Elam Wetzel Scarbrough

1840 - 1907  (66 years)

• Name	Elam Wetzel Scarbrough  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Birth	24 May 1840	Clear Fork, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA   [1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LCZV-LCY
  Occupation	Farmer  [9, 10]
  Residence	1850	Fayette County, West Virginia, USA   [5]
  	District 14
  Residence	1860	Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA   [16]
  	19 Age: 19
  Residence	1870	Marsh Fork, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  Residence	1880	Marsh Fork, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA   [9]
  Residence	1900	Marsh Fork, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA   [10]
  Burial	1907	Massey Cemetery, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA   [1, 8, 14, 17]
  Death	7 Jan 1907	Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA   [1, 8, 14, 17]
  Person ID	I27299	Cock_Goad Family | Cock_Goad Family of Virginia
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John Bryant Scarbrough,   b. 15 May 1807, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA d. 1 Mar 1886, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lucretia Dickens,   b. Jan 1814, Grayson County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Nov 1883, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1833	West Virginia, USA   [18]
  Family ID	F7582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Massey,   b. 10 Feb 1847, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 13 Nov 1927, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1864	Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 10]
  Children	> 1. Martha Lucretia Scarbrough,   b. 18 Jan 1866, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA d. 1936, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Jacob Floyd Scarbrough,   b. 18 Jan 1869, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 31 Dec 1936, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Rosella Catherine Scarbrough,   b. 27 May 1870, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 27 Sep 1928, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Wesley Jackson Scarbrough,   b. 13 May 1872, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 30 May 1940, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. Nancy Ellen Scarbrough,   b. 20 Sep 1873, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 10 Aug 1944, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Samantha Jane Scarbrough,   b. 11 Jun 1876, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 10 Dec 1949, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Augustus Ward Scarbrough,   b. 10 Mar 1877, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 1917, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 8. Sarah Elizabeth Scarbrough,   b. 1 Jan 1879, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 3 Mar 1943, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 9. Thomas Byron Scarbrough,   b. 27 Jul 1883, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 4 Apr 1957, Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 10. Ada Belle Scarbrough,   b. 28 Aug 1886, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 14 May 1955, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 11. James Robert Scarbrough,   b. 27 Jun 1888, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 6 May 1951, Ronceverte, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 12. Minnie Florence Scarbrough,   b. 20 May 1890, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 23 May 1972, Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F13560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 May 1840 - Clear Fork, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA Residence - District 14 - 1850 - Fayette County, West Virginia, USA Residence - 19 Age: 19 - 1860 - Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA Marriage - 1 Dec 1864 - Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1870 - Marsh Fork, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1880 - Marsh Fork, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1900 - Marsh Fork, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA Death - 7 Jan 1907 - Rock Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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