Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameAmos Maitland Scarbrough 
Birth13 Jan 1848, Liberty Twp, Knox Co, OH
Census1880, Liberty Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll# , pg 10
Census11 Jun 1900, Liberty Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1291, pg 5
Census23 Apr 1910, So Bloomfield Twp, Morrow Co, OH
Memoroll#1220, pg 4
Census2 Feb 1920, So Bloomfield Twp, Morrow Co, OH
Memoroll#1424, pg 7
Death12 Dec 1923, Knox Co, OH
BurialBloomfield Cem, Bloomfield, Morrow Co, OH
FatherJames Scarbrough Jr (1807-1896)
MotherElizabeth Breckenridge (1816-1904)
Misc. Notes
Carolyn Dauner said his first wife, Charlotte, was supposedly a first cousin. His two children by the first marriage: Dr. William W. Scarbrough and Belle Phillips (wife of Charles M.)
He is listed with his parents, age 34 in the 1880 census.
He married (2nd) Mary Wells on 30 Dec 1888 and lived in Knox Co, OH.
He is listed with his mother in 1900, as a day laborer, with his wife Mary and son Stanley (9).
Esther Calvin says he was caretaker for a large cemetery and lived in Bloomfield, Morrow Co, OH, where he is listed in 1910 as superintendent of the cemetery (62, OH) in South Bloomfield, with his wife Mary W. (48, PA) and son Stanley Wells Scarbrough (19, OH). They had been married 21 years, and it was his second marriage but her first.
Still living in Bloomfield in 1920 where he was a cemetery sexton (72, OH) with just his wife Mary W. (58, PA).
He is listed with his parents, age 34 in the 1880 census.
He married (2nd) Mary Wells on 30 Dec 1888 and lived in Knox Co, OH.
He is listed with his mother in 1900, as a day laborer, with his wife Mary and son Stanley (9).
Esther Calvin says he was caretaker for a large cemetery and lived in Bloomfield, Morrow Co, OH, where he is listed in 1910 as superintendent of the cemetery (62, OH) in South Bloomfield, with his wife Mary W. (48, PA) and son Stanley Wells Scarbrough (19, OH). They had been married 21 years, and it was his second marriage but her first.
Still living in Bloomfield in 1920 where he was a cemetery sexton (72, OH) with just his wife Mary W. (58, PA).
Spouses
Birth2 Jul 1848, Ohio
Death9 Dec 1919, Knox Co, OH
BurialGreen Valley Cem, Mt Vernon, Knox Co, OH
Misc. Notes
Dau of Washington Sockman and Esther Porter.
Willie (5) and Bell (2) are living with their mother Elizabeth Scarbrough (31 OH) in Wayne Twp, next to two SOCKMAN families in 1880. This would indicate that they were divorced and that Charlotte was going by her middle name, Elizabeth.
Willie (5) and Bell (2) are living with their mother Elizabeth Scarbrough (31 OH) in Wayne Twp, next to two SOCKMAN families in 1880. This would indicate that they were divorced and that Charlotte was going by her middle name, Elizabeth.
Marriage1873
Divorceabt 1879, Knox Co, OH
ChildrenWilliam Washington (1875-1948)
Mary “Belle” (1878-1962)
Birth28 Feb 1861, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Death14 Mar 1938, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH
BurialBloomfield Cem, Bloomfield, Morrow Co, OH
Memo possibly the cement piece in the ground between Amos and Stanley
FatherWilliam C. Wells (1825-1892)
MotherElizabeth Ann Higbee (1831-1875)
Misc. Notes
Living with her widowed father in 1880, in Guernsey Co, OH.
Listed in Morrow Co in 1910 and 1920 as Mary W. Scarbrough with her husband Amos.
Mrs. Scarbrough was the daughter of William C. and Elizabeth (Higbee) Wells, who lived near Grindstone, Fayette County, Penn., when she was born. Elizabeth died there in 1875, and William moved the family to Guernsey County, Ohio, where Mary married Amos M. Scarbrough, 30 Dec 1888.
Mary and Amos settled in Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio, by 1890, when their son, Stanley Wells Scarbrough, was born. Stanley and Amos are also buried at Bloomfield Cemetery.
After her husband’s death in Knox Co in 1923, she is listed alone as head of household, a widow (68, PA).
Esther Calvin says they attended Bloomfield Methodist Church in Morrow Co OH, and that she was in ill health in 1936.
Mary died in a Columbus hospital, but her residence was still listed as Centerburg on her death certificate.
Listed in Morrow Co in 1910 and 1920 as Mary W. Scarbrough with her husband Amos.
Mrs. Scarbrough was the daughter of William C. and Elizabeth (Higbee) Wells, who lived near Grindstone, Fayette County, Penn., when she was born. Elizabeth died there in 1875, and William moved the family to Guernsey County, Ohio, where Mary married Amos M. Scarbrough, 30 Dec 1888.
Mary and Amos settled in Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio, by 1890, when their son, Stanley Wells Scarbrough, was born. Stanley and Amos are also buried at Bloomfield Cemetery.
After her husband’s death in Knox Co in 1923, she is listed alone as head of household, a widow (68, PA).
Esther Calvin says they attended Bloomfield Methodist Church in Morrow Co OH, and that she was in ill health in 1936.
Mary died in a Columbus hospital, but her residence was still listed as Centerburg on her death certificate.
Marriage30 Dec 1888, Guernsey Co, OH
ChildrenStanley Wells (1890-1914)