Bio: Ambrose Scribner :Ashland, Grafton Co, New Hampshire From Gazetteer of Grafton County, NH 1709-1886 -Ashland Compiled & published by Hamilton Child 1886 Ambrose Scribner was born in Andover, N. H., June 13th, 1817, and located in what is now Ashland in 1849, and with his brother engaged in the manufacture of shoes for a Massachusetts firm. In this he continued five years. In 1855 he bought, in company with W. P. Drake, a paper-mill of George W. Mitchell, now one of Wilder & Co.'s mills, and manufactured Manila paper and straw board about a dozen years ago. Franklin Scribner sold out his interest, and, with Lewis Scribner, built the paper-mill which was sold to Wilder & Co. in 1871, and burned in 1884. Ambrose Scribner sold out to Mr. Drake and acquired an interest in the shoe-peg mill, established by Col. Jesse Ladd and Aaron M. Gordon about 1849. He erected the present mill, operated by Carter & Rogers, in 1880, which property he now owns. He has held the office of town treasurer four years, and that of selectman one year. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. Submitted by: Rick Giirtman rickman@worldpath.net Date: January 6, 2001 ****************************************************************************