This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scofield Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XEC.2ACE/1686 Message Board Post: From the march 29th edition of the Adams County Press Dwelling Burned.--The dwelling house of Mr. T. A. Scofield, of the town of Preston, in this county, situated about two and a half miles northeast of Friendship, was burned down on the evening of the 19th, together with nearly all its contents. Mrs. Scofield had gone to a neighbor's on an errand, while Mr. Scofield sat in the kitchen reading. Two little children were sleeping in an adjoining room, wherein a kerosene lamp was burning. Mr. Scofield heard one of the children cry out and went to see to it, when, on opening the door of the room, he found it all ablaze. His first care was to save his children. That done, he turned his attention to his househod goods; but could do but little as he was suffering from a very lame foot on which a horse had stepped. One bed, a sweing machine and some minor things were all that were saved of the contents of the building. The loss must be at least $500, about one-half covered by insurance. I am not related to this person. This article is in its entirety.