Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameAlvin W. Scarbrough 
Birth1854, Holmes Co, OH
Census20 Jul 1880, Des Moines, Jasper Co, IA
Memoroll#346, pg 185
Deathabt 1898, Kansas
OccupationFarmer
FatherWilliam Henry Scarbrough (1815-1889)
MotherMary Jordan (1819-1864)
Misc. Notes
Married to Amanda Pierce 12 Aug 1874 in Des Moines, Polk Co, IA where he is listed as Alva. Amanda was born 21 Feb 1855 in Navada, Story Co, IA and died 13 Feb 1932 in Bucklin, Ford Co, KS with her second married name of Drury.
In 1880 he is listed as a farmer (26, IA) with wife Amanda (23, IA) and children Charles (6), John (4) and Nellie (1) all born in Iowa.
He apparently died in Kansas shortly before the 1900 census, when his wife is listed as widowed in the 1900 census for St George, Pottawatomie Co, KS with their children Charley (24, IA), Nellie (21, IA), Rosa (16, IA), Walter (5, MO), and Roy (1, KS).
In 1880 he is listed as a farmer (26, IA) with wife Amanda (23, IA) and children Charles (6), John (4) and Nellie (1) all born in Iowa.
He apparently died in Kansas shortly before the 1900 census, when his wife is listed as widowed in the 1900 census for St George, Pottawatomie Co, KS with their children Charley (24, IA), Nellie (21, IA), Rosa (16, IA), Walter (5, MO), and Roy (1, KS).