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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 8 January 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Turtlecreek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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DR. SELDON SMITH SCOVILLE, physician, Lebanon, was born in Vienna, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Sept. 9, 1824. He is of English, French and German descent; his father's great-grandfather, Noah Scoville, came from England and was one of the first settlers of Waterbury, Conn.; his mother's grandfather, Jonathan Griffin, was one of three brothers who emigrated from the North of England, and settled near Oxford, Conn. His grandfather, John Griffin, son of Jonathan Griffin, was the first white person born at Oxford, and was afterward a Lieutenant in the French war. His paternal grandfather, Amasa Scoville, was a native of Waterbury, Conn., and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He and several brothers emigrated to Northeastern Ohio in 1811. Asahel Scoville, Amasa's son, came to Ohio with his family, consisting of his wife and two children, about the same time. Dr. Scoville commenced the practice of medicine at Niles, Trumbull Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1850, and in the year following came to Southern Ohio, and located at Bethel, Clermont County. Upon the breaking-out of the rebellion he assisted in raising a company of State Guards, and was elected its Captain, but under an order from the Governor this company was merged into a regiment then organized, and he was appointed and served as Surgeon of the regiment In September 1861, this regiment being disbanded, he served on a military committee and assisted in organizing the 59th O. V. I., which was made up of enlistments from the counties of Clermont and Brown. The following summer, he served on the County Military Committee, and assisted in organizing the 89th O, V. I Sept 1, 1862, he entered the service as Senior Assistant Surgeon of the 121st O. V. I., but in consequence of a severe attack of illness he was compelled to resign in the following summer. In July, 1863, he moved to Lebanon, where be has since continued in the practice of medicine. Dr. Scoville |
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gives considerable attention to the study of natural sciences, and is a member of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has discovered many rare and valuable fossils, and contributes largely to many of the standard scientific journals of the country. He was married at Bethel, Clermont Co., Ohio, in 1852, to Miss Mary Ann Blake, a native of Maryland, by whom he has had four children, a son and two daughters living, and a daughter who died in infancy. |
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