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Orrison died from cirrhosis of the liver.

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Abraham lived in the Maine towns of Buxton, Saco and Ellsworth, and in Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1856, he moved to Wisconsin, then on to Kansas, Colorado and Montana. He was a farmer and miner, at last report (1887) living near Virginia City, Montana. He was not married.

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Samuel was a farmer in Buxton, Maine. He died from injuries suffered in a fall.

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Mary died from consumption. Sher is buried in Pelham, New Hampshire.

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Jere was a farmer in Waterborough. It is remembered about Jere that "When he was 3 years old his parents moved to Waterborough, Me., on a farm, where he lived for 69 years. Democrat. He held various town offices (Town Clerk, 1853-1856) and was influential in County affairs. Was Justice of the Peace 51 years; a civil engineer" (THE HISTORY OF THE SCRIBNER FAMILIES [op. cit.], 211).

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Lewis was a farmer in Waterborough, Maine.

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Elbridge was a farmer in Waterboro, Maine.

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Bradford was a farmer. He died from chronic bronchitis.

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Harrison was a farmer in Hiram, Maine.
Lovey died from Bright's Disease.

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John was a farmer. Mary Ann was a seamstress.

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William was a farmer. He died from cancer.

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Esther went by her middle name, Jane. She was a seamstress. Her death was caused by meningitis.

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George was a farmer in Hiram, Maine.

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Porter and Lucy were living in Boston (at 2 May Street) in the early 1850's, where he worked as a teamster. Their first child, Porter, was born there in 1851. Emma was born in Waterborough. Sometime after Emma was born, Porter and family moved to Aztalan (a town no longer on the map), Jefferson County, Wisconsin, where Porter was a day laborer, probably working at a glass factory there. After that factory burned in the late 1860's, they moved to the nearby town of Milford. However, William (aged 14 in 1870) stayed in Aztalan, working for a farmer named Joseph Demerest.

For part of the Civil War, Porter served as a Private in Co. F, 29th Wisconsin Infantry. He enlisted at Janesville 29 August 1864 (Certificate of Volunteer Enlistment, State of Wisconsin, City of Janesville, dated 29 August 1864) and was discharged at Shreveport, Louisiana, 22 June 1865 (ROSTER OF WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS, WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1861-1865; Record of Porter's enlistment, War Department Record and Pension Division, Document 704604, dated 19 September 1888). He contracted malaria while in Alabama. As he was recovering, he was injured when an ammunition storage site exploded.
This unit saw service in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, although, during the time Porter was serving, they were in Louisiana. The 29th Wisconsin contributed greatly to the Union victories in those states. Of special note is the part they played at Champion's Hill, Mississippi, on 16 May 1863. The regiment advanced with its brigade across an open field and reached the wooded area where the Confederates were posted, "opened a concentrated fire and carried the position by a bayonet charge, capturing some 300 prisoners."