Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameHarriet L. Hart 
BirthAug 1823, Ohio
Census25 Jun 1900, Buena Vista, Jasper Co, IA
Memoroll#439, pg 10
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.
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.
Marriage14 Sep 1865