampshire Cavalry.
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Note N657 Index
It is quite likely that David and Betsy were married in Vermont about 1800. The first four of their eleven children were born in Morristown, Orleans County, Vermont, before they, with Samuel and Abigail (as suggested in the Notes about them), moved to Henrietta (at the time, in Ontario County) just south of Rochester, New York. W.H. McIntosh, writing in the HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK (Philadelphia: Everts, Ensign & Everts, 1877) page 247, states that, in 1813, David owned "the part next to the woods," referring to the so-called Richardson farm in Henrietta.
The War of 1812 began soon after they arrived. David was drafted into the New York Militia on 1 January 1814, serving as a drummer under the command of Captain Joseph Bancroft and Colonel Caleb Hopkins. David was discharged 16 February 1814 at Lewiston, New York, and returned home to Betsy, who was gravely ill. She died in 1823, leaving David with ten children.
David then moved his family to Ohio, settling in Monroe Township, Ashtabula County. He had been granted 40 acres of land in Ashtabula County for his military service during the War of 1812 (Warrants 34044 and 27737). He later received another 40 acres, making a total of 80 acres. He was a farmer and a shoemaker, and "something of an astronomer, having a good knowledge for those days of the heavenly bodies." It was in Monroe that he married Mrs. Hannah Prince Curtis, the widow of Leonard Curtis, who had died 6 March 1832.
Hannah was a sister to Julia Prince, the wife of David's son, Noah. She is remembered as being well educated,an exceptional homemaker, and was especially noted for her skill in weaving.
Ohio did not start requiring Birth and Death Records until 1867. Therefore, many of the dates associated with David's descendants and their families cannot be verified by official records.
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Robert was a farmer in Johnson, VT.
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Note N660 Index
Noah was a farmer in Stowe, Vermont.
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Note N662 Index
Ebenezer was a farmer in Penfield, New York. He had a large apple orchard, specializing in Baldwin and Golden Russet apples.
We learn the names of Ebenezer's three daughters (Clarissa, Lodisa and Sally) from the 1850 Census of Penfield [op. cit.]. We conclude that Philo and John are his sons as follows:
In the 1820 Census of Henrietta, which was then in Ontario County (NARA Microcopy M-33, Roll 62, Page 172), male members of Ebenezer's family are: 1 male under 5 (we believe to be Philo, aged 1), 1 male aged 26 to 45 (most likely, Ebenezer), and 1 male over 45 (possibly Selinda's father, or a hired man). Then, in the 1830 Census of Penfield (NARA Microcopy M-19, Roll 94, Page 3), the male members of his family are: 1 male aged 5-10 (we believe to be John, aged 5), 1 male aged 10-15 (most likely, Philo, aged 11), and 1 male aged 40-50 (Ebenezer). In 1840 (NARA Microcopy M704, Roll 297, Vol. 18, Page 9) the 2 younger males are aged 10-15 and 20-29, respectively. In the 1850 Census [op. cit.], John is 24 and Philo is 31.
The only other Scribner family in Penfield at the time is that of Nathan Scribner, originally from Massachusetts. In the 1840 Census (op. cit., page 10), the male members of his family include: 1 male under 5, 3 males aged 5-10, 2 males aged 10-15, and Nathan, aged 50-59. Further, in 1830's Census (op. cit.), there appears a male who, at the time, was aged 20-30.
Comparing the above with information about Ebenezer, Philo and John in 1850, and with the information (specifically, names and ages) of those in Nathan's family in 1850, leads to the strong conclusion that Philo and John were not in Nathan's family but were, in reality, the sons of Ebenezer and Selinda.