Luther B Scranton (1846 - 1931)

Born 29 Jan 1846 in North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Mar 1931 at age 85 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Luther was born 29 Jan 1846 in North Branford, Connecticut.^[1] He was the son of Martin Scranton and Sally Thomas.^[2]

He was living with his parents in North Branford in 1850, and 1860.^[3][4]

He appeared twice in the 1870 census: on 1 June 1870 in North Branford in the household of his parents working as a joiner^[5] and on 9 Jun 1870 in Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut working as a joiner living in the household of William Bristol, a carriage maker, and Lucy Bristol.^[6]

He married Martha Jennette Crowell, daughter of Nelson T. Crowell,^[1] about 1871. He was a wagon maker, and moved to North Farms, Wallingford in 1873.^[1]

In 1880, he was living in Wallingford, Connecticut with wife Martha Jennette, daughters Grace and Alice and his father Martin.^[7]

Luther and his family lived in Wallingford.^[8][9][10]

He registered for the Connecticut Military Census on 27 Feb 1917 in Wallingford.^[11] He was married, working as a machinist. He had previously been a carriage maker. He had lost 2 fingers off his right hand.

He died in 1931 in Wallingford, Connecticut.^[12][13][14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} J. L. Rockey, Editor, History of New Haven County, Connecticut: Volume 1 (New York: W.W. Preston & Co, 1892), p. 445; digital images, Internet Archive; Sloan Foundation, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyofnewhave00rock : accessed 21 November 2017; Luther B. Scranton.
2. ↑ Scranton: Page 53, Page 53
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68P-W4R : 12 April 2016), Luther B Scranton in household of Martin Scranton, North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing family 659, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRS-7TM : 30 September 2017), Lester Scranton in entry for Martin Scranton, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7V-XKV : 12 April 2016), Luther B Scranton in household of Martin Scranton, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 8, family 80, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,611.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7X-6FF : 12 April 2016), Luther Scranton in household of William Bristol, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 22, family 181, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,606.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCR-J3Y : 19 August 2017), Luther Scranton, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district ED 61, sheet 49A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0104; FHL microfilm 1,254,104.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97Z-QB8 : accessed 21 November 2017), L P Scranton, Wallingford borough (north side), New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 415, sheet 2A, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,147.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK26-RKS : accessed 21 November 2017), Luther B Scranton, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 459, sheet 13A, family 285, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 137; FHL microfilm 1,374,150.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM5N-Y8S : accessed 21 November 2017), Luther B Scranton, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 199, sheet 2B, line 51, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 278; FHL microfilm 2,340,013.
11. ↑ "Connecticut, Military Census, 1917," database on-line, Ancestry.com (: accessed 21 November 2017), Luther B Scranton; Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Connecticut Military Census of 1917. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
12. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7VZ-M3X : 3 December 2014), Luther B. Scranton, 1931; citing , reference 213; FHL microfilm 3,367.
13. ↑ State Vital Records Office; Hartford, Connecticut; Connecticut Vital Records — Index of Deaths, 1897-1968. Name: Luther Scranton Death Date: 17 Mar 1931 Death Place: Wallingford, Connecticut, USA Ancestry.com. WEB: Connecticut Death Records, 1897-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019.
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images ( : accessed 03 July 2022), memorial page for Luther B Scranton (1847–17 Mar 1931), Find A Grave: Memorial #211714120, citing In Memoriam Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jessica (contributor 46837839) .

See also:

• Scranton, Erastus. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Scranton of Guilford, Conn., who died in the year 1671 (Case, Tiffany and Co., Hartford, 1955)