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Sources
1. Title:   rscrbnr.ged
2. Title:   WorldConnect -- James Sergent
Publication:   [email protected] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:3000563
3. Title:   A HISTORY OF OTISFIELD, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE FROM THE ORIGINAL GRANTTO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1944
Page:   556
Author:   William Samuel Spurr
Publication:   The author, 1953
4. Title:   g.s., Eaton Cemetery, Eaton, Washington, Maine.
5. Title:   Charles E. & Emma (Springer) Scribner Letters
Page:   Unpaginated. 3rd page
Author:   Basil Kinney (comp.)
Publication:   Belfast, Maine: Unpublished manuscript, 1986

Notes
a. Note:   [rscrbnr.ged] Both of Hannah's parents were born in Waterborough and died in Baring, Washington County. Nathaniel (who went by "Nathan") was a farmer. However, he is remembered as having had several other skills, according to his daughter, Malinda, who wrote in a letter addressed to her niece, Hannah Eva (Scribner) Haney: "My father was a shingle weaver, making shingles by hand. He was a forester and looked after the land for a Mr. Todd. He learned the shoemakers trade when a young man and I can remember he made me a pair of shoes once. He was a great guide and good hunter. He helped spot the road from Topsfield to Houlton and from there to Ashland, Maine He was a good singer and had a good education, was fond of children who all called him Uncle Nathan. He was an expert with a canoe or boat and a great swimmer. He could swim on his back. Mother had a good education for those days. She learned the trade of the tailor when young; she was a nice cook and used to make wedding cakes for all the weddings in the neighborhood. She was also a dressmaker. She was very handy with her needle. She used to do a lot of embroidering, but she had a shock about the time I was twelve years old and did not do much after that. She was a mid-wife. My father's home used to be a place for all travelers to stop. It was the 'home by the side of the road.' Father never refused to keep anyone all night, nor to give them something to eat. When a traveler came that was so dirty he did not want to put him in a bed he would make a bed for him by the big open fire and sit up all night to keep the fire going to provide warmth for him. He never charged for keeping them nor providing their meals. They were always welcome. He was a jolly man, always telling stories and singing." Source: Basil Kinney, "Charles E. & Emma (Springer) Scribner Letters" [op. cit]. Unpaginated. 7th and 8th pages.


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