When Wesley Scribner was born about 1813, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, his father, Lewis Smith Scribner, was 49 and his mother, Susan Redden, was 34. He married Martha Patsy Jones in 1835, in Shelby, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Shelby, Illinois, United States for about 5 years and Township of Flat Branch, Shelby, Illinois, United States for about 5 years. In 1850, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as i was a farmer in Township of Flat Branch, Shelby, Illinois, United States. He died on 19 June 1894, in Pleak, Shelby, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Long Grove, Lake, Illinois, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Shelby, Illinois, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English: variant of Scrivener . This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
History: The Scribner family that founded the American publishing house was established in America by one Benjamin Scrivener, who settled in Norwalk, CT, in 1680. The present form of the name was adopted after 1742. The firm was established in 1846 by Charles Scribner (1821–71), who was born in NY, where his father was established as a prosperous merchant.
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