Records indicate that William Scribner, Charles father, was born on April 29, 1821, in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio.  William married Susan Sophia Newberry some time around 1847, and had 8 children. Their names were Wallace, George, Viola, Minerva, John, Thomas Harvey, Charles, and Jacob.

The information that our family has collected indicates that 3 of William's sons decided to move their families westward. Thomas Harvey, and his two brothers; George and Charles, took their families towards the Indian Territory.

Viola was born on August 3, 1852. Viola married Johnston Maxwell on December 19, 1869. Johnston was born in Ohio, and came from a large and prominent family from West Virginia. Johnston and his father, Marshall Maxwell, had a reputation for raising fine horses of exceptional quality. Johnston had three children from a previous marriage. Having no children of their own, it appears that Viola raised Johnston's children, the oldest being seven at the time of their marriage. This seems evident in a photo that I have marked with the inscription " Thanksgiving 1900", that pictures all of them together.

I speculate that this photo was sent by Viola to her brother, Thomas Harvey, when he and his family were living hundreds of miles away in Indian Territory. This photo has remained in our family for over 106 years, and we are very proud of the history it represents.

Viola was "recognized as a cultured and refined lady, who, by her many excellencies, has gained a wide circle of friends. She belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has long been an active worker in church and Sunday-school, doing effective service in the cause of Christianity" .

This information can be found in the book "Memorial and Biographical Record of Delaware, Union, and Morrow Counties, Ohio"
publication: Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1895
Page 424.
 

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