Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJames Scarbrough Jr 
Birth18 Oct 1807, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
Census1840, Luzerne Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#460, pg 254
Census1850, Liberty Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#700, pg 75
Census5 Aug 1870, Liberty Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1229, pg 332
Census1880, Liberty Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1038, pg 10
Death3 Oct 1896, Mt Liberty, Knox Co, OH
BurialHedding Methodist Episcopal Cem, So Bloomfield Twp, Morrow Co, OH
OccupationFarmer
FatherJames Scarborough (1766-1834)
MotherHannah Hipsley (1770-1856)
Misc. Notes
According to Carolyn Dauner: Was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Fayette Co, PA. When he moved to Knox Co, OH he took a prominent part in the building of the Hedding Chapel Church, where quite a few Scarboroughs are buried.
1840 census Males: 2<5, 2=30-40 Females: 1<5, 1=15-20, 1=20-30, 1=60-70 it appears that his mother lived with them following the death of his father, probably his youngest sister and brother as well. Was in Bridgeport, Pa in 1842, where he joined the Methodist Episcopal church under Rev. John Jackson. Shortly after he moved to Knox Co, OH to farm 6 miles west of Mt. Vernon and joined the Hedding Chapel.
1850 census lists him as 39, a farmer with $1,800 of land with wife Elizabeth (34) and 7 children. His last 14 years he lived in Mt. Liberty.
Listed in 1880 as age 72, a farmer with his wife, Eliza, dau, Mariah, and son Amos.
Obituary says they had 4 sons & 6 daughters, three of whom died before him.
1840 census Males: 2<5, 2=30-40 Females: 1<5, 1=15-20, 1=20-30, 1=60-70 it appears that his mother lived with them following the death of his father, probably his youngest sister and brother as well. Was in Bridgeport, Pa in 1842, where he joined the Methodist Episcopal church under Rev. John Jackson. Shortly after he moved to Knox Co, OH to farm 6 miles west of Mt. Vernon and joined the Hedding Chapel.
1850 census lists him as 39, a farmer with $1,800 of land with wife Elizabeth (34) and 7 children. His last 14 years he lived in Mt. Liberty.
Listed in 1880 as age 72, a farmer with his wife, Eliza, dau, Mariah, and son Amos.
Obituary says they had 4 sons & 6 daughters, three of whom died before him.
Spouses
Birth5 Jan 1816, Pennsylvania
Death17 Sep 1904, Knox Co, OH
BurialHedding Methodist Episcopal Cem, So Bloomfield Twp, Morrow Co, OH
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Samuel Brackenridge (1777, PA - 1845, PA) and Jane "Jean" Maitland (1785 - 1874, OH) of Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA. It is believed that her mother Jane also died in Knox Co, OH and is probably buried there.
She is listed as Eliza Scarbrough head of household (Jan 1816, PA) and widowed in 1900, with her son Amos and his family.
She is listed as Eliza Scarbrough head of household (Jan 1816, PA) and widowed in 1900, with her son Amos and his family.
Marriage2 Jan 1834, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
ChildrenHarriett (1836-1855)
John Breckenridge "Governor" (1838-1922)
Thomas Jefferson (1840-1922)
William Henry (1842-1903)
Mary Jane (1844-1928)
Charity (1845-1932)
Amos Maitland (1848-1923)
Maria (1851-1897)