1823 Born to Cyrus and Lois Libby.

1830 Census for Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine: Cyrus Libby family of 12.

1840 Census for Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine:

1848 - Intention of marriage filed on Oct 20, 1848. Marriage of Samuel Brackett and Elisabeth Libby performed on Nov 17th by Rev. William Tobey. Source: Rumery book; Scarborough Historical Society.

1850 Federal Census for Corinna, Penobscot, Maine: Sam'l Brackett, age 23, Occupation: carpenter, wife Elisabeth, age 22, both born in Maine.

1860 Federal Census for Richmond, Shawano, Wisconsin in June 2nd: Samuel Brackett, age 32, Occupation: carpenter, value of real estate: $150, value of personal estate: $ 300, Elizabeth, age 34, George, age 5, Benjamin, age 4. Samuel & Elizabeth born in Maine, George born in MA, Benjamin born in WI. all

1863- Civil War draft registration in July & August 1863 of Samuel F. Brackett, 35, carpenter, born in Maine, of Shawano, Wisconsin. Service: discharged on Feb 7, 1963.

1866 Remarriage of Samuel in Port Huron, MI, to Lucy M. Fick, born June 8, 1847 in Canada. She died May 16, 1929 in Port Huron, MI. Her Father born in NY, her mother in Ireland. Based in 1900 Fed. Census

1870 Federal Census for Jefferson, Greene, Iowa: Samuel Brackett, age 52, Occupation: butcher, wife Lucy, age 32, son Frank Brackett, age 22, Occupation: butcher, daughter Pearl, age 4. Samuel born in Maine, Lucy in Canada, Frank in WI, Pearl in IA.

1870 - Est year of death. Burial location is uncertain but is believed to be with parents and daughter. Presumably she returned home with daughter, Alice, who married back into the Libby family ca. 1880. Research needed. Civil War Pension File for Samuel states that Elisabeth died about July 1870. Found in the Portland Daily Press dated 4 July 1870 died on 23 June 1870 in Biddeford, Maine Mrs. Elisabeth Brackett.

1900 (her spouse had remarried) Federal Census for South Street, Jefferson, Greene, Iowa: Samuel Brackett, age 72, Occupation: clerk; grocery, wife Lucy, age 52, married 34 years, 1 child born, 1 alive, servant Mattie Winklman, age 33. Samuel born in Me, Lucy in NY, Mattie born in IA. Their daughter Esa Pearl, born Aug 4, 1875 in Jefferson, IA, married 1895 Byron Alexander Baker, ( 1870-1928) died 1959.

1905 Death of spouse Samuel F. Brackett. GAR membership records for Iowa: Enlistment as Pvt. In Co. I, 32nd Wis. Vol. Inf. Reg't. on Aug 9, 1862, discharge. disability Feb 7, 1863. Lists birth as Aug 1, 1827 'near Portland, Maine' and death as Mar 25, 1905 in Jefferson, Green County, Iowa. (FindAGrave # 62807449). Married #2: Lucy Fick in 1866 at Port Huron, MI. Daughter with Lucy: Esa Pearl Baker of Port Huron, MI.

Siblings:
Phineas - b. Sep 30, 1801 in Scarborough, d. Aug 23, 1884
Cyrus Jr. - b. Sep 13, 1804 in Scarborough, d. 1886 in Ballarat, Victoria
Drusilla - b. Mar 9, 1809 in Scarborough, d. Oct 22, 1828 in Scarborough
Foxwell Cutts - b. Nov 24, 1811 in Scarborough, d. Oct 22, 1842 in New Orleans
Dorville - b. Feb 7, 1814 in Scarborough, d. Jan 8, 1890 in Portland
Lydia - b. Jan 13, 1817 in Scarborough, d. ?
Josiah - b. Mar 26, 1821 in Scarborough, d. Mar 22, 1854 in Three Mile Bay , Jefferson, NY.
Elizabeth - b. 1823, d. 1869 (?)

Children:
George Ashley - b. 1854 in Medford, MA. 1960 Census is Portland, 1880 in Limerick.
Benjamin Franklin - b. 1856 Janesville, WI, m. Martha Ann (nee Truesdale) Talcott 1891, d. 1931 (FindAGrave # 46251924 & 46252018)
Alice Abby - b. Richmond, Shawano, WI, (FindAGrave # 107534581), d. May 2, 1945 Portland, ME.