Brief Life History of Franklin
When Franklin Scribner was born in 1835, in Saratoga, New York, United States, his father, Alexander Scribner, was 39 and his mother, Leurancy Frazier, was 39. He lived in Glade Township, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Sumner Township, Buchanan, Iowa, United States in 1880.
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- Frank Scribner in household of Jehiel Dixon, "United States Census, 1860"
- Frank Scribner in household of Hiram Fay, "United States Census, 1880"
- Franklin Scribner in household of Alexander Scribner, "United States Census, 1850"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1837
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Buchanan, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Buchanan, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Buchanan, Iowa, United States
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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