Editing Scipio, New York (section)

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*[[Sayles Jenks Bowen]], Mayor of Washington, DC, from 1868 to 1870.  He was a noted civil rights advocate, born in Scipio. Son of Josiah Bowen and Deborah Jenks.
* [[Thomas J. Drake]], justice of [[Utah Supreme Court|Utah Territorial Supreme Court]] and third [[Lieutenant Governor of Michigan]], born in Scipio,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://records.ancestry.com/thomas_jefferson_drake_records.ashx?pid=57644970|title= Thomas Jefferson Drake|publisher= Ancestry.com|accessdate= May 30, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Henry Farnam]], philanthropist and railroad president, born in Scipio<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Scipio-New-York.html|title= Scipio, New York|publisher= City-Data.com|accessdate= May 30, 2014}}</ref>
* [[James Strang]], founder of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)]], a faction of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], born in Scipio. In addition to serving as president of his church, Strang also served as the self-proclaimed king of a now-defunct ecclesiastical monarchy he established on [[Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)|Beaver Island, Michigan]], and also served 1{{frac|1|2}} terms in the [[Michigan House of Representatives]] prior to his murder in 1856 at the hands of two disgruntled followers.  His ''Ancient and Modern Michilimackinac: Including an Account of the Controversy Between Mackinac and the Mormons'' (1854) was published by the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. Its portions dealing with Beaver Island flora and fauna were considered definitive for nearly a century. Strang left Scipio with his parents at the age of three; they moved west.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rodgers|first=Bradley A.|title=Guardian of the Great Lakes: The U.S. Paddle Frigate Michigan|date=1996|publisher=University of Michigan Press|page=60|isbn=0472066072|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U38ka8Rm3NMC&q=James+Strang+scipio+ny&pg=PA60}}</ref>