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EMAIL US 		bullet Marc Adrian SCOTT was born on 27 Nov 1974. Parents: Keith C. SCOTT and Pamela Kathlyen ANKROM.

bullet Margery SCOTT was born on 14 Dec 1938. Parents: Howard Sherman SCOTT and Mable Irene RATCLIFF.

bullet Mary SCOTT was born on 7 Oct 1918. Parents: Charles SCOTT and Alma ANKROM.

She was married to Charles HENSON. Children were: Charles Adrian HENSON , Patricia HENSON, Adona HENSON.

bullet Mary Ann SCOTT was born on 11 Sep 1867 in Jacksonville, Morgon, IL. She died on 18 Oct 1935 in Halfway, Polk, MO. She was buried on 19 Oct 1935 in Fouth Cemetery, S.E. Of Halfway, MO. She has Ancestral File number 1ZPZ-D8.

She was married to Allen ANKROM on 17 Oct 1888 in Boliver, Polk, MO. She was sealed to spouse on 28 Mar 1986 in the St. George Utah LDS temple. Children were: Grace ANKROM, Rachel ANKROM, Robert ANKROM, Everett ANKROM, Lee ANKROM, Jesse ANKROM, Ella Mae ANKROM, Amy ANKROM, Pearl ANKROM, Orval ANKROM.

bullet Michael SCOTT was born on 7 Jul 1945. Parents: Howard Sherman SCOTT and Mable Irene RATCLIFF.

bullet Michael W. SCOTT was born on 7 Aug 1945.

He was married to Carol Yvonne SEITZ. Children were: Dwayne Alan SCOTT, Robbie Daryl SCOTT.

bullet Neil SCOTT was born on 2 Jan 1934. Parents: Howard Sherman SCOTT and Mable Irene RATCLIFF.

bullet Orville SCOTT

He was married to Gladys SCOTT.

bullet Ralph SCOTT was born on 9 Jun 1954. Parents: Howard Sherman SCOTT and Mable Irene RATCLIFF.

bullet Robbie Daryl SCOTT was born on 27 Aug 1971. Parents: Michael W. SCOTT and Carol Yvonne SEITZ.

bullet Sharon SCOTT

She was married to Charles Ernest SIX on 1 Dec 1967.

bullet Velma Arlene SCOTT was born on 30 Sep 1934 in Wenatche, Washington.

She was married to Mervin Dell FENIMORE on 8 May 1973.

bullet Aaron SCRIBNER Year: 1830 was born on 3 Mar 1799 in Waterboro, York County, Maine. He died on 10 Apr 1854 in Warren, Macomb County, Michigan. Aaron moved from Maine where he met his wife and had his first child through New York between 1830-1839, and to Ohio before 1841, then to Michigan sometime between 1841-1850.

An Aaron Scribner appears in the census records with correlating family information at Ohio, Lake County, Township of Concord in the 1840 Census Records (National Archives, M704, Reel 407, page 85)[Br²derbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Apr 28, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.10245.1]. The National Archives entry indicates Aaron's family group consisted of one free white male age 5-10 [concurs with information about Charles]; 3 free white males age 10-15 [concurs with information about Charles -- age 10, with two other unidentified males age 10-15]; one free white male age 40-50 [concurs with information about Aaron]; one free white female under age 5 [concurs with information about Sarah]; and one free white female age 40-50 [concurs with information about Rhoda]. Samuel would not appear because he was born in Ohio following the census. Samuel was probably born during the residence at Concord. Charles was born in 1830 in Somerset, Maine, and a corresponding entry appears for Aaron Scribner at Brighton, Somerset County, Maine in the 1830 Census (National Archives M19, Roll 51, page 259). This entry indicates that Aaron's family group consisted of 3 free white males under age 5 [concurs with 1840]; one free white male age 30-40 [concurs with information about Aaron]; and one free white female age 30-40 [concurs with information about Rhoda]. This information is entirely consistent with the Ohio census data 10 years later [Sarah & Samuel were not yet born].

Individual: Scribner, Aaron
County/State: Lake Co., OH
Location: Concord Twp
Page #: 084
Year: 1840
[Br²derbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Apr 28, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.8064.14]

Individual: Scribner, Aaron
County/State: Somerset Co., ME
Location: Brighton
Page #: 259
Year: 1830

Additionally, Aaron's wife Rhoda's mother Mary died in Painesville, Ohio in 1841. Assuming migration together, this would correspond.

The 1850 entry for Aaron's family group, which consists of Aaron, wife Rhoda, son Charles, daughter Sarah, and son Samuel, appears in the 1850 census in Michigan, Macomb County, Township of Sterling, page 228, dwelling number 902, family number 928 (National Archives reel #357). That census lists his occupation, and that of his son Charles as farmer. The various ages are listed as Aaron: 51, born in Maine; Rhoda: 51, born in Maine; Charles: 20, born in Maine; Sarah: 11, born in New York; and Samuel B.: 9, born in Ohio.

From the census data, two other males (probably older sons age 11-15, born 1831-1835) appear and need to be identified to fill in Aaron Scribner's entire family group. There are other entries in Macomb County for Thaddius Scribner (in Armada), Sulivan (in Armada), Nathan (in Armada), John C. (in Sterling), Enoc W. (in Sterling) and an interesting entry for Joel in St. Clair County (Port Huron Village)(this is the county that Minerva lived in following Charles' death). The most likely entries that would represent brothers for Charles would be for John C. and Enoc W. Scribner.

The 1860 census entry for John C. Scribner in Macomb County, Michigan, at Sterling (National Archives M653, Roll 553, page 915, line 25) shows that John C. Scribner was age 31 in 1860. That is within the correct age range required by the Aaron Scribner family age tracking requirements for John C. Scribner to be the older brother of Charles W. Scribner, and one of the two previously unidentified males in the Aaron Scribner family group. The census data indicates that John C. Scribner was born in Maine, which corresponds, and was a farmer, which also corresponds. His household contains a woman named Frances (I assume his wife) age 29, a boy named Ellbridge A., age 10, a boy named Albert C., age 7, a girl named Emma F., age 3, and a boy named Franklin G., age 1. All household members except John were born in Michigan.

The 1860 census entry for Enoch Scribner in Macomb County, Michigan, at Sterling (National Archives M653, Roll 553, page 811, line 29) shows that Enoch Scribner was age 31 in 1860. As is true for John C. Scribner, Enoch's age is within the correct age range required by the Aaron Scribner family age tracking requirements for Enoch Scribner to be the older brother of Charles W. Scribner, and one of the two previously unidentified males in the Aaron Scribner family group. The census data indicates that Enoch Scribner was born in Maine, which corresponds, and was a farm laborer, which also corresponds. His household contains a woman named Sarah (I assume his wife) age 28, a boy named Robert, age 8, a girl named Ellen, age 6, a boy named Frederick, age 1, and an unrelated farmer from New York. All household members except Enoch and the unrelated farmer were born in Michigan.

Aaron Scribner's birthdate and death date were obtained in a letter from Ray Scribner, and references "The Early Vital Records of Waterborough, Maine," an article in early editions of The New England Historic Genealogical Society Register. Parents: Thomas Parker SCRIBNER and Esther JELLISON.

He was married to Rhoda J CARLL about 1824 in Somerset County, Maine. Children were: Charles William SCRIBNER.

bullet Barbara Lynn SCRIBNER was born on 14 May 1960 in Arcada, California. Parents: Robert Norman SCRIBNER and Patricia BURNS.

bullet Charles William SCRIBNER was born on 5 Nov 1860 in Sterling, Macomb County, Michigan. He died on 27 Jun 1944 in Pendleton, Oregon. Obituary from The Redmond Spokesman, Redmond, Oregon, dated Thursday, June 29, 1944, entitled "William Scribner Dies in Pendleton" indicates that the date of death was June 27; that the funeral took place in Bend; that he had a widow named Ella, and four sons who survived him: Charles, Tom, Phil, and Aaron. The obituary also indicates a time line for William: he came to Bend in 1922 from Cloquet, Minnesota. He went to Minnesota from Saginaw or Bay City, Michigan, and had lived in both places prior to Minnesota. He worked in sawmills for over 50 years.

Another clipping entitled "Bend Man Set Record for Continuous Work" indicates that he started sawmill work in 1871 at the age of 11. That must mean that he was born in 1860. He worked for Shevlin-Hixon from 1922 until 1944 with the exception of two years in Carson, Washington.

Based on information taken from Thomas Jefferson Scribner's trunk: an additional entry into the family group can be gleaned from the trunk. William Scribner must have been the father of a Grace B. Scribner (Tom's sister Grace; I remember him mentioning her but I did not know who she was). There is a card in a book of condolences following her death. Her death occurred on April 19, 1922. A letter from Harry Ward to Corporal Jeff Scribner dated May 31, 1922 (shortly after Grace's death) sets forth the cause of her death (a traffic accident in New York City). These letters also indicate that Grace held a responsible position as Assistant Secretary of The Methodist Federation for Social Service. Another relative "Hazel Scribner Eastman" is mentioned. This must be the sister described by Muriel who married Warren Eastman. I know from the letter that they lived in Auburn, Washington. At some point, William Scribner must have lived in Baraga, Michigan, because that is where Grace directed that he be located in case of her death.

The trunk also contains a postcard from William Scribner to Lewis A. Steele, and is signed "your brother." Lewis must have been brought to Clark County, Washington at the same time that Clinton was brought. William must have stayed behind in the midwest. In fact, since he went to work at a sawmill at the age of 11, and Clinton was born when William was 18, Peter must therefore have moved when Clinton was 2 and William was 20. William was self-sufficient at that time, and would not have had to accompany his family to Washington.

Another announcement in the trunk gives a clue as to the composition of Aaron Scribner's family. The trunk contains a death announcement for Henry Thomas Carr Scribner, who died as an infant. From this announcement, we can identify Aaron's location in 1915 as Ontario, Canada.

Another photograph is marked "Phil Scribner & mother" and is dated 12/25/1929. No mention is given of the mother's name (which is a mystery still). The next photograph was identified to me by my mother as William Scribner, wife, and Charles N. Scribner. She also estimated that it had to have been taken around 1914 (I am not sure why).

From the 1880 census entry for the Peter Steele household, the first child of the Steele's was age 14 in 1880. Therefore, the Steele's were probably married no later than 1866


Live birth certifications by the attending physician were included for Charles W. Scribner and Thomas J. Scribner in the civil war minor's pension application files for Charles W. Scribner. Both birthdays matched up, but it appears as though William was really "Charles W." and "Jefferson T." was also in reality "Thomas J." Their full names are almost certainly Charles William Scribner and Thomas Jefferson Scribner. That means that William named his son (my grandfather) after his brother.

His birthday information was also taken from and matched to the 1900 Census Michigan census information at the United States National Archives in Washington, D.C.; volume 5; Enumeration District 10; sheet 2; line 47; dwelling number 25; family number 28. As of June 1, 1900, (from census information), William lived in Baraga Township, Baraga County, Michigan. [This is the location mentioned in Grace's letter following her death, contained in Tom's trunk.] William at that time was 38 years old, (corresponds to prior entry) and worked as a laborer. He was born in Michigan. He was unemployed for 3 months. He could read, write, and speak English. His wife's name is listed as "Hester C." The census information also states that he and Hester had been married for 36 years, but that cannot be correct (since he was only 38 years old). Only Phil is missing (he would not have been born yet).

William's family group information does not appear again in the 1910 Michigan census. I expect that I will be able to locate them in Minnesota for both the 1910 and 1920 census. He did not move to Oregon (from Cloquet, Minnesota) until 1922.

According to his obituary, in 1911, he was working in Gemmell, Minnesota. William came to Bend, Oregon from Cloquet, Minnesota in 1922. He worked as an edgerman in sawmills for over 50 years, and then became a tail sawyer. He first started sawmill work at Bay City, Michigan, in 1871, at the age of 11 years. When the pine was exhausted in Saginaw and Bay City, Michigan, he went to Minnesota, and then to Oregon. He was running a double edger in Saginaw, Michigan in 1874 when his partner quit to join Custer's 7th Cavalry. According to a postcard in Tom's trunk, William was (half) brother to Lewis A. Steele.

He is mentioned in a letter from Tom's trunk from Maude Moore as "Uncle Will".



Soundex for Scribner: S-615. Parents: Charles William SCRIBNER and Minerva A. ("Mary") HETCHLER .

He was married to Hester Caroline ??? before 1862 in Michigan. Children were: Thomas Jefferson SCRIBNER .

bullet Charles William SCRIBNER was born in 1830 in Brighton, Somerset County, Maine. He died on 28 Feb 1864 in City General Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. Charles W. Scribner volunteered in Utica, Michigan, and was mustered in to Company L, 22nd Regiment of the Michigan Infantry as a private on January 21, 1864 at Pontiac, Michigan. He came from the 5th Michigan congressional district in Macomb County, Sterling Township. At that time he was 33 years old. He died during the war, and the final statement indicates his birthplace as "Somersett, Maine."

The circumstances of Charles' death are very unfortunate. Per an affidavit contained in the pension application file of his wife Minerva (#52-206), after enlistment, he proceeded to Grand Rapids where measles were prevailing and he took the measles at camp. He nevertheless proceeded as far as Indianapolis, then took worse and had to be taken to the hospital. He died in the hospital in Indianapolis of this illness. He was never able to join his Company. He died on February 28, 1864, barely 30 days after his muster. He apparently died in a hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana of "lung congestion" of "consumption of the lungs." He was never able to join his Company. Charles had blue eyes, auburn hair, stood 5 ft. 8 " tall, and listed his occupation as a carpenter.

National Archives Civil War Pension index reference:

Scribner, Charles H.
Widow: Minerva A.
Minor: Jean R. (Gdn)
Service: Co. L, 22 Mich. Inf.
Date of filing: 5/20/1864 Widow Application #52206 Cert. #69698
11/30/1866 Minor #138086 Cert. #93-827

Charles appears with wife Minerva in the 1860 census in Michigan, Macomb County, Sterling Township, page 916, dwelling number 720, family number 667. In this census, it indicates that Charles was a farmer with real estate valued at $1100 and personal property valued at $200. His birthplace was listed as Maine, and Minerva's was listed as New York.

Charles is listed in his father's family group as a farmer in Michigan in the 1850 census. Thus, from that information Charles must have come to Michigan with his family between 1841 and 1850 from Ohio.


The pension record for the application of Minerva (#52-206) makes the relationship of Charles' children clear: Charles is listed as the father of Charles W. Scribner, born on 11/5/1860, and Thomas J., born on 5/28/1862. The children's application (#138086) was filed by a person named Robert Jean, who was appointed as their Guardian by a probate judge on 12/26/1865; Jean Roberts was listed as a resident of Clinton (in Macomb County, MI), although the children are listed as residing with their mother. The pension record also contains evidence of the marriage of Minerva and Peter Steele, evidence of the marriage of Charles and Minerva, live birth certificates for both minor sons, and evidence of the death and circumstances of the death of Charles.

The pension record contained a certificate of marriage between Charles W. Scribner of Sterling, Macomb County, Michigan (age 29) and Minerva A. Hetsler of Sterling, Macomb County, Michigan (age 18) on December 3, 1859, in Utica, Macomb County, Michigan. Present as witnesses were J.L. Hetsler of Sterling and Mary M. Hetsler, also of Sterling.

As further evidence and information, I checked the 1860 census record for Michigan. Charles appears with wife Minerva in the 1860 census in Michigan, Macomb County, Sterling Township, page 916, dwelling number 720, family number 667. In this census, it indicates that Charles was a farmer with real estate valued at $1100 and personal property valued at $200. His birthplace was again listed as Maine, and Minerva's was again listed as New York.

A death certification for Charles W. is contained in the widow's pension application file. The minor pension application also contains declarations in support of authenticity by a "Thomas P. Scribner" and "Catherine Scribner" from Macomb County, residents of Sterling, who were claimed to be personal acquaintences of the deceased Charles. Parents: Aaron SCRIBNER Year: 1830 and Rhoda J CARLL.

He was married to Minerva A. ("Mary") HETCHLER on 3 Dec 1859 in Utica, Macomb County, Michigan. Evidence and facts about the marriage is contained in Minerva's civil war pension application, number 52-206. The minor pension application #138086 indicates that the marriage took place in front of a Congregational Minister named Elder Platt. A marriage certificate in the pension application indicates that Charles was a resident of Sterling, Macomb County, Michigan, and was 29 years old when married; and that Minera A. Hoetsler was also a resident of Sterling, Macomb County, Michigan, and was 18 years of age. In attendance were J.L. Hoetsler of Sterling and Mary M. Hoetsler of Sterling. The certificate is signed by William Platt, Minister of the Gospel. Children were: Charles William SCRIBNER.

bullet Darrell David SCRIBNER was born on 9 Jul 1961 in Ukiah, California. Parents: Robert Norman SCRIBNER and Patricia BURNS.

bullet Edward SCRIBNER was born about 1693 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He died on 20 May 1756 in Brentwood, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Birth date based on estimate from birth date of oldest child; death date based on estimate from birth date of youngest child.[Br²derbund Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Edward was a blacksmith and a "man of sterling qualities." As did his brothers and many of the men of Exeter in those early Colonial days, Edward fought Indians as a soldier serving under Capt. Gilman.

Birth Records: United States/Europe, Birth Records, AAI Birth Records Extraction,

Date of Import: May 21, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.17.1.29434.41]

Individual: Scribner, Edward
Birth date: Abt 1696
Birth place: NH
CD# 100

[Br²derbund Family Archive #310, Ed. 1, Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789, Date of Import: Nov 23, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.310.1.1519.98]

Individual: Scribner, Edward
County/State: Merrimack Co., NH
Location: Salisbury
Year: 1776
[Br²derbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #0313, Date of Import: Apr 8, 1997]

Edward Scribner, blacksmith,m. bef. 1721 Abigail Leavitt page 615 Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Sybil Noyes, Chaarles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis Parents: John , Sr. SCRIBNER and Elizabeth CLOYES.

He was married to Abigail LEAVITT about 1717 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Children were: John SCRIBNER Age ranges in household: 02-00-01-0.

bullet Grace Beatrice SCRIBNER was born on 20 Oct 1935 in Seattle, King, WA. She died on 6 Jun 1989 in Reedsport, Oregon. She was working as an Accountant in Reedsport, Oregon. Grace graduated from high school in Elkton, Oregon in 1953 as the class Valedictorian.
The below notes are from Laura Cooper:

My mother told me that she was born on October 20, 1935, in Seattle Washington. Her mother was Dixie Elizabeth (Steele) Scribner. Her father was Thomas Jefferson Scribner. Her mother died when she was three years old and was buried close to Battleground, Washington. Because Grace was born in 1935, Dixie would therefore have passed away about 1938. At one point she tried to locate the grave but was unsuccessful. She had three older brothers: Thomas Jefferson Scribner, Jr [also known as "TJ"], born April 30, 1929; Robert Norman Scribner [also known as "Bob"], born June 28, 1931; and Herbert Benjamin Scribner [also known as "Ben"], born November 11, 1932. All three of her older brothers had worked in the lumber industry along the west coast in one capacity or another, and she believed that their father did, also, but she wasn't sure. She couldn't remember his name for sure. She also knew that her mother and father were related somehow, but that was hazy as well, and the family did not talk about it. Her grandfather was Clinton Richard Steele, but she could not really remember much about the Steele family, other than that she had an uncle and an ancestor named Pete Steele, and that Dixie had several siblings, including sister Muriel Steele.

For recent history, she knew that TJ married a woman named Rena, but she was not sure of Rena's last name or where TJ is or what he is doing. She knew that Bob had married a woman named Patricia [or "Pat"], that they lived in Santa Cruz, California close to her father, and that Bob had three children with Pat: William Scribner, Barbara Scribner, and David Scribner. She also knew that Bob had divorced Pat and remarried a woman named Delores [or "Dee"], and that they had had no children of their own. Ben had married a woman named Charlotte, but she did not remember Charlotte's last name. She thought they lived in Livermore, California.

While she was growing up, her father married a woman named Mary [previously Martin]. Mary had had three children by her prior marriage to Mr. Martin: Doris, Carl, and another son. Doris had married Conley Elms, and they lived in Beaver Marsh in central Oregon and had a son named Michael Elms. We visited them often while I was growing up. She believed that Doris had been married before. Carl (whom she loved dearly) was born in 1931. He married a woman named Helen, and they lived in the San Francisco and then San Diego, California areas. Helen had been married before and had a son in 1948 who is called Leonard Wesley "Martin" even though Carl is not the father. Carl, too, was married before to an unknown woman. Carl and Helen had two children of their own: a daughter named Robin and a son named Phillip. Robin married a man named Hawkins and had a son who is named Chad Hawkins. She did not know what happened to Phillip.

Grace often was left alone with Mary when her father would go away to work or do labor organizing. She remembers being whisked away from place to place, many times having to leave prized personal possessions (what few of them there were) behind. She recalls that her brothers all left home as young men. Finally, during high school, she had been moved to Elkton, Oregon. When her father again wanted to move, she was determined not to go. An arrangement was made for her to live with a local family until she finished high school (the Ted & Mildred Taylor family) who had four children (Janice, Judy, Rick, and Bob). Grace helped out around the house in exchange for room and board. Janice and Judy were like sisters to her -- something she had not experienced before. She graduated as valedictorian of her 1953 high school class in Elkton (a very tiny class), and subsequently enrolled at Oregon State College. Of all the freshman admitted, she achieved the highest entrance exam score on English. (A newspaper article in Tom's trunk describes Grace's achievement on the OSC entrance exam.) Her goal was to become a marine biologist (but, oh, did she have trouble with chemistry!). She lived in Azalea house (a cooperative) while in school because money was so tight. While there, she met another woman (who was a senior) who would later become a life-long friend [Marlene; married Thomas Tymchuk].

On one fateful trip to San Diego to visit her brother Carl in late 1953 or early 1954, she met and fell in love with Lowell Cooper, who was serving as a shipmate with Carl. Lowell was three years older than herself and had come from a tiny town in Southwest Nebraska outside McCook called Palisade. His mother Golda came from a midwestern pioneer farming family, and his father was also from a midwestern farm family. In fact, Lawrance's father (Lowell's grandfather) was a baptist minister as well as a farmer. Apparently, Lawrance started out with a farm of his own in Nebraska, but lost that during the depression. He then began working as a maintenance man. He and Golda were married in 1930 and had Lowell's older brother William Rex a short time (less than nine months) later. Lowell was born on November 29, 1932 in Hays County, Nebraska and spent his entire youth in Palisade, Nebraska. After graduation from high school, he joined up with the navy, and was assigned duty to a ship whose home port was San Diego, California.

Before spring break of her freshman year, Grace and Lowell had made plans to meet in San Diego and marry before Lowell shipped out. Thus, on March 20, 1954, Grace Beatrice Scribner and Lowell Everett Cooper were married at the Chapel of the Roses in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California.

The Taylors were furious when they heard the news. They thought this was a death knell for Grace's education. As soon as Grace returned from San Diego, she discovered that Azalea house would not allow married women to live there. As her world began to crash in on her, she and Lowell made plans for Grace to move to San Diego where they would live together until he got out of the navy. Grace soon moved to San Diego. Her first child (David Allen Cooper) was born on their first wedding anniversary at the naval hospital in San Diego (March 20, 1955). Lowell then received his discharge from the navy, and enrolled in Oregon State College in Corvallis with his veteran's benefits. To make ends meet, Grace went to work at the College. Their second child, myself (Laura Denise Cooper) was born on March 14, 1956 in Corvallis, Oregon, while Lowell was a freshman at OSC. Their third child, Elizabeth Michelle Cooper, was born on April 7, 1958, while Lowell was a junior business major at OSC. On many occasions during their college days (and after), Grace and Lowell packed up the family to go to a dairy farm outside of Dallas, Oregon, to visit Grace's aunt (Dixie's sister) Muriel (Steele) Smith. Muriel had married Randy Smith and they had two children: Randy, Jr. and Gloria.

Following graduation, Lowell accepted a job in the accounting department at a large lumber mill in Bend, Oregon. He eventually quit that job, and he then enrolled in the Internal Revenue Service school to become an IRS agent. The family moved to Portland, Oregon, where the fourth child, Nancy Joan Cooper, was born on June 11, 1961. Following his training, the family moved to the Eugene, Oregon area where he worked for the IRS. While in Eugene, David began attending school in the first grade. Shortly thereafter, Lowell moved his family to the Roseburg, Oregon area. It was there that I began attending school at the Green elementary school in the first grade. During that period, Lowell was either unemployed, or resorted to selling sewing machines door-to-door much of the time. At one point, the family purchased a 10-lb. bag of pancake flour, and that became the staple of the diet for quite some time. The family was too proud to accept government assistance for our financial dilemma. Eventually, the family determined to move to Elkton, where Grace knew enough people that she was sure that she could at least feed the family. In one of his job searches, Lowell drove to Reedsport (a short distance away), and managed to talk a local CPA [Gaylord Vaughn] into giving him some work. He commuted every day from Elkton for approximately one year. Lowell then moved his family to Reedsport to 1031 Hawthorne Avenue, an old two-story rental house. After working for Mr. Vaughn for a few years and getting to know many of the business people in the area, Lowell struck out on his own, with Grace to help him in the office.

Grace and Lowell built their accountancy practice from the ground up. Lowell took the CPA exam many times, but could not pass the auditing portion, and was therefore only eligible for a P.A. designation -- a matter that was a constant source of irritation for him (he regarded himself as a better accountant than most practicing accountants). Grace began to learn accounting from Lowell bit-by-bit, and over the years was able to do more and more of the work. Their practice was successful, and they built their own home in a new subdivision in Reedsport at 409 Westmont Street. In 1976, Lowell suffered a heart attack. In order to hold the family business together, Grace dug in and learned everything she could about the practice. A few years later, Lowell took in a business partner (Rodney McCullough) who was already a CPA. With his instruction and her effort, Grace learned accounting and accrued enough hours to apply for and receive her own CPA license. That license was earned in 1988, shortly before her death.

All of Grace's children went on to college. David graduated from the University of Oregon (after receiving a golf scholarship his freshman year) with a degree in business/accounting, and established his own accounting practice in Palm Springs, California. He married Leanne Marie Newell, of Joshua Tree, California, and has three children: Travis James, and twins Kathryn Elizabeth and Kevin Michael Cooper. I graduated from the University of Oregon with a major in general science and secondary teaching certificates in most science subjects, an eventually finished law school at the University of Washington in Seattle. I now live in Arlington, Virginia and practice law for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society nationwide (through the New York office). Elizabeth graduated from Oregon State University (formerly Oregon State College) with a degree in electrical engineering, and works as an engineer for the City of Portland. She married Jean Marc Ohlmann (who she met at OSU), a french citizen from Alsace. They have three children: Lydia Maureen, Franklin Thomas, and Marc Edouard Ohlmann, and live in Portland, Oregon. Nancy Joan ("Joanie") began college at OSU, but dropped out. She eventually went to secretarial school and became self-taught about computer applications and networks, and began her own computer firm in the Seattle/Tacoma area. She first married William Frakes and had a daughter named Elizabeth Frakes; then she married Sean Mann. Both William and Sean were residents of the Seattle area, where Joanie now works as a computer networking specialist.

In early 1989, Grace was diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma. The disease quickly spread, and she succumbed to death only six weeks later on June 6, 1989. She is buried in the Reedsport Masonic cemetery, between 2 empty plots (one intended for her husband Lowell at a later date, and one intended for myself at a later date).

Our family had only a sparse number of photographs of Grace (our mother) when she was a child. Thus, a series of three photographs of her in Tom's trunk as a child and a young woman were a real treasured find. The first, when she was probably about 7 years old, names her as "Ida B." She remarked on many occasions about that nickname with some distaste. The second was taken when she looks to have been in about 6th grade. The third was probably taken when she was about a Sophomore in High School.

Her birth information concurs with information contained in a birth certificate for my brother David. In March 1955, at the time of his birth, she was reported to be 19 years old.

Grace had a very unstable childhood, moving around with her father until she attended high school in Elkton, Oregon, and then college at Oregon State College (now University) in Corvallis, Oregon. She met Lowell (who was in the navy) through her step-brother, Carl Martin, who was Lowell's ship-mate. Grace is buried at the Reedsport Masonic Cemetery in Reedsport, Oregon. Parents: Thomas Jefferson SCRIBNER and Dixie Elizabeth STEELE .

She was married to Lowell Everett COOPER on 20 Mar 1954 in Chula Vista, San Diego, California. Children were: David Allen COOPER, Laura Denise COOPER, Elizabeth Michelle COOPER, Nancy Joan COOPER .

bullet Herbert Benjamin SCRIBNER was born on 11 Nov 1932 in Seattle, King, WA. Parents: Thomas Jefferson SCRIBNER and Dixie Elizabeth STEELE.

bullet John SCRIBNER Age ranges in household: 02-00-01-0 was born on 18 Aug 1732 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He died WFT Est. 1733-1822 in Waterboro, York County, Maine. John was the first Scribner to settle in Waterboro, moving there about 1770 from New Hampshire to do lumbering. He and his family settled near "Waterborough Old Corner." According to MAINE PLACE NAMES AND THE PEOPLING OF ITS TOWNS (YORK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES) by A. H. Chadbourne (1957): "The first permanent settlement (in Waterboro) was by John Smith in 1768 . . . (He) was joined by seven other families during the next two years: John Scribner, Robert Harvey, Alexander Jellison, Wm. Deering, Scammon Hodgdon, Wm. Philpot, and Wm. Nason. These men came from Berwick, Scarborough and Somersworth, New Hampshire, to engage in lumbering."

Along with his brother, Daniel, John served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.


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Individual: Scribner, John
County/State: York Co., ME
Page #: 69
Year: 1790
Age ranges in household: 02-00-01-00-00 Parents: Edward SCRIBNER and Abigail LEAVITT.

He was married to ??? about 1760. Children were: Thomas Parker SCRIBNER.

bullet John , Sr. SCRIBNER was born in 1657 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. He died on 31 May 1738 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Birth record from Charles N. Sinnett (comp.) THE HISTORY OF THE SCRIBNER FAMILIES IN AMERICA (Fertile, Minnesota; n. p., 1914), 18-19. The only known original of this typewritten document is in the Maine State Library, Augusta, Maine.

Death information from PROBATE RECORDS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, VOL. 2, 1718-1740, STATE PAPERS SERIES, VOL. 32, PART 1 (Bristol, N.H.; R.W. Musgrove, 1914); 556. Winifred Lovering Holman, "SCRIBNER NOTES," compiled for Albert Boyden (Boston: n.p., 1927):4.

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John was a blacksmith. He and his family moved from Dover to Exeter in 1689, after selling his Dover holdings inherited from his father. In 1698 he received 60 acres of land from the Town of Exeter. Also that year of 1698, he united with the newly-formed Congregational Church at Exeter. Then, in 1726, he received another 50 acres of land from the Town (Sinnett, SCRIBNER FAMILIES [note 5], 20-22. We learn the names of John and Elizabeth's children (at least, those who were living on March 2, 1735/36) from John's will. In the will he speaks of sons Joh, Edward, Samual and Joseph (who he named as Executor, leading us to suspect that Joseph was the oldest), and daughters Elizabeth Moody, Mary Gadon (Gordon), Abigail Young, Susanna Mudget and Sara Moody.

John and his son John Jr. are mentioned as part-purchasers of King's Falls Saw Mill in Exeter on 7 August 1723, along with Nathaniel Glidden, Henry Wadleigh, Daniel Ladd and others (N.H. Provincial Deeds, 14:179, quoted by G. W. Chamberlain in his book, THE DESCENDENTS OF CHARLES GLIDDEN OF PORTSMOUTH AND EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE [Boston: Published by the author, 1925]: 77).

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John Scribner Blacksmith, of age in 1685,Of Exeter,(N.H.), he was adm. to Hampton Ch. in July 1698 and soon dism. toEx. Jury 1693, 1696. Paid for keeping Goody (Mary) Atkinson in 1729. He m. Elizabeth Cloyes (2) who was liv. 2 July 1730,but dead 1 Mar. 1733-34 when he deeded Cloyes land to his sons. Will,2 Mar. 1735-6- 31 May 1738,names 3sons, 5 daus. and ch. of deed son Samuel. page 615 Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire By Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis.

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Individual: Scribner, Edward
Birth date: Abt 1650
Birth place: NH
CD# 100

John listed in Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire, page 615. Parents: John SCRIVEN and Mary MILLS.

He was married to Elizabeth CLOYES about 1688 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire. Holman, "SCRIBNER NOTES" [note 6], 4. Torrey, NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700 [note 3], 658. Children were: Edward SCRIBNER.

bullet John Reed SCRIBNER was born on 22 Nov 1962 in Santa Cruz, California. Parents: Robert Norman SCRIBNER and Patricia BURNS.

bullet Robert Norman SCRIBNER was born on 28 Jun 1931 in Seattle, King, WA. He served in the military between 1949 and 1952 in US Army. Bob served from 28 jan 1949 until 21 Aug 1952. He joined the Army to avoid the draft. He attended Supply School, then to Ft Benning, Georgia then to Japan working in a Fifth Bomb disposal squad. He was in Japan from Jul 1950 until Aug 1952 serving in the Tolyo Quartermaster Depot, Company A. Parents: Thomas Jefferson SCRIBNER and Dixie Elizabeth STEELE.

He was married to Patricia BURNS on 2 Jun 1956 in Reno, Nevada. Children were: William SCRIBNER, Barbara Lynn SCRIBNER, Darrell David SCRIBNER , John Reed SCRIBNER.

He was married to Delores REEVES on 12 Nov 1981 in Santa Cruz, California.

bullet Thomas Jefferson SCRIBNER was born on 11 May 1899 in Baraga TWP, Michigan. He served in the military in 1921 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tome was a sergeant in 1922 with the 35th US Infantry. Tom spent one year in Federal Prison in Leavenworth, Kansas for desertion from the army. He died on 28 Sep 1982 in Santa Cruz, California. He was buried in Oct 1982 in At Sea. Toms ashes were cremated and spread at sea. Birth month and year was verified by the 1900 Census Michigan census information at the United States National Archives in Washington, D.C.; volume 5; Enumeration District 10; sheet 2; line 47; dwelling number 25; family number 28. As of June 1, 1900, (from census information), Tom lived with his parents in Baraga Township, Baraga County, Michigan. He was 1 year old. He was born in Michigan, and so were both of his parents.

Tom Scribner (Dixie's husband) moved to the west coast from Minnesota as a young man, and moved up and down the west coast. Tom served in the United States Army, and was assigned at one point to the 35th U.S. Infantry. He was stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii, and in 1922 was a sergeant. He spent 1 year in Leavenworth for desertion from the army. After he left prison, he came out an avowed communist. Tom was known as "Jeff" to his family. His older sister, Grace, sent him to Washington to live with the Clinton Steele family because Grace was afraid Jeff would get tuberculosis (because he was so scrawny).

Tom worked as a "pondmonkey" (or "river pig") in the lumber business. After he retired, he became a traveling musical saw player of note and a full-time labor movement activist.

From my own lifetime, I know that Tom died September 28, 1982, in Santa Cruz, California, where he had been living in a cheap hotel downtown. After his death, his local fan club gave him a parade in the downtown area (full of hippies!). Tom was cremated at Santa Cruz, and his ashes were distributed at sea. After his death, a sea trunk full of his memorabilia were delivered to my mother Grace. She could not make sense of most of it during her lifetime because she was operating on such sparse information. She had intended to get Muriel to help her decipher it, but she never got around to it. After Grace's death, the trunk was kept by my sister Elizabeth in Portland, Oregon.

One letter in that trunk was from a "William Scribner" in Bend, Oregon, and was written to "TJ Scribner" in Redmond, Oregon. It begins "Son Jeff" and is dated March 20, 1943. It makes clear that "Jeff" is the son of "William" and is a heart-to-heart discussion of their relationship and an apology of sorts for not having done more for him. "TJ" it becomes clear is Tom, Dixie's husband and my grandfather, from a letter addressed to "TJ Scribner, Methow, Washington" dated June 13, 1938. It opens "Dear bro. Jeff" and is signed "Your sister Ella." It is dated shortly after Dixie's death, and it apologizes that no family could be represented at Dixie's funeral. "Ella" "Bramhall" must be Dixie's step-sister by Nancy Elizabeth Fenimore's first marriage, Ella Gentis, who married Bill Bramhall. "Jeff" would be her brother by marriage. From this I can glean that Tom was referred to by family as "Jeff" and that he and Dixie resided in Methow, Clark County, Washington, (which is outside of Battleground).

The next important letter unearthed was addressed to "My Dear Son Jeff and children," is signed "Your loving mother and grandma," and is dated June 13, 1938. This letter is also shortly following Dixie's death, and is datelined "Battleground, Washington." This letter was written either by Nancy Elizabeth Fenimore Steele, or by Jeff's mother. From that we can conclude that either Nancy Elizabeth Fenimore or Tom's mother must have been alive on June 13, 1938. The letter discusses why they cannot help Jeff out in any tangible way despite the tragedy.

Another important letter is marked "Dixie's last letter to you. Jeff." It opens "Dearest Dad." From this, I assume that Dixie had written a letter to her father before her sudden death that was then mailed by Jeff to her father Clinton following her death. It makes reference to "mother," from which I conclude that both Clinton and Nancy Elizabeth Fenimore Steele were still alive on June 3, 1938. The letter is interesting from a content perspective, because it describes my mother as "the baby" as well as discusses the colds that everybody had come down with. It was probably that same illness that ultimately took Dixie's life about one week later.

These letters give me the sense that Tom had an incredibly lonely struggle following Dixie's death, and little if any family support, despite the fact that he then had four young children to raise on his own.

Other items from the trunk give clues about family relationships. There was a card announcing the marriage of Thomas J. Scribner and Dixie E. Steele on September 9, 1927, in Portland, Oregon. A notation on the card states "at home in St. Helens, Ore."

A promotional flyer for the film The Wobblies, in which Tom was featured, was in the trunk. Letters indicating regarding the creation of the statute in Santa Cruz, as well as a protest letter about the statute were in the trunk. Additionally, several good photographs of Tom playing the saw were also present.

I personally know that there is a small statute of Tom in a small park in downtown Santa Cruz playing the musical saw player. He also appeared on recordings with Neil Young and with George Harrison. (I have recording copies that he sent to me.) He was a celebrity on several TV documentaries about his saw, including "On the Road" with Charles Kurault.

Tom appears in the 1920 United States Census records for the State of Washington (National Archives, Washington, D.C.) at volume 34, enumeration district 286, sheet 3, line 50. At that time, he was 20 years old (before June 1, 1920), and was living as an individual lodging with Clara Lucus at 1405 1/2 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce County. That census entry verifies that he was born in Michigan.

Birthplace Lansing, Michigan?[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with S, Date of Import: Apr 10, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.62785.61]

Individual: Scribner, Tom
Birth date: May 11, 1899
Death date: Sep 1982
Social Security #: 531-16-5888
Last residence: CA 95062
State of issue: WA

Soundex code for Scribner: S-615. Parents: Charles William SCRIBNER and Hester Caroline ???.

He was married to Dixie Elizabeth STEELE on 9 Sep 1927 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. Children were: Thomas Jefferson SCRIBNER Jr, Robert Norman SCRIBNER , Herbert Benjamin SCRIBNER, Grace Beatrice SCRIBNER.

He was married to Mary MARTIN.

bullet Thomas Jefferson SCRIBNER Jr was born on 30 Apr 1929 in Battle Ground, Clark, Washington. Parents: Thomas Jefferson SCRIBNER and Dixie Elizabeth STEELE.

bulletThomas Parker SCRIBNER was born in 1763 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He died on 7 Jul 1849 in Brighton, Somerset County, Maine. Parents: John SCRIBNER Age ranges in household: 02-00-01-0 and ???.

He was married to Esther JELLISON on 20 May 1789 in Waterboro, York County, Maine. Children were: Aaron SCRIBNER Year: 1830.

bullet William SCRIBNER was born on 19 May 1958 in Garberville, California. Parents: Robert Norman SCRIBNER and Patricia BURNS.

bullet John SCRIVEN was born on 27 Oct 1623 in Wem, Shropshire, England. He died on 2 Oct 1675 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. Birth information from Wem Parish Register, SHROPSHIRE PARISH REGISTERS, DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD, 9, Pt. 1, (Privately printed for the Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1908):51. See correction of the misspelling of John's name in Vol. 10, p. xvi IGI[note 13], 23, 642.

Death record from PROBATE RECORDS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, VOL. 1, 1635-1717. STATE PAPERS SERIES VOL. 31 (Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Co., 1907):157.

John listed in Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire, page 615; Will 11/27/1674



Family History: 217 Genealogy Books
Section IV, Chapter 5, Savage, Volume IV, Dictionary First Settlers of Northeast

SCRIVEN, SCREVEN, SCRIEVEN, or SCRIVINE, JOHN, Dover 1662, d.
2 Oct. 1675, says Quint, in Genealogy Reg. VIII. 65, though in the same l.
he makes his will of 24 Nov. 1674, probably 27 June following that date of its
making not of his death. Some error, which is seldom found in so careful a
writer must here demand correction. It mentions wife Mary, and children John, Ed-
ward, Thomas, and Elizabeth, all minors. The daughter perhaps married 1686, Samuel
Eastman.

John Scriven was the illegitimate son of an English Nobleman, Sir Thomas of Shropshire.

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John Scribner,Wells, Maine,1663,Capt. of a coasting vessel plying from Boston to Maine settlements, M. Mary Mills ( Thomas), who as his wid. cony. her Mills inher. to her d. Abibail Wiggin in 1719. page 152 Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire By Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Parents: Thomas SCRIVEN and ???.

He was married to Mary MILLS about 1655 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire. Children were: John , Sr. SCRIBNER.

bullet Thomas SCRIVEN

Children were: John SCRIVEN.

bulletEddie SCRUGGS.

Children were: Preston SCRUGGS .

bulletPreston SCRUGGS. Parents: Eddie SCRUGGS and Linda TERRELL.

Children were: Tyler SCRUGGS .

bulletTyler SCRUGGS. Parents: Preston SCRUGGS and LORIE.

bulletSCULL .

Children were: James SCULL.

bulletJames SCULL. SECOND COUSIN TO WIFE Parents: SCULL and CLARK.

He was married to Charlotte REMINE.

bullet Herbert C. SEARLESS

He was married to Frances K. ANKROM .

bullet Osea C. SEARS

He was married to Priscilla Matilda WILEY on 19 Feb 1874 in Jefferson County, Iowa.

bullet Mary SECKLER

She was married to Hiram Getman STOWELL .

bullet Edwin SEELY was born about 1889 in Oregon.

Children were: Frances M. SEELY.

bulletFrances M. SEELY was born in 1911 in Sherwood, Yamhill Co., OR. Parents: Edwin SEELY and Nellie (Nell) JONES.

bullet Carol Yvonne SEITZ was born on 27 Apr 1947. Parents: Lawrence SEITZ and Rosalie Fern ANKROM.

She was married to Michael W. SCOTT. Children were: Dwayne Alan SCOTT, Robbie Daryl SCOTT.

bullet Lawrence SEITZ was born on 27 Aug 1920.

He was married to Rosalie Fern ANKROM. Children were: Carol Yvonne SEITZ.

bullet Darrold F. II SELBY

He was married to Rose Mary SWIGART on 9 Jun 1973. Children were: Richard David Darrold SELBY.

bullet Richard David Darrold SELBY was born on 4 Dec 1973. Parents: Darrold F. II SELBY and Rose Mary SWIGART.

bullet Elizabeth SELLERS was born in 1781. She died on 11 Oct 1858.
"The Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families" by Howard Leckey.

"About the year 1775, three German families emigrated and settled near the mouth of the Pursley Creek. Two of these, by the name of Sellars, appropriated the lands since owned by John Buchanan and Fordyce Thomas. The other family bore the name of Provator, and improved the tract where Edward Wood and Doc. Huffman lived. A year later came Benjamin Pursley, and located the land now owned by George Hoge, Jr., and from him Pursley Creek was named. The family of the elder Sellars consisted of himself, wife and four sons, Leonard, Jacob, George, and John, the latter being demented. They lived in a cabin built for defense, located near a spring below the house of Mr. Buchanan, still standing. Leonard Sellers married Mary, the only child of Gaspar Provator, with whom the young couple lived. One afternoon in the fall of 1780, or thereabouts, Leonard shouldered his gun, and journeyed into the forest for game. Molly, the wife, with her twin children, and her sister-in-law, went out to gather grapes. Molly spread her apron upon the ground, and sat the two children upon it, and while busily engaged gathering clusters, Indians, creeping stealthily, fired or rushed suddenly upon them. Molly instinctively and instantly bounded away, oblivious to everything except the terrible vision of the inhuman savages rushing upon her, and firing after her. Having escaped their deadly clutch, she ran at her utmost speed, not halting till she had reached her own cabin, when someone exclaimed, "Why Molly, where are your children?" This was the first thought that the terror-stricken mother had, that her babes had been with her in the woods. With a shriek and a bound she flew back over the ground by which she had come, to meet death if she must, only intent on rescuing her little ones. When she reached the spot, she found the children sitting upon the apron as she had left them, but horrible to behold, both scalped. Fearing pursuit, the Indians had fled. On approaching the children, one of them looked up and smiled, when it recognized its mother. Folding them to her bosom in the apron as they sat, she hurried home, and upon her arrival, found a huge butcher knife in the folds of the apron, that the savage had dropped. One of the children died, and the other lived to become the wife of Joseph Ankrom and the mother of a family. The sister-in-law who was with her, was carried away, and was never heard no more. During the first run home, the mother saw the bark knocked off a sapling before her by the ball from the Indian's gun, which passed between her body and her arm, but fortunately did not harm her, and when she jumped off the creek bank into the sand, she made a greater leap than any man in the settlement was able to do. But the powerful exertion required for the leap, and the running back and forth, together with the shock produced by seeing her poor scalped babes, proved nearly fatal. She was completely broken down, and for over a year was in a very feeble and critical condition, never regaining her natural vigor. So violently was her hatred of the savages ever after, that she not only became much excited whenever she related these incidents, but usually added, "If ever I should see an Indian, no difference where he was, or who, or how friendly he pretended to be, I know I should try to kill him--I know I could not help it." The husband returned at evening, but so horror and grief stricken that he soon sickened and died. Thomas Hoge, who furnished many of the particulars related above, says; "My parents when first married, sixty years ago, settled on Pursley Creek, where John Hoge now lives, on the improvements made by Ben Pursley, for whom both the creek and Ben's Run took their names. Old Molly was a practicing midwife. She also adds that when they settled on Pursley there were but two or three families above them on all the waters of that stream. There were in places two miles or more together of solid woods, without a stick amiss, where deer, wolves, and wild turkeys were very plentiful with a sprinkling of bears and rattlesnakes. The deer were very troublesome in pasturing off the young wheat in winter and early spring and wolves were so bold that it was difficult to raise poultry, lambs, or pigs."

The Sellars babe who lived to marry, is said to be the progenitor of all the Ankroms of Greene Co., PA.

Parents: Leonard SELLERS and Mary "Molly" PROVATOR.

She was married to Joseph ANKROM in 1796 in West Virgina. Children were: Jacob ANKROM, Jesse ANKROM, Martha ANKROM, William ANKROM, Richard ANKROM, Solomon ANKROM, Ruth ANKROM, John Henry ANKROM.

bullet Leonard SELLERS was born in Pennsylvania.

He was married to Mary "Molly" PROVATOR about 1780 in Pennsylvania. Children were: Elizabeth SELLERS.

bullet Susannah SELLERS was born about 1804 in Ten Mile Creek, Green, Pennsylvania.

bulletHannah SEWALL was born on 21 Dec 1675. She died on 4 Jul 1677. Parents: John SEWALL and Hannah FISHENDEN.

bullet Hannah SEWALL was born on 26 Dec 1677. Parents: John SEWALL and Hannah FISHENDEN.

bulletHenry SEWALL was born on 7 Sep 1682. Parents: John SEWALL and Hannah FISHENDEN.

He was married to Elizabeth TITCOMB on 1 Jan 1707 in Massachusetts.

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