Miles Burr Scribner (1873 - 1940)

Born 13 Jul 1873 in Springfield, Penobscot County, Maine

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Died 20 Jan 1940 at age 66 in Seattle, King County, Washington

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Biography

Miles was born in 1873 in Penobscot County, Maine. His parents were Henry and Almira (Burr) Scribner.

Miles married twice in his life. He married first to Laura B. Pettengill, the daughter of Columbus L. and Mary Jane (Bradbury) Pettingill, on August 31, 1895, in Island Falls, Maine. Miles and Laura would have a son, Charles Columbus Scribner, born on July 9, 1896 in Island Falls, Maine.

In the 1900 U.S. Census, Miles is alone, living in a boardinghouse in Washington state. Evidently by this time he and Laura had divorced.

By 1908 Miles had relocated to South Dakota where he was married to Margaret Campbell, the daughter of John William and Phoebe M. (Lane) Campbell. Together they would have several children as follows:

Margaret June (Scribner) Owens (1909-1985)

John Burr Scribner (1911-1989)

Henry Campbell Scribner (1913-1985)

Elmira (Scribner) Schiell (1915-1989)

Theodore Roosevelt Scribner (1918-1972)

Lillian Janice (Scribner) Daquila (1921-1986)

In 1917 Miles was living in Perkins County, South Dakota and self-employed as a watch maker while running a watch repair service according to his World War I Draft Registration documents.

By 1930 he was back living in Washington state where he passed away in 1940 at the age of 66 years.

Sources

• Scribner Family Profile on Miles Burr Scribner [1]

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNV-FSR : 27 November 2014), Miles B Scribner and Laura B Pettengill, 31 Aug 1895; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCDK-FKQ : 4 April 2020), Miles B Scribner in entry for Charles Columbus Scribner, 09 Jul 1896; citing Island Falls, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMP5-TL7 : accessed 13 August 2020), Miles B Scribner in household of John Hollingshead, Basin, Boulder, Galena, Index, Monte Cristo, Silverton, and White Horse Precincts, Snohomish, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 209, sheet 12A, family 341, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,750.

• "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-YP86 : 11 February 2018), Miles Scribner in entry for Margaret Scribner, 17 Jun 1909; citing Birth, Pennington, South Dakota, United States, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre.

• "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-NLL9 : 11 February 2018), Miles Scribner in entry for John Scribner, 03 Feb 1911; citing Birth, Pennington, South Dakota, United States, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Z1-89M : 25 August 2019), Miles Burr Scribner, 1917-1918.

• Family Search Profile on Miles Burr Scribner [2]

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-368G : 13 March 2018), M Burr Scribner in entry for Charles C Scribner, 26 Feb 1921; citing Island Falls, Aroostook, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.