Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm part 4 -- 1870s Life goes on

• 1870 Census, Salisbury NH
• 15th Amendment to the US Constitution
• 1873 daughter Mertie is born
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 1870 

Census

1870 Census
Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm
Salisbury New Hampshire

She is 36 years old, living with her husband Amos L. Ham, also age 36.  Amos apparently has a daughter from a previous marriage, Nellie Ham who is 13, the same age as Mary's son Marshall Scott.  Adella G. is 10 years old, Silia (indexed as Lila E. Scott) is 8 years old

Salisbury within Merrimack County
and the county within New Hampshire
from Wikipedia

1870 

15th Amendment to the US Consittution

15th Amendment to the US Constitution

Credit: Thomas Kelly/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

from Ancestry.com Historical Insight

The 15th Amendment outlawed racial discrimination at the election polls, but white leaders in the South ignored the Constitution. In 1870, Mary Jane Bacon may have witnessed or experienced political discrimination while living in Salisbury, New Hampshire after ratification of the 15th Amendment.

1873

birth of fourth child, Mertie M. Ham in New Hampshire, father Amos Hamm

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Resources

"New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.  Ancestry.com

• Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire
• Findagrave.com memorial
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77431876&ref=acom
• Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire
• Shaw Corner Cemetery, from MapCarta
• https://mapcarta.com/22530846
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1860s Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm part 3 -- 1860s, Civil War

• 1860 Census Salisbury NH
• Northern Women during the Civil War
• 1862 daughter Silia born
• 1865 husband Harvey Scott dies
• 1866 marriage to Amos L. Hamm
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1860 

Census

Harvey and Mary Jane Bacon Scott Census part 1
Salisbury, Merrimack New Hampshire

Harvey and Mary Jane Bacon Scott Census part 2
Salisbury, Merrimack New Hampshire

They lived in Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire per Census.  She was 28 years old, her husband Harvey was 33.  Children Marshall was 3 years old and Adela G. was 4 months old.  Also living with them is Harvey's sister Lucretia M. Scott, age 31 years old.  It doesn't look like she ever married.  We will try to find out in another blog.

Harvey and Mary Scott purchased some land, to check out the land deed, see Harvey Scott's blog 

Northern Women during the Civil War Historical Insight

1865 Women during the Civil War
Historical Insight from Ancestry.com
Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images

The American Civil War presented Northern women with new opportunities outside of the domestic sphere.

1862

third child Silia Scott was born

The Cure for Strong Drink
The Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 December 1886
from Newspapers.com

1864 

second plot of land purchased with Harvey Scott , check the link for information.

1865

Husband Harvey Scott died of Tuberculosis 30 January 1865 at G.H. Fort Monroe, Virginia
Andrew Johnson's Inauguration Historical Insight.  Click on the link to find out more about his death and the circumstances surrounding it.

1866

Mary Jane Bacon married Amos L Ham in Salisbury, New Hampshire, in 1866 when she was 34 years old.  I don't have primary sources for this marriage, yet.  But she had young children, and it was pretty important to have a husband as a partner.  Wonder how they met?  He had also been married before, had a daughter the same age as Marshall.

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Resources

"New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.  Ancestry.com

• Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire
• Findagrave.com memorial
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77431876&ref=acom
• Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire
• Shaw Corner Cemetery, from MapCarta
• https://mapcarta.com/22530846
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Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm part 2 -- 1850s, young adult and marriage

• 1850 Census Boscawen NH
• Glasworks in NH
• 1855 Marriage to Harvey Scott, Boscawen NH
• 1856 son Marshall Scott born Salisbury NH
• 1860 daughter Adella born Salisbury NH
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1850 

Census, Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Mary Jane Bacon
1850 Census
Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Starting with line 12, Henry and Dorcas Bacon, both age 46 are living on the farm with their children David, Charles and Jane Bacon.  Dorcas' parents John and Rachel Carter also live with them.  Here, she seems to go by the name of "Jane."

Boscawen within the county of Merrimack
and the county within New Hampshire
from Wikipedia

Glassworks in New Hampshire

1850 Glassworks in New Hampshire
Historical Insight from Ancestry.com
Credit: Hulton Archive/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

In New Hampshire, the glass industry began to take shape during the American Revolution, [and] became the heart of the state’s industry. 

1855 

Marriage

Harvey and Mary Jane Bacon Scott Marriage Record

Married Harvey Scott on 2 January 1855 in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire.  Not much to see in this record.  So much information not written down by what I think of as a lazy clerk.  It must have been a cold wintery wedding.  Again, I wonder how did they meet?  By the way, in the Ancestry.com index, her husband is indexed as "Hanry" Scott.

1856 and 1860

First child, Marshal Winfield Scott born 11 October 1856 in Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Second child, first daughter Adella Grace (aka Della) Scott was born 4 February 1860 in Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Resources

"New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.  Ancestry.com

• Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire
• Findagrave.com memorial
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77431876&ref=acom
• Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire
• Shaw Corner Cemetery, from MapCarta
• https://mapcarta.com/22530846
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Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm part 1 -- 1830s, the Early Years

• 1832 Mary Jane Bacon is born Boscawen NH
• 1837-1838, brothers Charles and David are born
• 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
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Mary Jane Bacon Scott, wife of Harvey Scott.  She lived through the Civil War, and the turn of the century. 

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

You can check out the Ancestry.com entry I have for her here.



Below is the Family Group sheet report generated by the Legacy Genealogy software.

Family Group Sheet for Harvey and Mary Jane Bacon Scott
from Legacy

1832

Mary Jane Bacon 1832 Birth Record

Mary Jane Bacon was born on March 30, 1832, in Boscawen, New Hampshire, to Dorcas Carter Bacon, age 29, and Henry Bacon, age 28.

1837 - 1838

birth of brother Charles Bacon

birth of brother David Bacon

1848 

Seneca Falls Convention Historical Insight

1848 Seneca Falls Convention 

Historical Insight from Ancestry.com

Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images

During the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, female leaders gathered together for what would be remembered as the birth of the women’s suffrage movement. -- Ancestry.com

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Resources

"New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.  Ancestry.com

• Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire
• Findagrave.com memorial
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77431876&ref=acom
• Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire
• Shaw Corner Cemetery, from MapCarta
• https://mapcarta.com/22530846