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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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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Harvey Scott Part 8 Death and Burial

• 30 January 1865 Harvey Scott Death 
• Phthisis
• Burial
• Cemetery
• Historical Insights -- Medicine during the Civil War

This is only three months before the end of the Civil War.

January 1865

Harvey Scott January 1865 Death Register

This is the handwritten register which includes Harvey Scott's death.  He was a Private of Company E, 10th NH Infantry, died 30 January 1865.  He died at G.H. Ft. Monroe, Virginia.  He died of Phthisis.  I've never heard of this, I'll get back to it.  Comments says E. McClellan AF?A.

Phthisis

from Medicine Civil War -- Nurses

Phthisis is a progressively wasting or consumptive condition; especially :  pulmonary tuberculosis, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.  He died of tuberculosis. If you look at the register, you'll see several men died the same day.  

Civil War Diseases: Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis killed about 14,000 soldiers during the war. There was no known cure for it during the war. Even today there is no real cure, it can be treated but never cured. Once you get this disease you get it for life. -- Civil War Academy

From Pinterest

Harvey Scott 1865 Veterans' Gravesites
from Ancestry.com

This is an index from National Cemetery Administration's US Veterans' Gravesites list.  Harvey Scott was in the US Army, died and was buried the same day, 30 Jan 1865.  He is buried at Hampton National Cemetery, Cemetery Road at Marshall Avenue, Hampton VA.  Section E, Site 944.



This is the entrance to the Cemetery

Harvey Scott Cemetery Entrance
Find A Grave Memorial# 118519019

This is a photo of the gravestone.  USA.  Harvey Scott.  N.H.  Pretty worn down.

Harvey Scott gravestone
Find A Grave Memorial# 118519019

Harvey Scott mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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below information from Ancestry.com's 

Historical Insights: Medicine during the American Civil War

Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesHarvey Scott

HISTORICAL INSIGHTSMedicine during the American Civil War

Medicine during the American Civil War

Ambulance wagon trains lined up near battlefields in
preparation for the wounded soldiers who would
inevitably require their assistance. 1863, City Point, Virginia. Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

During the American Civil War, the sheer volume of wounded soldiers forced doctors and nurses to develop life-saving medical techniques.

The vast majority of deaths during the American Civil War were not on the battlefield; they were caused by disease. In 1861 germ theory did not exist, the root of infection remained a mystery, and medical training was crude. Little advancements had been made in the field since the American Revolution; some physicians still championed medieval methods of bloodletting, purging, and blistering to rebalance the body’s humors. However, development in weaponry, namely faster, more accurate rifles and shells killed hundreds of thousands and left many more badly wounded. Thus the war forced doctors and nurses to rethink medical treatments, as tens of thousands of soldiers flooded the ill-equipped field hospitals. The sheer volume of injured men prompted rapid amputations. By 1865, a surgeon could remove a limb in six minutes flat. Anesthetics were common—chloroform and ether were given to patients, along with morphine for the pain. Ambulance service also was born during the Civil War. The fallen were gathered from the field, their wounds wrapped up, and they were shuttled to battle-side hospitals. But for many, these advancements in techniques and sanitation came too little too late—upwards of 500,000 Americans died from disease and infection before the war’s end.

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Army doctors were unprepared for the scale and type of injuries that flooded the field hospitals. At the time of the Civil War, there was little understanding of sanitation—infections were common and often required the amputation of limbs. 1863, USA. Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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Many hospitals were at capacity because of the immense number of wounded soldiers. Makeshift infirmaries were set up in tents in all major cities, including the nation’s capital at Washington, D.C. May 1864, Washington, D.C.. Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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For amputees the recovery process was long and difficult. Many had to relearn to walk, while some remained wheelchair-bound. 1865, Washington, D.C.. Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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In hospitals, disease spread quickly. With little knowledge of hygiene, doctors and nurses put their lives at risk to treat the flood of incoming wounded soldiers. About 1862, USA. Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

Harvey Scott Part 7 Another Deed 1864

• 1864 Deed

May 1864

Here is another deed only a couple of years later.  Let's see what this one says

Harvey Scott 1864 Deed first half

Book 181.  Know all Men by these Presents, That We, John G. Smith of Salisbury county of Merrimack and state of New Hampshire and Clara J. Smith, wife of the said J.G. Smith, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to us in hand, before the delivery hereof well and truly paid by Harvy Scott of the same Salisbury, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeof, convey and confirm unto the said Harvy Scott his heirs and assigns forever, 

a certain tract of land laying and being in said Salisbury and bounded as follows, to wit:  commencing at the south west corner of Elipalet Little's land and running north on said Little's west line to a wall running westerly, thence on said wall westerly to land of Wm. H. Moulton, thence southerly on said Moulton's easterly line to a bound three rods north of Harvey Scott's most westerly corner bound, thence easterly parallell with said Scott's north line four rods to bound, thence southerly three rods to said Scott's north line, thence easterly on said Scott's north line to his northeasterly corner bound, thence southerly on said Scott's easterly line to the highway, thence easterly on said highway to the bound first mentioned, reserving to the said Smith his heirs and assigns forever the right of way acrost the foregoing described land to land which the said Smith owns adjoining said land on the north side of said described land also reserving the right to cross and recross to and from a piece of land which said Smith now owns laying between the foregoing described land and land now owned by the said H. Scott containing five acres be the same more or less

Harvey Scott 1864 deed second half

To have and to hold the said granted premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, to him the said Harvy Scott and his heirs and assigns, to his and their only proper use and benefit forever.  And I the said J.G. Smith and my heirs, executors, and administrators, do hereby covenant, grant, and agree to and with the said H. Scott and his heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof, I am the lawful owner of the said premises, and am seized and possessed thereof in my own right in fee simple; and have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid; that the said premises are free and clear from all and every incumbrance whatsoever; and that I and my heirs, executors and administrators, shall and will warrant and defend the same to the said Harvey Scott and his heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whomsoever.  And I Clara G. Smith, wife of the said J.C. Smith, in consideration aforesaid, do hereby relinquish my right of dower in the before mentioned premises.

And we and each of us do hereby release, discharge and waive all such rights of exemption from attachment and levy or sale on execution, and such other rights whatsover, in said premises and in each and every part thereof as our family homestead, as are reserved or secured to us or either of us, by the Statute of the State of New Hampshire, passed July 4th, 1851 entitled "An Act to exempt the homestead of families from attachment and levy or sale on execution," or by any other Statute or Statutes of said State.

In Witness Whereof we have herunto set our hands and seals this thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord 1864.

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us:  Isaac Sanborn; J. M. Hayes?; J.G. Smith [his mark]; Clara J. Smith [her mark].

State of New Hampshire, Merrimack.  Personally appeared the above named John G. Smith and Clara J. Smith and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be their voluntary act and deed -- before me, dated the thirty first day of May 1864; J. M. Hayes, Justice of the Peace.  Received June 1 1866

Harvey Scott 1864 Deed

This is the deed in its entirety.  It looks like Harvey purchased more land adjoining his current land.  It looks very twisty in the descriptions, so I can't determine how large this tract of land is.  I can recognize that he paid $150 for land that was right next to his.

Harvey Scott mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

In this 1860 map found on Old Maps Online, you can see the road running southwest is called South Road.  I think this area (not the area marked in blue, but just to the west of this marked area) is where we should find the Harvey Scott farm.  I think it would be a farm, or maybe a homestead.

1860 Salisbury NH
from OldMapsOnline.org

This is an index map.  Salisbury is located in section 244.  The next map is the detailed part of that section showing property ownership.

Salisbury Index map

This is a close up detail of a 2000 property map of Salisbury NH.  The town is right at the convergence of all those roads, with South road going to the left.  I suspect the property is north of South road.  Although I don't really know.  I would love to know.  Can you help me out?  Do you know where this property is?

Property Map of Salisbury NH, Map No. 244
detail showing Salisbury

Am I anywhere close?  Is this YOUR Harvey Scott?

Harvey Scott Part 6 Enlistment in US Army 1862

• Harvey Scott Joins the Army
• Historical Insights -- Military Advancements in the Civil War

22 August 1862

Harvey Scott 1862 Enlistment
Civil War from Ancestry.com 2017

Harvey Scott enlists in the Civil War Army.  He is 36 years old, starts off as a Private for New Hampshire, and apparently he died in the war.  This record shows that he did not survive the war.  He was in Company E, New Hampshire 10th Infantry Regiment with about 2 weeks training.  The sentence "Mustered out on 30 Jan 1865" is when he died.

Harvey Scott Enlistment record
from Fold3

State of New Hampshire.

• his name is Harvey Scott, he was born in Londonderry Vermont (notice the correction of the place name), and he is 36 years old.
• He was a Farmer
• He enlisted in Merrimack, 22 August 1862 as a private in the Militia of New Hampshire for three years.
• He is 5'9 1/2" tall, with blue eyes, brown hair and light complexion.
• Is this his signature?  Let's look at this.  The handwriting, again, looks like Spencerian penmanship.  To be honest, it looks like the writing is uniform, and written by the same person, including Harvey's "signature" which wasn't too uncommon, I think.  It seems as if Abram A. Sleeper, the Recruiting Officer filled out the form, then had Samuel C. Bartlett sign as the Justice of the Peace.  So, unless I am mistaken, this would NOT be Harvey's signature.  

Do you know anything about this?  Did Harvey know how to write?

Vintage Image, canon-2
from AntiqueClipArt.com

Harvey Scott mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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From Ancestry.com's Historical Insights: 

American Civil War -- Military Advancements

While a select few Confederates laid hands on the new weapons, most were issued traditional munitions.
Unlike the North, which had factories to produce the arms, the South remained agrarian during the Civil War.
1861, Charleston, South Carolina. 
Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Advancements in military weapons made the American Civil War a conflict of unparalleled carnage.

During the American Civil War, new weaponry revolutionized battle. The repeating rifle with Minié balls that allowed soldiers to fire seven rounds in 30 seconds without reloading replaced the musket. The repeating rifle increased accuracy, extending the firing range from 80 yards to 1,000. Thus forces were spaced further apart on the battlefield and to protect themselves built extensive fortifications and trenches. Hand grenades and land mines also came into use during the war. However, the new explosives were finicky—sometimes Confederate soldiers used blankets to catch the incoming explosives and simply tossed them back to Union lines, where they exploded. From the skies, passenger balloons spied on enemy lines and from below, Confederate submarines attacked ironclad ships enforcing the Union blockade. Unfortunately, technological advancements outpaced medical innovation. The wounds caused by these new weapons were often deadly. In battle, modernized weapons proved harrowing. The sheer scale of fatalities and injuries was unmatched and, today, the Civil War remains the deadliest conflict in American history.

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One inventive weapon used by the Confederacy during the war was the Winans Steam Gun, which used steam instead of gunpowder to propel bullets. Only one was ever produced. Between 1861 and 1865, USA. Credit: Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

 

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Railroad lines carried supplies and men across the North and South during the Civil War. Thus invading armies often targeted tracks to interrupt military transportation. Between 1861 and 1865, Georgia. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

 

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During the war, Confederate forces targeted Northern factories. In June of 1864, the Southern Army successfully blew up this D.C. arsenal and factory, killing 21. Between 1861 and 1864, Washington, D.C.. Credit: Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images