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Nathaniel was a shoemaker. He never married.

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Reuben was a cooper (barrel maker). He never married.

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Daniel and Alice moved to Oxford in 1855. He was known as "Cooper Daniel."

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For his first wife, Samuel married his 14 year-old cousin, Fanny Scribner (43-ii, 142), daughter of Simon L. and Abigail (Gerrish) Scribner. They were later divorced.
Samuel ran a store for several years at Ben Edwards Corner in Otisfield, but later moved to Naples. In 1850, Samuel, Mary and son David were living in Lovell, where Samuel was engaged in farming (1850 Census of Lovell [op. cit.], 129).
At the time of the War of 1812, Samuel was living in Gorham, Maine. He enlisted in Capt. Tappan Robie's Company of Gen. James Irish's Brigade (Massachusetts Militia), a unit that marched to Portland from Gorham in 1814, staying three months to help defend Portland from the British fleet lurking at sea outside Portland Harbor. They saw no action, but this service "enabled many of these soldiers to obtain Land Warrants under an Act of Congress" passed some years later (Josiah Pierce, A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GORHAM, MAINE [Portland: Foster & Cushing, and Bailey & Noyes, 1862], 141).

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Luther was a farmer.

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Elijah arrived in Otisfield when he was 5 years old, moving there from Waterborough with his parents. He lived at Otisfield and Harrison, working as a millman, a farmer and a dealer in lumber. He and his son, Cyrus, owned and operated the Scribner's Mill near Harrison. Elijah was, for many years, Deacon of the Free Baptist Church of Otisfield and Harrison.

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Abial, called "Bial," had a distinguished public service career at Springfield, serving as Postmaster 17 years, Town Clerk 34 years, Selectman 24 years, and Justice of the Peace 40 years. He was a farmer and merchant.

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JONATHAN'S PARENTS: His mother, Ruth [38-ii, 116], was a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Scribner) Smith. See the third Article below for William and Ruth's dates.
After Hannah died, Jonathan married Fanny Scribner on 24 May 1865, becoming her fourth husband. Jonathan was a farmer in Otisfield.

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Jonathan was a farmer in Otisfield.

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Reuben died from cancer.

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William was the first male child born in Otisfield.

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Capt. Clement Moody was a great-great-grandson of The Immigrant, John Scriven.
He served in the Massabesick (Waterborough, Maine) Militia in the Revolutionary War.
In making reference to Clement's wife, Mary, the CENTER CEMETERY RECORD BOOK (Stowe Town Clerk) says "Clem's wife." The record of her death also states "probably the wife of Capt. Moody."

"A search of the records in the Registry of deeds at Alfred reveals that Clement Moody of Stow, then in the County of Chittenden, [now County of Lamoille] Vt., found his way into town and being satisfied that there was an opportunity for a 'living' purchased from James Barnes December 28, 1795, from John Wheelwright April 28, 1801 and from John Smith February 13, 1802 tracts of land which, included this pond, and contained more than 300 acres. The record of these conveyances is found in Volume 68 at Pages 194, 195 and 196.
       This John Smith was the first settler in town.
       That Clement Moody had a large family is indicated by the abundance of stone walls that yet remain and the record of vital statistics which show:
       Elizabeth Moody married Joseph Pike, Jr. Dec. 20, 1787; Sarah Moody
       married Edward Scribner, Jr. 19 November, 1789; Clement Moody, Jr.
       married Mehetable Scribner Jan. 1, 1794. Lois m. John Pike April 7,
       1796. Records of the following generation show that Moody Pike m.
       Sally Fisk Jan. 1, 1816."
       "And This Is The Why Of It: Moody and Bartlett Ponds,"
       Ernest G. Knights, WATERBORO, YORK COUNTY, MAINE
       1768-1955 [Published for the author, 1955]. Unpaginated.