Olive Scriven (1795 - 1876)

Born 28 Dec 1795 in Grafton, Rensselaer, New York

Ancestors

Died 3 Feb 1876 at age 80 in Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York

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Biography

Olive appears in the 1855 NYS Census at age 59 living in Petersburgh, living next to the Babcock and Allen families, who are on either side of her property.

1870 United States Federal Census lists her as 74, also living with Polley Kengon, 82. in Petersburg, NY. By the New York, State Census, 1875, she is living in Poestenkill, Rensselaer, NY. RootsWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2010 lists her death a year later on Feb. 3, 1876. Her will was probated [New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999] on 14 Apr 1876. Appears that she never married.

Buried on Scriven Farm

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jonsaunders&id=I4736

Obituary, from Maria Scrivens:

•ID: I4736 •Name: Olive SCRIVEN Sex: F •Religion: Seventh-day Baptist •Birth: 28 DEC 1795 in Grafton, Rensselaer Co., New York •Note: SDB Church •Census: 1860 Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York •Note: age 64 1 •Census: 1870 Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York •Note: age 74 1 •Death: 03 FEB 1876 in Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York •Burial: FEB 1876 Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York; William Scriven Farm

Obituary 17 FEB 1876

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 32, No 7, p 3, Feb. 17, 1876. In Petersburgh, N. Y., Feb. 3d, 1876, Miss Olive Scriven, in the 81st year of her age. The subject of this notice gave herself to her Savior when about sixteen years old, and united with the Berlin Seventh-day Baptist church, and remained an exemplary member till the Petersburgh church was organized; she then united with that church. She was universally respected by her acquaintances for her sterling Christian qualities, adhering strictly to the observance of Jehovah's Sabbath. She passed away in the full triumph of faith. B. F. R.

Sources

Maria Scrivens: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jonsaunders&id=I4736

Census: 1860 Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York

US Census: 1870 Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York

Web: RootsWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2010

New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 on 14 Apr 1876.

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

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