PHEBE KELLOGG {603} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b>, dau. of Epenetus {211} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h>, b. in Norwalk, about 1743; m. Capt. Nathaniel Scribner, b. in Norwalk, 23 Dec., 1743, son of Mathew Scribner and Martha Smith.

He d. 4 Sept. 1799, in Louisville, Ga., where he had gone to purchase horses; she survived him.

Rem. after marriage to Putnam Co., N. Y., to a point about ten miles west of the present Brewster's Station.

In the Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, at Albany, vol. 1, pp. 487, 488, 564, honorable mention is made of Capt. Scribner; also in Blake's History of Putnam County, pp. 94-96; he lost the use of an arm in battle; a musket ball struck his wrist and passed out at the elbow. In 1790 he rem. to Norwalk, Conn., where he built a mill. Later he built a tide mill in Compo, near Westport, Conn.

He was a revolutionary soldier. During the war he was absent so much that he was quite a stranger to the younger children. On one occasion he returned on a furlough of only twenty-four hours and reached home almost destitute of clothing. His wife took in the situation at a glance. The sheep were driven into a corner of the pasture; one was caught and shorn; the wool was washed and dried by the blazing fire; then carded and spun into yarn; then (with the help of the daughters) knit into a pair of long stockings, which were washed, dried and ironed before the expiration of the twenty-four hours.

After the death of Capt. Scribner, his wife and daus. Elizabeth, Esther and Anna established a boarding school in Morristown, N. J. After the death of Anna, they were induced to join the family in going to New Albany, Ind. The emigration of the family was made in 1811 or '14 on horseback, and by wagons and flat boats down the Ohio.

The newly purchased town site was a dense forest, but trees were felled and log houses built, the first one being for Mrs. Scribner. In this house was organized what is now the First Presbyterian Church of New Albany; the first four members were Mrs. Scribner and three of her children. Lots worth $5,000 were set aside by the sons and constitute the basis of the present Scribner High School.

Elizabeth made the journey between Philadelphia and New Albany on horseback three times.

Children:

James Scribner {1891} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9a>, b. ---; m. ---, in New Albany, Ind.; had three children.

Eliphalet Scribner {1892} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9b>, b. ---; m. (1) --- Bradley. He was interested with his father in the mill at Compo, but after their failure he went to Port au Prince, Haiti, and became a prosperous merchant. In the massacre of the French, he was one of the five white men saved; food was brought to him by the blacks in his concealment. He caused the failure of his brothers in New Albany by drawing on them for $25,000, which they accepted; he d. suddenly in Haiti.

Jemima Scribner {1893} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9c>, b. ---; m. Samuel Penny. He was a member of the firm of Samuel Penny & Son, merchants, New York; res. in Southeast, N. Y.; had ten children.

Joel Scribner {1894} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9d>, b. ---; m. Mary Bull, dau. of Deacon Bull, of Milford, Conn.; res. in New Albany; had eight children. Joel and his brothers Nathaniel and Abner, are recognized as the founders of New Albany, and of the Presbyterian Church. The Scribner House is located in downtown New Albany, on the southeast corner of State and Main Streets, and is the oldest building in New Albany.

Martha Scribner {1895} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9e>, b. abt. 1724; m. Uriah Scribner, b. 1715 in Norwalk, her cousin, son of Rev. Matthew Scribner.

Phebe Scribner {1896} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9f>, b. ---; m. William Waring.

Esther Scribner {1897} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9g>, b. ---; m. Dr. Morey Hale.

Nathaniel Scribner {1898} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9h>, b. ---; m. Elizabeth Edmonds, his cousin. He d. while returning from a meeting of the Legislature at Corydon, having secured the formation of the County of Floyd. She m. (2) Dr. Asabel Clapp.

Elijah Scribner {1899} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9i>, b. ---; was a merchant in New York; a partner of Samuel Penny.

Anna Scribner {1900} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9j>, b. ---; d. in Morristown, N. J., where she was a teacher, aged about 22.

Elizabeth Scribner {1901} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9k>, b. ---; m. Dr. John Wood; d. in Galena, Ill., from injuries received by being thrown from a sleigh while returning from church at night; had two children.

Abner Scribner {1902} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9l>, b. ---; res. in New Albany, Ind.; had two sons.

Lucinda Scribner {1903} <1.2b.3a.4f.5e.6f.7h.8b.9m>, b. ---; d. young; buried in Greens Farms, Conn.