Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Henry Scarbrough 
Birth19 Sep 1815, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
Census26 Jul 1860, Mound Prairie Twp, Jasper Co, IA
Memoroll# 325, pg 783
Census21 Jul 1870, Buena Vista, Jasper Co, IA
Memoroll#398, pg 187
Census28 Jul 1880, Buena Vista, Jasper Co, IA
Memoroll#346, pg 84
Death15 Nov 1889, Elk Grove Twp, Jasper Co, IA
BurialMonroe Cem, Monroe, Jasper Co, IA
FatherSamuel Scarborough (1792-1865)
MotherElizabeth “Betsy” Wells (1795-1864)
Misc. Notes
1860 census - Listed as a farmer (64, PA) with $4,000 land, $890 property and wife, Mary (44)
James - 26 Farm Laborer b. PA
Amanda J. - 18 Domestic b. PA
Sarah E. - 17 Domestic b. PA
Martin - 14 b. PA
Wm - 12 b. PA
Mary E. - 9 b. OH
Alvin - 7 b. OH
Salina - 4 b. IA
This indicates that he left Pennsylvania after the 1850 census and lived in Ohio for several years, where he had his first children with his new wife, Mary and had been in Iowa since about 1856.
In 1870 he is listed as a farmer (50, PA) with wife Harriet (45, OH) and children Amanda (28, PA), William (21, PA) and Alvin (16, OH).
Listed as Wm Scarbrough (66 OH) with only his wife Harriet in the 1880 census.
James - 26 Farm Laborer b. PA
Amanda J. - 18 Domestic b. PA
Sarah E. - 17 Domestic b. PA
Martin - 14 b. PA
Wm - 12 b. PA
Mary E. - 9 b. OH
Alvin - 7 b. OH
Salina - 4 b. IA
This indicates that he left Pennsylvania after the 1850 census and lived in Ohio for several years, where he had his first children with his new wife, Mary and had been in Iowa since about 1856.
In 1870 he is listed as a farmer (50, PA) with wife Harriet (45, OH) and children Amanda (28, PA), William (21, PA) and Alvin (16, OH).
Listed as Wm Scarbrough (66 OH) with only his wife Harriet in the 1880 census.
Spouses
Birth26 Jan 1819, New York
Death9 Dec 1864, Jasper Co, IA
BurialMonroe Cem, Monroe, Jasper Co, IA
Misc. Notes
birthdate listed as 13 Feb and 26 Jan
Marriage1836, Fayette Co, PA
ChildrenElizabeth (1837-1858)
James (1839-1863)
Amanda J. (1841-1890)
Sarah Emily (1844-1921)
Martin (1846-1931)
William Henry (1848-1929)
Mary Ellen (1850-1930)
Alvin W. (1854-~1898)
Selina A. (1856-1929)
Idora A. (1858-1860)
Charles Leonard (1862-1947)
BirthAug 1823, Ohio
Misc. Notes
Living with her daughter from her prior marriage, Lisley Vangorder (46, OH) in 1900. It says she is widowed and 5 of her 6 children are living.
Marriage14 Sep 1865