Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Scribner, John Edward October 12, 1920
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Virginian-Pilot  October 13, 1920
JOHN E. SCRIBNER IS DEAD; AGED 76

Former Policeman Served the City in 1873 Under Chief Benson

ONCE LAMPBOY IN OLD HOPE FIRE DEPARTMENT

John E. Scribner, Norfolk police­ man during the stormy days of the reconstruction 
following the Civil War, died yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock at the residence 
of his son, R. L. Scribner, 112 West Sixteenth street. He was 76 years old.

Mr. Scribner entered thy city police department as second sergeant in 1873 and 
served during the regime of C. C. Benson, chief of police. Prior to entering the 
police department, he served as a lampboy in the old Hope Fire Department of 
Norfolk. He was a native of Norfolk, as were his father and mother before him, and 
resided in this city all his life. Leav­ing the police force in 1881, Mr.
Scribner entered the employ of A. Wrenn & Sons, with which concern he remained 
until his retirement from business several years ago.

Surviving him are a son, R. L. Scribner; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Quinn, and five 
grandchildren. Fu­neral services will be held at the residence of R. L. Scribner 
tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

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