Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMary Jordan 
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
Spouses
Birth19 Sep 1815, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
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.
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)