Josiah Segar Scribner (1836 - 1861)

Born 7 Jul 1836 in Unity, Waldo County, Maine

Ancestors

Died 15 Oct 1861 at age 25 in Baltimore, Maryland

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Biography

Josiah was born in 1836, the youngest child of Broadstreet and Betsy (Segar) Scribner, in Unity, Maine, where he was raised.

We he was 25 years old, not long after the Civil War broke out, on August 21, 1861, Josiah enlisted in Company E of the 7th Maine Infantry Regiment. The regiment was initially sent to Washington D.C. and then on to Baltimore, Maryland. On October 15, 1861, Josiah died while at Baltimore, most likely from disease. This contention is based upon the fact that the 7th Maine did not see battle action until April-May of 1862 and also on the fact that of the over 300 deaths suffered by this unit during the war, over 200 were due to sickness and disease.

Josiah's body is buried at Loudon Park National Cemetery, Grave No. 1788, Baltimore, Maryland.

Sources

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1X-RC3 : 14 January 2020), Josiah Segar Scribner, 1836.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V4-GBG : 22 December 2020), Josiah Scribnen in household of Broadstreet Scribnen, Unity, Waldo, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• US National Park Service Civil War Database Soldier Details on Josiah S. Scribner [1]

• US National Park Service Civil War Database Battle Unit Details on Union Maine Volunteers 7th Regiment, Maine Infantry [2]

• US Quartermaster's Department ROLL OF HONOR, Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union, Interred in the National Cemeteries, 19 Publication: 1869. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1994

• Scribner Families Organization - Family of Broadstreet and Betsy (Segar) Scribner [3]

• Family Search Profile on Josiah Segar Scribner [4]