My fifth cousin twice removed.
Born: 18 Aug. 1826, Kentucky. 1 2 4
Parents: WILLIAM VAN RANSELEAR BOATWRIGHT AND SALLIE WADKINS GATES.
Married: 18 Feb. 1858. 1 4
Death: 25 Jan. 1921, Darlington, MO. 1
Burial: Boatwright Cemetery, Darlington, MO. 1
Notes:
First female teacher in Gentry Co., MO. 1
Her husband farmed and she is listed as widowed, no occupation, in the 1920 Federal Census, Cooper, Gentry, MO. Her daughter Sallie is also living in the household.
Spouse: GEORGE FOX SCAFF b. 13 Sep. 1826, NC. 1 3 4 d. 10 Nov. 1912, MO.
CHILDREN OF GEORGE FOX SCAFF AND SUSAN FRANCES BOATWRIGHT 1 3:
(my sixth cousins once removed)
LUCY ANN SCAFF b. 6 Oct. 1859, MO d. early 1940s.
SARAH/SALLIE JANE SCAFF b 25 Feb. 1861, MO d. 2 Feb. 1956, Santa Cruz, CA. 5
MARY ELIZABETH SCAFF b. 11 April 1862, MO d. 18 May 1965.
SUSAN FRANCES PARALEE SCAFF b. 29 Sep. 1866, MO d. 10 Sep. 1886.
Sources:
1. "Historical Southern Families," Volume XI, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.
2. 1850 Federal Census, District 1, Graves, KY.
3. 1880 Federal Census, Cooper, Gentry, MO.
4. 1900 Federal Census, Cooper, Gentry, MO.
5. California Death Index, 1940-1997, Sacramento, CA, State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics; still unmarried at the age of 69 according to the 1930 Federal Census, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, CA; however, online California death information also lists a last name of Putnam.
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