Adella Grace Scott Scribner Part 1 of 8 -- 1860s

Adella Grace Scott Scribner 1860-1944

daughter of Harvey and Mary Jane Bacon Scott

1860s

Adella Grace Scott Scribner LifeStory from Ancestry

4 February 1860 

Birth

Adella Grace Scott was born in Salisbury, Merrimack County NH.  Below is her birth certificate.  The frustrating thing about New Hampshire vital records is that they rarely filled in anything more than the absolute necessities.  But at least it provides evidence of her date and place of birth, her father's name and place of birth, and her mother's maiden name.

Adella Grace Scott 1860 birth certificate

1860 Census 

19 July 1860, age 4 months, living with her parents, older brother Marshall, and her father's sister, Aunt Lucretia M. Scott.  They all lived in Salisbury NH.  This image is the second part, since Harvey's name starts on the previous page.  You can find the entire thing in a previous post.

Adella Grace Scott 1860 census

Screen shot from Google Maps showing Salisbury NH in relation to some other major areas, including Vermont, New York, Ontario.

Salisbury NH from Google Maps 2019

1861 age 1

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

1861 Abraham Lincoln, 16th President

(Wikipedia -- Lincoln, 2018)

“Lincoln led the nation through the Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.”  In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the Federal government and modernized the economy (Wikipedia -- Lincoln, 2018).  

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."  -- Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln, 2018)

Historical Insight -- Northern Life in the Civil War

Adella Grace Scott was in the North as the United States was torn apart by the American Civil War.

1862. Credit: Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images  – Ancestry.com Historical Insight

"More than 360,000 Union soldiers lost their lives during the Civil War; a notification of death was usually delivered to families by telegram or a fellow soldier." – Ancestry.com Historical Insight

1862, age 1

sister Silia was born  -- it is difficult to find anything about her.  I'll have to blog about her later, if I can find anything.

(Newspapers.com -- A Mormon's Opinion, 1866)

1864 

Lincoln runs for President with Johnson

1864 Lincoln Johnson campaign poster
(Wikipedia -- Lincoln, 2018)

1865 age 4

Father Harvey Scott died, 30 January 1865 in Hampton Virginia at the age of 39.  You can find my research on his death here.  She was only 4 years old, but her father was gone fighting in the Civil War for much of her life.  How much did she know about him, or remember about him?  What was life like before he died, and how much did their life change afterwards?  She had an older brother and a younger sister.  Harvey had purchased a couple pieces of land before he died, I think the family lived and farmed there.

(Newspapers.com -- clip art, millstones, 1866)

President Lincoln was assasinated.

1865

Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States

1865 - 1869 Andrew Johnson

(Wikipedia -- Andrew Johnson, 2018)

"Slavery exists.  It is black in the South, and white in the North" -- Andrew Johnson (Johnson, 2018).

1866 

Mitchell Walker was elected as the First Black US official in Massacheusetts.

1868 age 6

Mother marries second husband Amos L. Hamm II on 1 May 1868 at Franklin NH.  You can find my blog on this event here.  I still don't have much primary evidence on this event, and I still wonder how they met?  I surmise that, since Amos also fought in the Civil War, that Amos knew this family from that connection.  Or, perhaps it was because they lived in the same geographical area.  Amos had lost his wife, and had a daughter a couple of years older than Adella, so perhaps it was a marriage of convenience?  Hard to say.  You can find the first of my blogs on Amos Hamm here.  His life was pretty amazing.

(Newspapers.com -- clip art, politcal advertisements, 1866)

1869

Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1869 Ulysses S. Grant

(Wikipedia -- Grant, 2018)

"In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins" – Ulysses S. Grant (Grant, 2018).

In other news -- this is the decade in which South Carolina cecedes from the Union, Kansas enters the Union as the 34th state, and Colorado, Nevada, and both Dakotas become territories;  Ku Klux Klan was founded by those who hated the idea of blacks living free in 1865;  Lister invents Disinfection (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

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Resources

Ancestry -- Adella Grace Scott Scribner. (2019, November 6). Adella Grace Scott Scribner 1860-1944. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14582634/person/145967463/story

Ancestry Historical Insight. (2019). Northern Life in the Civil War. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/contextux/historicalinsights/civil-war-life-in-the-north/persons/145967463:1030:14582634

Google Maps. (2019). Salisbury New Hampshire. Retrieved from Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Salisbury,+NH/@43.4694958,-74.9050557,7.31z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e20fe5e7b2da11:0x31fdd52843021743!8m2!3d43.3800768!4d-71.7170222

Grant, U. S. (2018, December 12). Ulysses S. Grant Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/ulysses_s_grant

Johnson, A. (2018, December 13). Andrew Johnson Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuote: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/andrew_johnson

Lincoln, A. (2018). Abraham Lincoln Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/abraham_lincoln

Newspapers.com -- A Mormon's Opinion. (1866, January 6). The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) ·  Sat, Jan 6, 1866 ·  Page 1. Retrieved March 18, 2017, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

Newspapers.com -- clip art, millstones. (1866, June 29). The Courier-Journal. Retrieved from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

Newspapers.com -- clip art, politcal advertisements. (1866, April 7). The Louisville Daily Courier. Retrieved from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

OurTimelines.com. (2018). TimeLines. (Timelines courtesy of www.ourtimelines.com. Timeline formatting and technology copyright © 2000-2018 ourtimelines.com, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED under the Pan-American Conventions.) Retrieved from OurTimeLines.com: http://ourtimelines.com/

Scott, J. (2017, November 17). 1860s Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm part 3. Retrieved from Scott Family Research: https://scottfamilyresearch.blogspot.com/2017/11/1860s-mary-jane-bacon-scott-hamm-part-3.html

Scott, J. (2017, October 20). Harvey Scott Part 8 Death and Burial. Retrieved from Scott Family Research: https://scottfamilyresearch.blogspot.com/2017/10/harvey-scott-part-8-death-and-burial.html

Scott, J. (2018, February 11). Amos L. Hamm part 1. Retrieved from Scott Family Research: https://scottfamilyresearch.blogspot.com/2018/02/amos-l-hamm-part-1-husband-of-mary-jane.html

Wikipedia -- Andrew Johnson. (2018, December 13). Andrew Johnson. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson

Wikipedia -- Lincoln. (2018). Abraham Lincoln, 16th President. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

Wikipedia -- Grant. (2018, December 12). Ulysses S. Grant. Retrieved from Wikipedia.com: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant

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