Descendants of Robert Scaife I of Winton (ABT 1515

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GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES

DESCENDANTS
of
ROBERT SCAIFE I of WINTON
(ABT 1515 - 11 January 1591)

Scaife of Winton

G0501A: Robert SCAIFE I of Winton _[011]
Birth: ABT 1515, Asby Grange, County Westmorland, England
Death: 11 January 1591, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England
Interment: County Westmorland, England
Father: Unknown SCAIFE
Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN

Marriage: ABT or BEF 1537
Spouse: Unknown UNKNOWN (BEF 1537 - AFT 1537)

Child 1: Ro(w)land SCAIFE of Winton (1537, County Westmorland, England - 17 January 1618, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England) [M] : m. Anne PARTON (BEF 1541, Ormeside Hall, Appleby, County Westmorland, England - AFT 30 July 1587)

Note 1: Scaife is among the very oldest surnames in Great Britain. The same as the Old English Sceaf or Sceafa, it can be found in Beowulf, Widsith, and in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:

from
Béowulf

edited and translated by
Benjamin Slade
Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University

at
Beowulf on Steorarume

Hwæt! Wé Gárdena¹ in géardagum

Listen! We — of the Spear-Danes¹ in the days of yore,

þéodcyninga þrym gefrúnon·

of those clan-kings — heard of their glory.

hú ðá æþelingas ellen fremedon.

how the worthy princes performed courageous deeds.

Oft Scyld Scéfing² sceaþena þréatum

Often Scyld, Scef's son,² with bands of warriors

monegum maégþum meodosetla oftéah·

from many peoples seized mead-benches;

egsode Eorle syððan aérest wearð

and terrorised the fearsome Heruli after first he was

féasceaft funden hé þæs frófre gebád·

found helpless and destitute, he then knew recompense for that: —

wéox under wolcnum· weorðmyndum þáh

he waxed under the skies, throve in honours,

oð þæt him aéghwylc þára ymbsittendra

until to him each of the bordering tribes

ofer hronráde hýran scolde,

beyond the whale-road had to submit,

gomban gyldan· þæt wæs gód cyning.

and yield tribute: — that was a good king!

Ðaém eafera wæs æfter cenned

To him an heir was born then

geong in geardum þone god sende

young in the yards, God sent him

folce tó frófre· fyrenðearfe ongeat·

to comfort the people; He had seen the dire distress

þæt híe aér drugon aldorléase

that they suffered before, leader-less

lange hwíle· him þæs líffréä

a long while; them for that the Life-Lord,

wuldres wealdend woroldáre forgeaf:

Ruler of Glory, granted honour on earth:

Béowulf³ wæs bréme — blaéd wíde sprang —

Beowulf³ was famed — his renown spread wide —

Scyldes eafera Scedelandum in.

.Scyld's heir, in Northern lands.

1. The Spear-Danes are the Scyldings (Hrothgar's tribe) — central characters in Beowulf . They are variously referred to as Beorht-Dene (Bright-Danes), Éast-Dene (East-Danes), Gár-Dene (Spear-Danes), Hring-Dene (Ring-Danes), Norð-Dene (North-Danes), Súð-Dene (South-Danes), West Dene (West Danes), Scyldings (after their eponymous founder) and Ingwine (lit. 'friends of Ing [=OE. Frea / ON. Freyr ]') — the latter originally being the same as Tacitus' Ingvaeones.

2. Scyld is literally 'shield;' and Scef is lit. 'sheaf' (as in wheat). Scyld is well known in the Scandinavian tradition as Skjoldr the ancestor of the Skjoldungar. He is, as in Beowulf, shrouded in mystery: he is sent by unknown persons from an unknown place and when his work is complete he returns thence. Saxo praises Skjoldr (latinised by him as Scioldus in his Gestorum Danum ) especially for his royal and warlike virtues and Saxo too records Scioldus ( = Scyld ) as the founder/progenator of the Danes. It has been argued that Sceaf is a latter innovation introduced (not only into Beowulf, for Sceaf replaces Scyld in the chronicle of Ethelwerd--with Scyld's mysterious arrival attributed to him) through a misconstrual of the name Scyld Sceafing as 'Scyld, son as Sceaf' (as -ing is a normal patronymic suffix), whereas the original name meant 'Scyld with the sheaf'. The latter interpretation is quite plausible as this mythological ancestor might then stand for 'kingly protection and rule' (Scyld = "shield") and agricultural prosperity ( Shef = "sheaf of grain").

3. This is a different Beowulf from the eponymous hero of the poem. This is Béowulf Scyldinga or Béowulf the Dane ,presumably equivalent to Beow(a) or Béaw of the geneaologies: — the Parker MS of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has Beaw as the son of Scyld. Kemble proposed the theory that the scribe, who knew that the poem concerned a hero named Beowulf, 'hypercorrected' Beow of his exemplar text to Beowulf in anticipation of the hero's entrance. Müllenhoff, following Kemble, proposes that Beaw's name is derived from the root *bhú (cf. OE. búan ) meaning to "grow, cultivate", &c. and he is thus identified with the god Ing and thus with Fréa (ON. Freyr ), the god of prosperity. Béow has also been said to mean "barley." In any event, it could be that Scyld, Shéaf and Béow were a sort of trinity of deities of protection and prosperity, later introduced into the Saxon and Scandinavian geneaologies just as was done with the God Woden/Odin. Whether the Beowulf-poet(s) knew of this rather shadowy divinity Beaw or the genealogical Béowa/Béaw is unclear. However, Kiernan's exhaustive study of the Beowulf MS argues for an extra-ordinary carefulness on the part of the two Beowulf scribes, the second scribe even checking the work of the first; this would seem to make it less likely that Beowulf Scyldinga is a scribal mistake. It may be that Béowulf supplanted Beowa in some traditions, due to the similarity of names, i.e. if Beowulf originated in an area with an abundance of lays about Béowulf but Beowa was comparatively unknown, the usurpment may have occurred quite early. In any event, the use of the Beowulf seems deliberate here though the reason is unclear. The hero of the poem does not make his entrance until l. 194 (as "Hygelac's thane") and is not mentioned by name until l. 343.

Widsið

ætla weold Hunum, Eormanric Gotum,
Becca Baningum, Burgendum Gifica.
Casere weold Creacum ond Cælic Finnum,
Hagena Holmrygum ond Heoden Glommum.
Witta weold Swæfum, Wada Hælsingum,
Meaca Myrgingum, Mearchealf Hundingum.
þeodric weold Froncum, þyle Rondingum,
Breoca Brondingum, Billing Wernum.
Oswine weold Eowum ond Ytum Gefwulf,
Fin Folcwalding Fresna cynne.
Sigehere lengest Sædenum weold,
Hnæf Hocingum, Helm Wulfingum,
Wald Woingum, Wod þyringum,
Sæferð Sycgum, Sweom Ongendþeow,
Sceafthere Ymbrum, Sceafa Longbeardum,
Hun Hætwerum ond Holen Wrosnum.

Widsith

Attila ruled the Huns, Eormanric the Goths,
Becca the Banings, the Burgundians by Gifica.
Casere ruled the Creeks and Caelic the Finns,
Hagena the Holm-Riggs and Heoden the Gloms.
Witta ruled the Swaefe, Wada the Halsings,
Meaca the Myrgings, Mearchealf the Hundings.
Theodric ruled the Franks, Thyle the Rondings,
Breoca the Brondings, Billing the Werns.
Oswine ruled the Eow and the Eats by Getwulf,
Finn Folcwalding the Frisian-kin.
Sigehere the longest of the Sea-Danes ruled,
Hnaef the Hocings, Helm the Wulfings,
Wald the Woings, Wod the Thurings,
Saeferth the Sycgs, the Swedes by Ongendtheow,
Sceafthere the Ymbers, Sceafa the Longbeards,
Hun the Haetwars and Holen the Wrosns.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

AD 855. In this year heathen men (the Northmen) first took up their quarters over the winter in Sheppey. And in the same year king Æthelwulf chartered the tenth part of his land over all his kingdom, for the glory of God and his own eternal salvation: and in the same year went to Rome with great pomp, and dwelt there twelve months, and then returned home; and Charles, king of the Franks, then gave him his daughter for queen; and after that he came to his people, and they were rejoiced thereat; and two years after he came from France, he died, and his body lies at Winchester, and he reigned eighteen years and a half. And Æthelwulf was son of Egbert, Egbert of Ealhmund, Ealhmund of Eafa, Eafa of Eoppa, Eoppa of Ingild; Ingild was the brother of Ine, king of the West Saxons, who held the kingdom thirty-seven winters, and afterwards went to St. Peter's , and there gave up his life. And they were the sons of Cenred, Cenred of Ceowald, Ceowald of Cutha, Cutha of Cuthwine, Cuthwine of Ceawlin, Ceawlin of Cynric, Cynric of Cerdic, Cerdic of Elesa, Elesa of Esla, Esla of Giwis, Giwis of Wig, Wig of Freawine, Freawine of Frithogar, Frithogar of Brond, Brond of Baldag, Baldag of Woden, Woden of Frithuwald, Frithuwald of Frealaf, Frealaf of Frithowulf, Frithowulf of Finn, Finn of Godwulf, Godwulf of Geat, Geat of Tatwa, Tatwa of Beaw, Beaw of Sceldwa, Sceldwa of Heremod, Heremod of Itermon, Itermon of Hathra, Hathra of Hwala, Hwala of Bedwig, Bedwig of Sceaf, that is son of Noah; he was born in Noah's ark;¹ Lamech, Methuselah, Enoch, Jared, Malahel, Cainan, Enos, Seth, Adam, the first man and our father, that is Christ, Amen.

1. Se Sceaf waes Noes sunu and he waes innan theare earce geboren. 'This Sceaf was Noah's son, and he was born in the Ark.'

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G0500A: Ro(w)land SCAIFE of Winton _[010]
Birth: 1537, County Westmorland, England
Death: 17 January 1618, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England
Interment: County Westmorland, England
Father: Robert SCAIFE I of Winton (ABT 1515, Asby Grange, County Westmorland, England - 11 January 1591, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England)
Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN

Marriage: BEF 30 July 1567
Spouse: Anne PARTON (BEF 1541, Ormeside Hall, Appleby, County Westmorland, England - AFT 30 July 1587)

Child 1: Robert SCAIFE II (30 July 1567, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England - 10 February 1624, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England) [M]: m. Margaret SHEPHEARD (BEF 1571, Ramson, England - AFT 1608)

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G0499A: Robert SCAIFE II _[009]
Birth: 30 July 1567, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England
Death: 10 February 1624, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England
Interment: County Westmorland, England
Father: Ro(w)land SCAIFE of Winton (ABT 1537 - 17 January 1618, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England)
Mother: Anne PARTON (BEF 1541, Ormeside Hall, Appleby, County Westmorland, England - ?)

Marriage: BEF 1608
Spouse: Margaret SHEPHEARD (BEF 1571, Ramson, England - AFT 1608)

Child 1: Robert SCAIFE III, Major (1608, Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England - 1677, County Westmorland, England) [M]: m. Mary COLVILLE (BEF 1612, County Yorkshire, England - AFT 1642)

Child 2: Arthur SCAIFE, Major (10 January 1616, Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England - 2 April 1692) [M]: m1. Elizabeth RAYNER; m2. Anne, widow of Reginald DOBSON

Child 3: Launcelot SCAIFE, Cornet (1618 - AFT 11 December 1652 [Will signed] and BEF 7 December 1657 [Will proved], Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England; interment at Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England) [M]: m. Jane UNKNOWN (? - AFT 7 December 1657, County Westmorland, England)

Child 4: Frances SCAIFE (ABT 1620, Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England - ?) [F]: m. Jonathan BRECKLIN of Winton in County Westmorland

Child 5: Sarah SCAIFE (ABT 1622, Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England - ?) [F]: m. John BOUSFIELD of Ravenstonefield in County Westmorland

Child 6: Elizabeth SCAIFE (born at Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England) [F]: m. Unknown ORTON

Child 7: Mary SCAIFE (born at Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England) [F]: m. Unknown HAISTWHITTLE

Note 1: During the English Civil War, Robert SCAIFE III and Arthur SCAIFE were Majors of Horse in the Commonwealth Army. Lancelot SCAIFE, in the Commonwealth Army, was Cornet of Horse, a rank equivalent to that, in modern terms, of Second Lieutenant.

Note 2: Margaret SHEPHEARD was the daughter of Arthur SHEPHEARD of Ransom.

Note 3: Abstract of the Will of Launcelot SCAIFE, dated 11 December 1652, proved 7 December 1657:

Launcelot SCAIFE, of Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen Parish, Westmorland, gent. -

Will dated 11 Dec 1652 -

To be buried in Kirkby Stephen.

Mentions my son Robert, my son Arthur -

A sixty pounds debt - one third to wife, the other two parts to son Arthur Scaife.

Sister Sarah BOUSFIELD & her husband, sister Elizabeth ORTON and her husband - their debts owed to me, freely forgiven -

To Rowland SCAIFE, forty shillings

My sister Mary HAISTWHITTLE -

To Mr Francis HIGGINSON, a piece of gold

To my servants Jenkin MORLAND and Elizabeth WILKINSON, each 10 shillings -

Residue to wife Jane and son Arthur - joint executors -

Supervisors: my brothers Robert SCAIFE and Arthur SCAIFE, with the assistance of Bartholomew SANDERSON and Robert ATKINSON - to each of them 5 shillings.

To Poor of Kirkby Stephen 40 shillings to be added to the Parish stock and the benefit thereof to be distributed yearly at the discretion of the minister and Churchwardens.

Proved PCC 7 Dec 1657, by relict Jane SCAIFE.

Editorial Note:


	Arthur, the son of Launcelot SCAIFE was baptized at Kirby Stephen on 3 December 1649. He is also recorded as having been baptized at Kirkby Stephen on 5 December 1650. This latter entry may be a duplicate of the former.

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G0498A: Robert SCAIFE III, Major _[008]
Birth: 1608, Hartley Castle, County Westmorland, England
Death: 1677, County Westmorland, England
Interment: Beneath the Winton pew, Kirkby Stephen Church, County Westmorland, England
Probate: Will proved at Appleby, 9 May 1677
Father: Robert SCAIFE II (February 1587, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England - 10 February 1624, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England).
Mother: Margaret SHEPHEARD (BEF 1571, Ramson, England - AFT 1608)

Marriage: BEF 1638
Spouse: Mary COLVILLE (BEF 1612, County Yorkshire, England - AFT 1642)

Child 1: Rev. Robert SCAIFE IV, Vicar of Sparsholt (1638 - 1698) [M]: m. Dorothy UNKNOWN

Child 2: John SCAIFE (1640 -1698) [M]: m. Elizabeth WALLER

Child 3: Richard SCAIFE of Hartley (ABT 1642, Winton, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England - 1710, County Durham, England) [M]: m1. Elizabeth RAYNE; m2. Elizabeth CHEESEBOROUGH

Child 4: Margaret SCAIFE [F]: m. Abraham BOUSFIELD of Ridgate

Child 5: Sarah SCAIFE [F]: m. William SPENCELEY of Kirkby Stephen

Child 6: Agnes SCAIFE [F]: m. Hugh HARTLEY of Kirkby Stephen, 22 June 1655, Kirkby Stephen Church, County Westmorland, England

Child 7: Mary SCAIFE (AFT 1638 - 1692, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England) [F]

Note 1: During the war between Parliament and Crown, Robert SCAIFE III was, on the side of Paliament and Oliver Cromwell, Major of Horse in the Commonwealth Army. After the Civil War, he and his brother, Arthur, were among the founders and trustees of the Winton School.

Note 2: Abstract of the Will of Robert SCAIFE III, dated 18 November 1674, proved 9 May 1677:

Robert SCAIFE, Winton, parish Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, gent -

Dated 18 November 1674 -

To my son Richard SCAIFE, lands called Rooceby Scarth in parish of Kirkby Stephen

My son and heir Robert SCAIFE; my son John SCAIFE, my daughter Mary SCAIFE - to John and Mayr, farm called Ransonn situated in Staynmoor, parish of Brough.

Mentions lands in Winton. - Legacies to poor of Kirkby Stephen and to poor of Crosby Ravensworth -

Daughter Margaret BOUSFEILD; daughter Agnes HARTLEY -

Rest to wife Mary SCAIFE, son Richard SCAIFE, and son John SCAIFE - to be joynt executors -

Arthur SCAIFE, brother of Hilbeck Hall, John BRACKEN, nephew of Kirkby Stephen and Robert WALLER of Winton to be supervisors of will -

Witnesses by Robart WALLER, Thomas EWEBANK, Myles WALLER, and James HOWGILL.

Proved Appleby 9 May 1677.

Note 3: Mary COLVILLE, the wife of Robert SCAIFE III, was the daughter of John COLVILLE of Dale, in Yorkshire. John COLVILLE of Dale was, as it seems, the descendant of Sir John COLVILLE of the Dale (ABT 1347, Arncliffe, Yorkshire, England - 11 August 1405, Durham, County Durham, England)who was among the opponents of Henry IV (1367 - 1413) and who obtained dramatic notoriety from the quill of William Shakespeare:

William Shakespeare: King Henry IV, Part II

ACT IV, Scene III. Another part of the forest

Alarum; excursions. Enter FALSTAFF and COLVILLE, meeting

FALSTAFF: What's your name, sir? Of what condition are you, and of what place, I pray?

COLVILLE: I am a knight sir; and my name is Colville of the Dale.

FALSTAFF: Well then, Colville is your name, a knight is your degree, and your place the Dale. Colville shall still be your name, a traitor your degree, and the dungeon your place - a place deep enough; so shall you be still Colville of the Dale.

John COLVILLE of the Dale also received honourable mention in the works of Sir Walter Scott.

Sir Walter Scott: Chronicles of the Canongate

from chapter 2 - In Which Mr. Croftangry Continues His Story

"In the meantime, to speak truth, I cannot but suspect that, though my worthy ancestor puffed vigorously to swell up the dignity of his family, we had never, in fact, risen above the rank of middling proprietors. The estate of Glentanner came to us by the intermarriage of my ancestor with Tib Sommeril, termed by the southrons Sommerville, a daughter of that noble house, but, I fear, on what my great-grandsire calls "the wrong side of the blanket." [The ancient Norman family of the Sommervilles came into this island with William the Conqueror, and established one branch in Gloucestershire, another in Scotland. After the lapse of seven hundred years, the remaining possessions of these two branches were united in the person of the late Lord Sommerville, on the death of his English kinsman, the well-known author of "The Chase."] Her husband, Gilbert, was killed fighting, as the inquisitio post mortem has it, 'sub vexillo regis, apud praelium juxta branxton, lie floddden-field.'

"We had our share in other national misfortunes -- were forfeited, like Sir John Colville of the Dale, for following our betters to the field of Langside; and in the contentious times of the last Stewarts we were severely fined for harbouring and resetting intercommuned ministers, and narrowly escaped giving a martyr to the Calendar of the Covenant, in the person of the father of our family historian. He "took the sheaf from the mare," however, as the MS. expresses it, and agreed to accept of the terms of pardon offered by Government, and sign the bond in evidence he would give no further ground of offence. My grandsire glosses over his father's backsliding as smoothly as he can, and comforts himself with ascribing his want of resolution to his unwillingness to wreck the ancient name and family, and to permit his lands and lineage to fall under a doom of forfeiture."

Sir John COLVILLE of the Dale was a party to the conspiracy, which had been instigated by Richard Scroope, Archbishop of York, against Henry IV. The end of this conspiracy and, thus, of Sir John COLVILLE of the Dale was recounted by Raphael Holinshed, The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande (2nd edition, 1587: repr. 1807/08), vol. 3, p. 38:

". . . true it is that the archbishop, and the earle marshall (i.e., Thomas Mowbray) were brought to Pomfret to the king, who in this meane while was aduanced thither with his power, and from thence he went to Yorke, whither the prisoners were also brought, and there beheaded the morrow after Whitsundaie [8 June 1405] in a place without the citie, that is to vnderstand, the archbishop himselfe, the earle marshall, sir Iohn Lampleie, and sir Robert Plumpton. Vnto all which persons though indemnitie were promised, yet was the same to none of them at anie hand performed . . . .

"After the king, accordinglie as seemed to him good, had ransomed and punished by greeuous fines the citizens of Yorke (which had borne armour on their archbishops side against him) he departed from Yorke with an armie of thirtie and seuen thousand fighting men, furnished with all prouision necessarie, marching northwards against the earle of Northumberland. At his comming to Durham, the lord Hastings, the lord Fauconbridge, sir Iohn Colleuill of Dale, and sir Iohn Griffith, being conuicted of the conspiracie, were there beheaded."

Note 4: Below is the armorial device which, in reference to the pedigree of Robert SCAIFE III, was given respite by the King's Herald, Sir William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms, on 22 March 1664 at Winton, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland. This item is illustrated and described at the Scaife Study Group. The maxim, medio tutissimis ibis (loosely, "you will go most safely by the middle way"), is from Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.137.


	ARMS - Azure, on a chevron Argent, between as many wolves' heads erased Or, three trefoils slipped Sa. CREST - A wolf's head erased Or, holding in the mouth a trefoil as in the Arms.

Note 5: History, Topography and Directory of Westmorland (Mannix & Co.: 1851):

HILLBECK OR HELLEBECK (in Brough parish, Westmorland County) is a hamlet, township, and manor, one mile north of Brough, at the foot of Hillbeck Fell. In all records it is called Hillebeck, "not from any infernal idea" - the Saxon word “helle” signifying merely the pouring down of water, which often tumbles from the mountains here over rocky and broken channels with tremendous fury. Brough parish was anciently a chapelry subordinate to Kirkby-Stephen (the location of the nearby Viking Loki Stone) It consists of the townships of Church Brough, Brough Sowerby, and Hilbeck, and of the chapelry of Stainmore, and in 1841 contained a population of 1694 souls.

Hillbeck manor was held under the hereditary high sheriffs of the county of Westmoreland. It belonged for a considerable time to a knightly family, whose heiress, in the reign of Edward II (1307-1327 AD), under the name and dominion of BLENKINSOP held it, or at least a portion of it, for fourteen generations. In 1635, Thomas Blenkinsop sold part of Hillbeck manor to Richard Barton, clerk, and in 1656 he conveyed the residue to Thomas Burton, Esq., his son, who was one of Oliver Cromwell's sequestrators. The Blenkinsops (of Hillbeck), being Catholics, suffered much from the diabolical laws which were put in vigorous operation against those who adhered to the ancient faith. Thomas was living in 1676, when an account of the family was taken by the Rev. T. Machell, of Kirkby Thore, who has described him as a venerable good looking old gentleman. His son, Francis, succeeded to what was left of the family estates, but he sold the hall and demesne to Major SCAIFE, another of Cromwell's sequestrators.

Note 6: 1669 - 1672 Hearth Tax Roll: Lay Subsidy, p. 195 n. 73: "The Tax on Hearths in England was revived in 1662. By this Tax the King received annually 2s upon every hearth in all houses paying Church or Poor Rates. The Statute was amended in the following year to relieve occupiers of houses under the value of 20 shillings per annum, or not occupying lands of that value, or not possessing goods worth £10. Such could gain exemption on obtaining a certificate to that effect."

In the Hearth Tax Roll for 1669 - 72 (Latter Day Saints microform 874126), "Mr. Robert SKAIFE" is recorded as paying for three hearths, "Richard SKAIFE" for one, and "Robert SKAIFE" for one.

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G0497A: Richard SCAIFE of Hartley _[007]
Birth: ABT 1642, Winton Hall, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England
Death: 1710, County Durham, England
Father: Robert SCAIFE III, Major (1608, Hartley Castle, County Westmorland, England - 1677, County Westmorland, England)
Mother: *Mary COLVILLE (BEF 1612, County Yorkshire, England)

Marriage: 18 August 1666
Spouse: Elizabeth RAYNE (ABT 1646 - AFT 1702)

Child 1: William SCAIFE (2 June 1689 - 31 March 1739) [M]: m. Jane HANCOCK

Child 2: John SCAIFE (ABT 1702, Lintz Green, County Durham, England - AFT 1751) [M]: m. Jane RAWE (BEF 1745 - AFT 1751)

Other Marriage: AFT 1702
Spouse: Elizabeth CHEESBOROUGH

Note 1: Elizabeth RAYNE was the daughter of Charles RAYNE of Darlington.

Note 2: Elizabeth CHEESBOROUGH was the daughter of Hugh CHEESBOROUGH of Burnopfield by Tanfield, Durham.

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G0496A: John SCAIFE _[006]
Birth: ABT 1702, Hartley Castle, County Westmorland, England
Death: AFT 1751
Interment: St. James Parish, Clerkenwell, London, England
Father: Richard SCAIFE of Hartley (ABT 1642, Winton, Kirkby Stephen Parish, County Westmorland, England - 1710)
Mother: Elizabeth RAYNE (BEF 18 August 1666 - AFT 1702)

Marriage: BEF 1745
Spouse: Jane RAWE (BEF 1745 - AFT 1751)

Child 1: John SCAIFE, Captain, Royal Navy (1745 - 1773, London, England) [M]

Child 2: William SCAIFE of Virginia (1751, Lintz Green, County Durham, England - ABT 1805, Chester District, South Carolina) [M]: m. Cathran UNKNOWN

Child 3: Jane SCAIFE [F]

Child 4: Abigail SCAIFE [F]

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G0495A: William SCAIFE of Virginia _[005]
Birth: 1751, Lintz Green, County Durham, England
Death: ABT 1805, Chester District, South Carolina
Interment: <Brushy Fork Creek>, Chester District, South Carolina
Father: John SCAIFE (ABT 1702, Hartley Castle, County Westmorland, England - AFT 1751)
Mother: Jane RAWE (BEF 1745 - AFT 1751)

Marriage: BEF 1773
Spouse: Cathran UNKNOWN (BEF 1773 - AFT 1780)

Child 1: William SCAIFE (Sr.) of South Carolina (ABT 1773, St. James Parish, Clerkenwell, London, England - 1841, DeKalb County, Georgia; Will proven in DeKalb County, Georgia, in March 1841) [M]: m. *Margaret TERRY (AFT 1750 - ABT 1811)

Child 2: Jesse SCAIFE (later spelled "SCAIEFE") (Sr.) (ABT 1780 - ABT 1835, Clay County, Illinois) [M]: m1. Margaret ("Peggy") RICHARDSON, ABT 1802

Note 1: There were at least four daughters born to this family, none of whose names are known.

Note 2: In 1784 and 1790, William SCAIFE of Virginia was granted lands on which to sustain a plantation devoted to tobacco. To inspect a survey of these lands, see William Scaife of Virginia: Tobacco Plantation, Henry County, Virginia and Surry County, North Carolina.

Note 3: About Jesse SCAIFE, Sr., who spelled his surname as "SCAIEFE," see William R. Scaife, The Family Scaife (Atlanta, Georgia: 1980), p. 211:

"JESSE SCAIFE, second son of William SCAIFE of Virginia, bought 100 acres of land on Brushy Fork Creek in Chester District, South Carolina adjacent to the lands of his brother William SCAIFE of South Carolina on October 19, 1801. Jesse SCAIFE and his wife Peggy sold this same land to Isaac Mitchell on December 21, 1805."

Until October 1828, Jesse SCAIEFE, Sr. (formerly SCAIFE) and his wife, Margaret ("Peggy") RICHARDSON, were members - in Tennessee - of the Brush Creek community on the Smith County side of the line with Wilson County. They are both mentioned by name, as Jesse and Margaret SKEEF, in the records of the Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church. In October 1828, they applied for and were granted letters of dismissal from the Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church:

Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records, vol. 1, p. 17:


	Oct Term. <1828> Church Records. Members, none came. the church proceeded to appoint a Clerk, Brother Moses ALLEN agreed to take the place on trial. Brother Coats applied for a letter of dismission for Sister Melvina. granted. Brother Jessee SKEEF applied for a letter for himself and Wife. granted him. Thomas Hooker Moderator Moses ALLEN Clk.

The membership roll of the Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church shows that, in 1828, Jesse SCAIEFE, his wife Margaret, and Betsy SCAIEFE were dismissed by letter. Betsy SCAIEFE was Elizabeth ("Betsy") MOORE, the wife of Enoch SCAIEFE - the son of Jesse and Margaret SCAIEFE. [See Note 8 under G0494A: Moses ALLEN (Sr.) in Antecedents and Descendants of Moses Allen, Sr. (2 November 1754 - 22 August 1843).]

The offspring of Jesse SCAIEFE and Margaret ("Peggy") RICHARDSON were: Unknown SCAIEFE (ABT 1806, Smith County, Tennessee - ) [M]: m. Jane UNKNOWN, ABT 1826; Enoch SCAIEFE (4 May 1807, Smith County, Tennessee - 2 November 1878, Clay County, Illinois: interment at Old Baptist Cemetery, Crooked Creek, Clay County, Illinois) [M]: m. Elizabeth ("Betsy") MOORE (22 December 1812, South Carolina - 1 November 1891, Clay County, Illinois: interment at Old Baptist Cemetery, Crooked Creek, Clay County, Illinois), 30 July 1828, Warren County, Tennessee; William SCAIEFE (ABT 1808, Smith County, Tennessee - ?); John SCAIEFE (ABT 1810, Smith County, Tennessee - ?) [M]; Jesse SCAIEFE (Jr.) (ABT 1810, Smith County, Tennessee - ?) [M]: m. Sophia BISHOP, 11 March 1830, Clay County, Illinois; Sally SCAIEFE (ABT 1812, Smith County, Tennessee - ?) [F]: and Lucinda SCAIEFE (ABT 1814, Smith County, Tennessee - ?) [F].

Elizabeth ("Betsy") MOORE, the wife of Enoch SCAIEFE, was the daughter of Alfred Jefferson MOORE (born about 1786 in South Carolina) and Nancy CALLAHAN (born about 1790 in South Carolina).

Sophia BISHOP, the wife of Jesse SCAIEFE, Jr., was the daughter of John BISHOP and Kesiah UNKNOWN. Her siblings were: Jesse BISHOP [M]: m1. Hannah THRASH, 24 August 1826, Clay County, Illinois: m2. Ann SULLIVAN, 15 June 1848, Clay County, Illinois; Louvica BISHOP (22 October 1807, Tennessee - 12 November 1857, Clay County, Illinois) [F]: m. Levi DANIEL, July 1824, Fayette County, Illinois; Joseph BISHOP [M]: m. Sarah DAVIS, 20 January 1828, Clay County, Illinois; Mary BISHOP [F]: m. John W. P. DAVIS, 24 December 1838, Clay County, Illinois; Nancy BISHOP (31 January 1812, Tennessee - ABT 1856, Missouri) [F]: m. Amos Martin WHITELY, 23 August 1830; Keziah Whitely BISHOP (6 October 1820, Clay County, Illinois - 25 March 1914, Riley County, Kansas) [F]: m. Mordica COCKRELL (16 October 1821, Salem, Washington County, Indiana - 8 August 1898, Riley, Riley County, Kansas), 1 December 1842, Clay County, Illinois; and John BISHOP (22 January 1822, Clay County, Illinois - May 1852, Clay County, Illinois: interment at Old Baptist Cemetery, Clay County, Illinois) [M]: m. Sarah A. BORAH, 31 October 1843, Marion County, Illinois.

Sarah DAVIS, the wife of Joseph BISHOP, and John W. P. DAVIS, the husband of Mary BISHOP were siblings, the offspring of Enoch DAVIS and Patsy UNKNOWN.

Jesse SCAIEFE, Jr., according to William R. Scaife, "served in the 3rd Regiment, 5th Brigade of Illinois Mounted Volunteers from May 29, 1832 to August 15, 1832 in the Rock River Campaign against the Sac and Fox Indians led by their famous chief, Black Hawk." [William R. Scaife, The Family Scaife (Atlanta, Georgia: 1980), p. 212]

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G0494A: William SCAIFE (Sr.) of South Carolina _[004]
Birth: ABT 1773, St. James Parish, Clerkenwell, London, England
Death: 1841, DeKalb County, Georgia
Probate: Will proved in DeKalb County, Georgia, in March 1841
Interment: DeKalb County, Georgia
Father: William SCAIFE of Virginia (1751, Lintz Green, County Durham, England - ABT 1805, Chester District, South Carolina)
Mother: Cathran UNKNOWN

Marriage: BEF 22 September 1795
Spouse: *Margaret TERRY (AFT 1750 - ABT 1811)

Child 1: Jesse SCAIFE (22 September 1795, Henry County, Virginia - 20 October 1827, Poolesville, now Blair Village, near Jonesboro, Georgia) [M]: m. Nancy Davis POOLE (11 July 1800, Chester County, South Carolina - 29 November 1854, Fulton County, Georgia) [See Child 1: Nancy Davis POOLE under G0494A: Adam S. POOLE (Jr.) in Descendants of Captain William "The Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777).]

Child 2: Elizabeth SCAIFE (1798 - ?) [F]: m. George Washington FOOTE., ABT 1819, South Carolina

Child 3: William SCAIFE (Jr.) (13 December 1799, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina - 11 May 1837, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia) [M]: m. Mary Crosby POOLE (19 April 1802, Poolesville, now Blair Village, near Jonesboro, DeKalb County [later Fulton County], Georgia - 11 March 1892), 23 October 1821, Chester County, South Carolina. [See G0493A: Mary Crosby POOLE in Descendants of Captain William "The Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777)]

Child 4: Sarah SCAIFE (1800 - ?) [F]: m. James HANCOCK.

Child 5: Tscharner (Charner) Terry SCAIFE (12 December 1802, Brushy Fork Creek, Chester District, South Carolina - 2 August 1865, Phillips County, Arkansas) [M]: m1. Susan (or Susannah) Eliza HILL (1817 - 28 July 1838, Union District, South Carolina), ABT 1834, Chester County, South Carolina; m2. Mary Ann RICE (13 August 1810, <Union District>, South Carolina - ?), 31 August 1841, Chester County, South Carolina

Child 6: Ferdinand DeGraffenried SCAIFE (1805, Chester District, South Carolina - 24 December 1867) [M]: m. Mary WILKES (1805, near Baton Rouge, Chester County, South Carolina - 1867, Brickeys, Lee County, Arkansas), ABT 1827

Child 7: Martha ("Patsy") SCAIFE (7 August 1808 - 25 January 1885: interment in Presbyterian Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina) [F]: m. William S. HUMPHRIES (7 January 1830 - 21 June 1885)

Child 8: Jamieson SCAIFE (14 May 1810, Chester District, South Carolina - 16 April 1875, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia: interment in Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama) [M]: m. Melissa LOVEJOY (2 April 1810, <Stewart County>, Georgia - 14 December 1890: interment in Oakview Cemetery, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia), 1831 [See below, G0493A: William SCAIFE (Jr.), note 2.]

Other Marriage: ABT 1812
Spouse: Elizabeth LEWIS

Child 1: Joel F. SCAIFE (1813, South Carolina - AFT 1861) [M]: m. Julia Amelia HARVEL (1825, South Carolina - AFT 12 December 1850, <Rocky Mount District, Lowndes County, Alabama>), 6 February 1845, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, by William S. Boyd, Justice of the Peace

Note 1: Elizabeth LEWIS, the second wife of William SCAIFE, Sr. of South Carolina, was the daughter of William LEWIS (1755 - 1817) and Elizabeth LEWIS (1758 - 1833) and was the widow of Elijah LYON.

Note 2: Of the first marriage of William SCAIFE, Sr. of South Carolina, there were fifteen children of whom those listed above survived to adulthood. There seems to be no record of the others.

Note 3: Margaret TERRY, the first wife of William SCAIFE, Sr. of South Carolina, was the daughter of James TERRY and Elizabeth LEAKE of Henry, County, Virginia.

Note 4: Jesse SCAIFE was married to Nancy Davis POOLE (1800 - 24 November 1854), the sister of Mary Crosby POOLE (19 April 1802 - 11 March 1892) and spouse of William SCAIFE, Jr. After the death of Jesse SCAIFE, Nancy Davis POOLE was married to Jacob T. CAIN, who died 26 March 1854.

Note 5: In Chester District, South Carolina, the plantation of William SCAIFE, Sr. of South Carolina was located on the Chester Pike and on Smith Creek. To inspect a map of the plantation, see William Scaife, Sr. of South Carolina: Plantation, Chester District, South Carolina.

Note 6: The Will of William SCAIFE, Sr. of South Carolina is the oldest testamentary document on record in DeKalb County, Georgia:

WILL OF WILLIAM SCAIFE, SR.

GEORGIA )
) IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN
DEKALB COUNTY )

I, WILLIAM SCAIFE, of the county aforesaid, being weak in body but of sound mind and memory and calling to mind that it is appointed unto all men to die and being desirous to dispose of my worldly affairs, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other and former Wills made by me made.

1st: I recommend my body to a decent and Christian-like burial and my soul to God who gave it.

2nd: My will and desire is that all my just debts be paid out of my estate hereinafter mentioned and bequeathed to my beloved wife and Joel F. SCAIFE, my son.

3rd: I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Elizabeth Foote, three hundred dollars to her sole and only use for the purpose of purchasing a negro girl to work for my daughter during her lifetime and then to be equally divided among her children and this to be paid in a reasonable time by my Executor.

4th: I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my deceased daughter, Sarah HANCOCK, one hundred dollars to be equally divided among them, share and share alike, to be paid by my Executor in due time.

5th: I give and bequeath unto the heirs of William SCAIFE, Jr., my deceased son, ten dollars to be equally divided among them, to be paid by my Executor in due time.

6th: I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my deceased son, Jesse SCAIFE, ten dollars to be equally divided among them and to be paid by my Executor in due time.

7th: I give and bequeath unto my son, Charner SCAIFE, ten dollars to be paid in due time by my Executor.

8th: I give and bequeath unto my son, Ferdinand SCAIFE, ten dollars to be paid in due time by my Executor.

9th: I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Patsey HUMPHRIES, fifteen dollars to be paid in a reasonable time.

10th: I give and bequeath unto my son, Jamieson SCAIFE, ten dollars to be paid in due time by my Executor.

11th: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Elizabeth SCAIFE, and my son Joel F. SCAIFE, they paying my debts and the aforementioned legacy, the following property to wit:

A negro woman named Phillis, about 60 years of age.

A negro man named Sam, about 45 years of age.

A negro man named Jacob, about 45 years of age.

A negro woman named Jerry, about 40 years of age.

A negro woman named Testy, about 37 years of age.

A negro woman named Dinah, about 23 years of age - Moe, a boy about 19 years of age and Mary, a girl about 16 years of age.

A negro girl named Mariah, 16 years of age, a negro girl named Rachel about 12 years of age - a negro boy named Isaac, about 9 years of age - a negro boy named Jack, about 22 years of age - Amanda, a girl about 4 years of age and Emeline, a girl about 2 years of age, all slaves for life.

Also my board wagon and 7 mules - also lot of land #163 in the 18th District, originally Henry County, now DeKalb County - also lot of land #78 in the town of Decatur whereon I now live - also lot of land #65 in the 18th District of originally Henry County, now DeKalb County - also 10 acre lot of land adjoining the town of Decatur in the area of Spring Branch adjoining the land of Young's Estate on the East - also all my stock of cattle and hogs to be kept together and enjoyed jointly by them in such manner as will best promote the happiness of said wife during her lifetime and at her death, it is my will that Joel F. SCAIFE shall have all the property hereby given to him and his mother, Elizabeth SCAIFE, in his own right in fee simple forever.

12th: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Elizabeth SCAIFE, my sorrel mare, briddle and saddle to be her own in fee simple forever together with all my household and kitchen furniture and all the residue of my estate not herein before mentioned and bequeathed, and lastly, I do hereby appoint Joel F. SCAIFE, my Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 3rd day of August in the year 1839.

/s/ William SCAIFE

Signed, sealed, published and declared in presence of us and we in presence of each other.

D. Murphy (Charles)
S. Farmer (Shadrick)
Thos. Akirs
Court of Ordinary, March-term 1841 (Probate)

Note 7: Tscharner (Charner) Terry SCAIFE and Ferdinand DEGRAFFENRIED SCAIFE were named after Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED (not "DeGraffenreid" as it is conventionally misspelled by speakers of English) (28 November 1722, Williamsburg, Virginia, British North America: christened 12 December 1722 - AFT 8 February 1794 and BEF 10 April 1794, Lunenburg County, Virginia), the father of Allen DEGRAFFENRIED (18 September 1764, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British North America - 7 January 1821, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina), neighbour and confrère of the family SCAIFE in South Carolina. Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED, sergeant in the Continental Line of Virginia during the Revolutionary War, was the grandson of Christoph von GRAFFENRIED (15 November 1661, Bern, Switzerland - ABT November 1743, Wörb, Switzerland), the Oberherr of Wörb (Switzerland) and founder, as well as Landgraf, of the Swiss and Palatine colony at Neuse-Bern (Neu Bern) (New Bern), North Carolina, and of his wife, Regine TSCHARNER (7 December 1665, Bern, Switzerland - 1740, Switzerland), who were married, at Bern, 25 April 1684. Regine TSCHARNER was a daughter of Beat Ludwig TSCHARNER (2 November 1617, <Bern>, Switzerland - 1674, Swizerland), of the patrician family of poets, scholars, scientists, and statesmen who were domiciled, in Switzerland, at Coire, Lausanne, and Bern. This is the source of the name "CHARNER," which is frequently to be encountered among the given names of persons descended from William SCAIFE (Sr.) of South Carolina.

Beat Ludwig TSCHARNER, whose wife was Marguerithe (Margreht) GÜDER (ABT 1643, Bern, Switzerland - ?), was the son of Samuel von TSCHARNER (1594, Switzerland - 1630, Switzerland) and Magdalena von LUTERNAU who were married 5 June 1613. Samuel von TSCHARNER was the son of David von TSCHARNER (christened 29 October 1536, Bern, Switzerland - 20 June 1611, Switzerland) and Magdalene von DIESBACH (6 February 1552, Bern, Switzerland: christened 20 February 1552 - AFT 1611). Samuel von TSCHARNER, in 1627, was the bailiff of Chillon: "Le bailli de Chillon était, en 1627, Samuel TSCHARNER. Il exerçait son autorité sur le bailliage de Vevey, comprenant l'actuel district du même nom, moins le cercle de Corsier, mais plus la commune de Villeneuve." [Jean-Pierre Chuard, La noble abbaye des echarpes blanche de Montreux (Montreux, l'Imprimerie Corbaz S. A.: 1960), chapter 2, note 2; also see Eugène Mottaz, Dictionnaire historique du Canton de Vaud, 2 vol., Lausanne 1914, vol. 2, p. 748.] David von TSCHARNER was the son of Luzius von TSCHARNER (1481, Chur, Switzerland - 1562, Bern, Switzerland), lord of Reichenbach, and Margaretha von WATTENWYL (?, Bern, Switzerland - 1568: Will dated 1564) whose marriage owed something to the mediation of Ulrich Zwingli.

About Luzius von TSCHARNER, Christoph Johannes TSCHARNER [Family Tscharner's Web Site] reports the following:

. . . Luzius TSCHARNER, 1481-1562, Ratsherr und Rechenherr in Chur, besass Güter in Ems und Chur. Nach dem Tode seiner ersten Frau heiratete er die Bernerin Margaretha von WATTENWYL, die Klosterfrau in Königfelden war. Sie zogen zuerst nach Baden dann nach Bern, wo sie einen Sohn und 5 Töchter hatten. Er und seine Nachkommen sind die Begründer der Bernerlinie von TSCHARNER.

About David von TSCHARNER and thus the foundation of the Bernese line, Christoph Johannes TSCHARNER [Family Tscharner's Web Site] reports the following:

David . . . geb. 29. Oktober 1536, +20. Juni 1611, ist der eigentliche Stifter der bernischen Linie. Er gelangte 1564 in den Grossen Rat (CC = Zweihundert = Grosser Rat) wurde 1570 bernischer Landvogt in Tscherlitz (Echallens), 1583 Landvogt in Baden, Mitglied des Kleinen Rates und Zeugherr vom Rat. Von diesem Amt trat er jedoch zurück und wurde 1585 Landvogt in Yferten (Yverdon). Als tüchtiger Staatsmann wurde er von Bern in der zweiten Hälfte des 16. und in den ersten Jahren des 17. Jahrhunderts mit sehr vielen Gesandtschaften und Missionen beauftragt, so 1577 nach Solothurn, 1582 zum Herzog Karl Emanuel von Savoyen, 1592 zum Bischof von Basel, 1603 ins Wallis. Von 1592-1609 war er Vertreter Berns an der Tagsatzung. Seit 1608 erscheint er als Zwingherr zu Schönegg bei Burgistein.

As to the meaning of the name "Tscharner," Christoph Johannes TSCHARNER [Family Tscharner's Web Site] suggests that the name, which sometimes appears in the fourteenth century with the Greek chi (X) as its initial (thus, "XARNER"), is derived from Latin so as to produce a word similar in meaning to the demotic Spanish carneria (that is, in less demotic Spanish, carnicería) as the synonym of Verkaufsbank or Fleischbank. More attractive, however, is his suggestion that the name is cognate with the Romansch (Ladin Sura) Schar, associated with the Latin cerno, thus to generate a word meaning "seer:"

Als mögliche Deutung des Namens TSCHARNER wird das mittelhochdeutsche scharne "Verkaufsbank, auch Fleischbank" angesehen, vom lateinischen Wort carno [recte: caro, carnis] = Fleischstück, 1485 Joh. Scharner, Konventuale in Bebenhausen, 1559 Georg Scharner, Notar in Landshut. Das Wort ist sonst eher niederdeutsch, aber auch in Schwaben und Bayern zu belegen. An anderer Stelle wird eher auf das romanische Schar = lateinisch cernere = sehen verwiesen: Scharner = der Seher.

In the early records, the name sometimes appears also as SCHARNER, TZARNER, TZSCHARNER, or ZSCHARNER.

Armorial device of the Bernese house of the family Tscharner, employed until 1680

Concerning the birth of Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED, who was the son of Christoph DEGRAFFENRIED (ABT 1686, Bern, Switzerland - 27 October 1742, Virginia) and Mrs. Barbara TEMPEST (née NEEDHAM) (21 August 1688, Hertfordshire, England - 26 June 1744, Virginia) [the daughter of Sir Arthur NEEDHAM, married - in Charleston, South Carolina - on 22 February 1713/14], his father wrote in the family Bible: “In Williamsburg, Virginia, 48 minutes past six o'clock at night on ye 28th November, 1722, my wife was brought happily to bed of a son, God bless him. He was baptized by Commissary Blair, ye 12th December following on ye first Faire ever held in ye aforesaid city. His godfathers were ye Hon. Nathaniel Harrison, Hon. Cole Diggs, Hon. Philip Ludwell and Lady Harrison. His name Tscharner.”

Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED was frst married to Mary BAKER, 5 July 1742, in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He was second married to Sarah RUST, 1758, in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. He was third married to Eliza Embry ALLEN, 10 February 1763, in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He was fourth married to Lucretia Robinson TOWNS, 14 December 1780, in Lunenburg County, Virginia.

The Will of Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED:

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED of Lunenburg County, being sick of body, but of perfect mind and memory, Thanks be to God for his mercy, Calling to mind the mortality of the Body, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament. Revoking all former Will or Wills and also all Writings Testementary heretofore by me made, and do declare and acknowledge this to be my last Will and Testament, as falls with to wit. In primis, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Lucretia DEGRAFFENRIED Eight negros to wit, Lydda, James, Cunningham, Juda, Amber, Harry, Jenny, Jerry, and Cleo; One mare named Fammy and one horse named Leggs, with the future increase of the said slaves to her and her heirs forever. My will and desire is that my Executors pay unto my beloved wife Lucretia DEGRAFFENRIED Three hundred pounds in Gold or Silver to be applied by her for the sole use and purpose of maintaining and Educating her Children by me--I also give unto my beloved wife Lucretia DEGRAFFENRIED my riding Chair and Harness forever.

ITEM, I leave unto my said beloved wife the Land and plantation whereon I now live during her life or widowhood by Virture of a Deed of Trust in which Halbott Townes her brother is named as a Trustee and that after her decease my will and desire is that the said land be equally divided between my sons Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED, and Christopher DEGRAFFENRIED forever.--And also Thirty acres of Land adjoining the said Tract I purchased of William Robertson which said Thirty acres of Land I leave to my said beloved wife during her life and after her decease to be divided as aforesaid between my said two sons, And in Case I die before the said William Robertson makes me a Deed to the said Thirty acres of Land my desire is that he, the said William do Convey the same to my wife for life only, and the remainder to my said two sons forever as aforesaid.--

ITEM, I leave unto my said beloved wife the following slaves to wit, Jimmy, Toll, Robin, Adam, Rose, and Cesar, together with their future Increase, during her natural life, I also leave unto my said wife, Fifteen head of Cattle, Fifteen head of Sheep, Fifteen head of Hogs, and three of my stock of horses at her election, and also all my household and kitchen furniture, (Three beds excepted of the best kind with there furniture) Also all my plate of every demonination which six last mentioned slaves together with their future increase, stock, furniture, and plate aforesaid I leave to her during her natural life and after her decease to Return to my Estate to be disposed of as herein after mentioned; My will and desire is that the three beds and furniture excepted as above to be given to my Three Youngest daughters as they Respectively come of age or marry, to wit, one bed and furniture to each of my said daughters.--

ITEM, I leave to my said wife one still and worm during her life and after her decease I give the said still and worm to my son William DEGRAFFENRIED forever.--

ITEM, I give unto my said beloved wife all the Goods I have imported in the course of Last Fall and now in the house, except such as I have already disposed of and bequeathed and Excepting also the Clock which I leave her during her widowhood and upon her death or marriage, I give the said Clock to my son Francis DEGRAFFENRIED forever.--I also leave unto my said wife during her widowhood the womans saddle and furniture imported Last fall and upon her death or marriage I give the saddle and furniture to my Daughter Catherine Jenner DEGRAFFENRIED forever.--

ITEM, I give unto my son Christopher DEGRAFFENRIED my two steel seals plated with silver and my Golden Medal forever.--

ITEM, I give unto my son William DEGRAFFENRIED my silver watch and golden seal, also my new saddle, saddle cloth, and Bridle forever. --

ITEM, I give and bequeath unto my son Metcalfe DEGRAFFENRIED five shillings, in full of his share of my estate which said Legacy I consider as a sufficient consideration for any duty I owe him as his father, whom I reflect on my Great Case on his tender years. That I cherished him as an affectionate father in my bosom, and his extreme disobedience and ingratitude in Return in insulting and causing my Gray hairs which are almost worn down with age to the Grave, will forgive him.--

ITEM, It is my will and desire that the following Negress to wit, Big Lucy, Little Lucy, Sarah with her child, Salinah, Rachael, John, Learner and Friday, with their future increase do Remain as they are already given to my Three Youngest Children, Lucretia Jones DEGRAFFENRIED, Catherine Jenner DEGRAFFENRIED, and Nancy Needham DEGRAFFENRIED to them and their heirs forever, as by Virtue of a Deed of Gift Recorded in Halifax Court.--

ITEM, I leave unto my son Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED, during his natural life Three Negros, to wit, Solomon, Roger, and Abby, with their future increase, and upon the death of the said Tscharner should he have any child or Children Lawfully begotten of his body, then and in that case I give the said Three last mentioned Negros and their future increase to such Child or Children as aforesaid forever and should my said son Tscharner have no child as aforesaid, at the time of his death, then and in that case I desire the said Three Negros and their furure increase to my two sons, Allen and Christopher DEGRAFFENRIED forever.--

ITEM, I give unto my two sons Allen DEGRAFFENRIED and Christopher DEGRAFFENRIED all my rights and title to a Thousand pounds left in the hands of the Board of Orphans in Switzerland to them and their heirs forever.-- My will and desire is that my Executors do annually Rent out the Tract of Land whereon Joseph Jeter now lives and pay unto my said son Tscharner the yearly Rent thereof as soon as can be collected, during the life of my said son Tscharner, and upon the death of my said son Tscharner, I give and desire the Tract of Land last aforesaid unto such children of child as he may leave Lawfully begotton of his Body, and in case there be no such child or children left by my said son at the time of his death, then and in that case I desire the Tract of land last aforesaid to my son William forever. --

ITEM, after the payment of my lawful Debts and Legacies already bequeathed all other money or monies thats due me upon Bond or open accounts. It is my will and desire that it should be Equally divided as aforesaid, Right, between my beloved wife Lucretia DEGRAFFENRIED, my sons Francis DEGRAFFENRIED, Christopher DEGRAFFENRIED, and my daughters Mary Woodson, Patty Strong, Regina Patteson, Lucretia Jones DEGRAFFENRIED, Catherine Jenner DEGRAFFENRIED, Nancy Needham DEGRAFFENRIED, and to my daughter Sarah Hopson, which portion last mentioned to my daughter Sarah Hopson, I leave during her natural life, and after her decease I give her portion last aforesaid to the children of her body forever.--

ITEM I leave unto my said beloved wife, all my land in Halifax County during her Widowhood, and upon her death or marriage (which ever happens first) I then desire one half of the said land in Halifax unto my said son William DEGRAFFENRIED and his heirs forever. The other half of said last mentioned Tract of land upon the death or marriage of my said wife I leave unto my son Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED during his natural life only, and upon his death I give the said half so lent to him unto such children of child as he may have lawfully begotten of his body, and in case there be no child living at the time of the death of my said son Tscharner lawfully begotton of his body then and in that case I give and desire the whole of my land in Halifax County to my said son William, and his heirs forever. Susanna Maury, George Craghead

ITEM, I give all the residue of my Estate no heretofore given and that which has been lent to my beloved wife Lucretia DEGRAFFENRIED during her natural life, after her decease to my following children and in forms following, to be equally divided between my sons Francis DEGRAFFENRIED, William DEGRAFFENRIED, Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED, Allen DEGRAFFENRIED, Christopher DEGRAFFENRIED, and my daughters Mary WOODSON, Patty STRONG, Regina PATTESON, Lucretia Jones DEGRAFFENRIED, Catherine Jenner DEGRAFFENRIED, Nancy Needham DEGRAFFENRIED, forever also--my daughter Sarah HOPSON which portion last mentioned to my said daughter Sarah Hopson I only lend during her natural life, and upon her decease I give the portion last mentioned to my daughter Sarah, to the children of her body forever.--

ITEM my will and desire is that several legacies and devises herein before mentioned to my sons Allen DEGRAFFENRIED, and Christopher DEGRAFFENRIED, are upon this express condition, to wit, That they or either of them never hereto after sit up any claim or demand against my heirs or Executors Respecting of a Tract of Land in Bedford County which I bought of William Gentry and sold to Henry Embry, and that in Case the said Allen and Christopher or either of them, shall claim, demand, or sue my heirs or Executors Respecting of said land so sold by me, Then and in that case my will and desire is that the whole of the property herein before bequeathed, and devised to them or either of them be equally distributed among all my other children (my son Metcalfe excepted)

ITEM, my will and desire is that in Case either of my Three youngest Daughters should die, under the age of Twenty one years and unmarried, then and in that case the portion of the one so dying be Equally Distributed among the survivors or survivor of the said Three Youngest daughters.--

ITEM, Be it Remembered that the Respective Bequests herein before mentioned to my said beloved wife Lucretia DEGRAFFENRIED are in Lieu of and Bar of any dower she may be Entitled to from my Estate. And lastly I do appoint and Constitute my Trusty friends Johnathan Patteson, Halbott Townes, and Sharp Lamkin Executors of this my last will and Testament. Revoking all former wills by me made. In Testamony where of I have here unto sit my hand and affixed my seal this Eighth day of February, one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Four.--

Signed,

Sealed published and declared in presence of Susanna Maury, Francis Robertson, Geo. Craghead

TSCHARNER DEGRAFFENRIED
(Seal)

Note:
At a court held for Lunenburg County the 10th day of April, 1794.

The within written Last will and Testament of Tscharner DEGRAFFENRIED, deceased was exhibited in Court, and proved by the oath of one of the witnesses thereto subscribed and order to be certified, - and at a Court helf for the same county the 12th day June following. The within written Last will and testament of Tscharner de Graffenried deceased was further proved by the oathes of two of the witnesses thereto subscribed and order to be recorded.

Teste: William Taylor CLC

Allen DEGRAFFENRIED, it should be noted, was the husband of Sarah THOMAS (2 September 1777, Union County, South Carolina - 31 January 1818, Chester County, South Carolina), the daughter of James THOMAS (?, Brunswick County, Virginia, British North America - BEF July 1790, Fairfield County, South Carolina) and Susannah MABRY. Susannah MABRY was the daughter of Ephraim MABRY, Sr. (ABT 1727, Brunswick County, Virginia, British North America - April 1789, Fairfield County, South Carolina) and Mary POOLE (15 February 1730, Brunswick County, Virginia - AFT 22 January 1807 and BEF 5 January 1808, Fairfield County, South Carolina). [See Child 2: Mary POOLE, under G0496A: William "The Joyner" POOLE, Captain, in Descendants of Captain William "the Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF 10 November 1777).]

The Will of Mary POOLE, dated 22 January 1807, was proved in Fairfield County, South Carolina on 5 January 5 1808; and, as heirs, it named Ephraim MABRY, Mary MOBLEY, Susannah MOOREMAN, Cecily WAFER, Margaret H. MABRY, Adam MABRY, and Elizabeth POOLE. Mary POOLE was married to Ephraim MABRY, Sr. about 1754. Ephraim's father, Hinchia MABRY, gave him 100 acres of land on 1 September 1747, recorded 7 January 1747/48. Ephraim MABRY died about April 1789 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Ephraim MABRY wrote his Will in Fairfield County, South Carolina, but it was destroyed "in the war." The will was "reconstituted" by the persons who originally witnessed the will. His will named his sons Joel, Daniel, Ephraim, and Adam Pool MABRY; daughters named were Cicely, Margaret H., Mary, and Elizabeth MABRY. James THOMAS, the first husband of Susannah MABRY, was named legatee. Of Susannah MABRY, the siblings were: Joel MABRY (ABT 1755, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1830, Franklin County, Georgia) [M]: m. Mary ("Polly") WAFER, ABT 1787, Fairfield County, South Carolina; Daniel MABRY [M]: m. Luvice UNKNOWN; Adam Poole MABRY (24 January 1769, Virginia or South Carolina, British North America - 15 December 1817, Jasper County, Georgia) [M]: m. Elizabeth PARHAM, ABT 1790, Fairfield County, South Carolina; Margaret Hinchia MABRY (ABT 1769 - ?) [F]; Mary Poole MABRY (4 February 1775 - 24 January 1848) [F]: m. Edward MOBLEY, 4 July 1790, Fairfield County, South Carolina; Ephraim MABRY (Jr.) (ABT 1777 - ?) [M]: m. Luncey UNKNOWN; Cecily MABRY (? - ABT 1825) [F]: m. Thomas WAFER (? - ABT 1826, Miller County, Arkansas; and Elizabeth MABRY (? - ABT 1808) [F]: m. Corporal Adam POOL(E) (ABT 1769, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1835, <Lowndes County, Mississippi>) [son of Walter ("Cooper") POOLE (ABT 1745, Brunswick County, Virginia, British North America - BEF 27 February 1833, Newton County, Georgia) and Lucy UNKNOWN (? - BEF 1790)].

After the death of James THOMAS, Susannah MABRY was married to Colonel Robert MOORMAN (?, Fairfield County, South Carolina - ?), (4 February 1775 - 24 January 1848), engendering Frances P(oole?) MOORMAN (ABT 1796 -?) [F] who first married James FARR (? - ABT 1823) and second married Reuben GILLIAM (interment at Fishdam Ford Cemetery in West Chester). The full siblings of Sarah THOMAS were: Mabry THOMAS (22 September 1770 - 18 June 1841, Conecuh County, Alabama) [M]: m. Ursula <CROSBY>; Cecily THOMAS (31 March 1782 - AFT 1839) [F]: m. William HOBSON; David Anderson THOMAS (9 May 1785 - 15 February 1868) [M]: m. Eliza Frances FARR; John P(oole?) THOMAS (7 September 1789 - 3 March 1859) [M]: m. Jemima SIMS; and Frances THOMAS [F].

Of Sarah THOMAS and Allen DEGRAFFENRIED, the children were: Allen DEGRAFFENRIED (1794, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina -1844) [M]: m. Nancy HUGHES; Regina DEGRAFFENRIED (28 May 1799, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina - ?) [F]: m. Thomas Garton BLEWETT; Cicely DEGRAFFENRIED (10 July 1806, - ?) [F]: m.John McCAW, 19 Sept 1822; Tscharner Hobson DEGRAFFENRIED (1807, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina - 24 September 1860, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina: interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina) [M]: m. Mary Eaton JOHNSON, 20 April 1852 [NOTE: Tscharner Hobson DEGRAFFENRIED owned 108 slaves in 1860 and his residence was known as "Oakland." The site of the house and the DeGraffenried burial ground is currently in ruins and located on Fish Dam Road in West Chester.]; Thomas DEGRAFFENRIED (14 April 1815, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina - 12 December 1904, Leon County, Texas) [M]: m1. Belvedere J. GOTT: m2. Matilda Phoebe CHISHOLM, 14 April 1840 [NOTE: The 1850 South Carolina census records Thomas as a large plantation owner in Chesterville (Chester District).]; and Paulina DEGRAFFENRIED (16 Oct 1817, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina - ?) [F]: m1. Unknown GILMER: m2. James Belton PICKETT, ABT 1833, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina.

Of Walter ("Cooper") POOLE and his first wife Lucy UNKNOWN, and other than Corporal Adam POOL(E), the children were: William POOLE (AFT 1765, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1820, Fairfield County, South Carolina) [M]: m. Unknown UNKNOWN; Walter POOLE (Jr.) [M]: m. Unknown UNKNOWN; and James W. Thomas POOLE (BET 1785 and 1790, <Laurens County>, South Carolina - ?, <Edgefield County>, South Carolina)[M]: m. Elizabeth BARNES (1787, <North Carolina> - ?), ABT 1809. Of Walter ("Cooper") POOLE and his second wife Priscilla ("Percilla") UNKNOWN, the children were: Silas POOLE (AFT 1794, Fairfield County, South Carolina - AFT 1840, <DeKalb County>, Georgia) [M]: m. Unknown UNKNOWN; Hardy Keele POOLE (25 October 1802, Fairfield County, South Carolina - 12 July 1873, Union County, Arkansas: interment at Good Hope Cemetery, Union County, Arkansas) [M]: m1. Charlotte VAUGHN (? - ABT 1831, Newton County, Georgia), 31 October 1824, Newton County, Georgia: m2. Sarah ("Sally") Davis PHILLIPS (7 June 1815 - 12 February 1863, Union County, Arkansas: interment at Good Hope Cemetery, Union County, Arkansas), 13 December 1831, Covington, Newton County, Georgia: m3. Nancy ("Polly") N. COLE (3 May 1836 - 4 May 1915, Union County, Arkansas), 16 February 1865, Union County, Arkansas, Confederate States of America, by Rev. Isaac Newton; Robert T. POOLE (ABT 1803, Fairfield County, South Carolina - ABT 1842, Macon County, Georgia)[M]: m. Jemima MCGRAW (ABT 1813, South Carolina - AFT 1870, <Miller County>, Georgia), 27 April 1830, Newton County, Georgia: Morning POOLE (ABT 1804, Fairfield County, South Carolina - ?) [F]: m. William VAUGHN, 4 March 1825, Newton County, Georgia; and Priscilla POOLE (BEF 1810, Fairfield County, South Carolina - AFT 1850, <Newton County>, Georgia>).

Mary POOLE was the daughter of William "The Joyner" POOLE (ABT 1703, Prince George County, Virginia - BEF November 1777, Mecklenburg County, Virginia) and by common descent from him, the children of Allen DEGRAFFENRIED and Sarah THOMAS were third cousins to those of William SCAIFE ( Jr.) (13 December 1799, Camden District [later Chester County], South Carolina - 11 May 1837, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia) [.] and Mary Crosby POOLE (19 April 1802, Poolesville, now Blair Village, near Jonesboro, DeKalb County [later Fulton County], Georgia - 11 March 1892, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [See G0493A: William SCAIFE (Jr.) and G0493A: Mary Crosby POOLE in Descendants of Captain William "the Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF 10 November 1777).]

Note 8: Tscharner (Charner) Terry SCAIFE was a figure of some importance in the history of South Carolina. He was, for example, among the delegates elected to the State Convention of South Carolina which met in Columbia, South Carolina, 26 - 30 April 1852. It was this convention which, for the State of South Carolina, determined the legality of secession. See the Journal of the State Convention of South Carolina Together with the Resolution and Ordinance (Columbia, South Carolina: 1852) at:

http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AFK4115.

Tscharner (Charner) Terry SCAIFE is mentioned, under the name of "C. T. SCAIFE," on pages 4, 17, 19, 30, and 33.

Note 9: A personal description of Tscharner (Charner) Terry SCAIFE is to be found in the Narrative of Alexander Scaife, which is described and reproduced below:

NARRATIVE OF ALEXANDER SCAIFE (ABT 1850 - AFT 9 September 1937)

The narrative of Alexander SCAIFE is recorded in George P. Rawick (pronounced "royk"), ed., The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography, Vol. 3: South Carolina Narratives: Parts 3 and 4 (formerly volume xiv: South Carolina Narratives), prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of South Carolina (1941 and subsequent reprint, 1972), pt. 4, pp. 76 - 77.

Project 1885-1 76/01

FOLKLORE

Spartanburg, Dist. 4

Sept. 9, 1937

Edited by: Elmer Turnage

STORIES OF EX-SLAVES

"Marster Charner SCAIFE¹ a-laying on his bed of death is 'bout de first thing dat stuck in my mind. I felt sorry fer everybody den. Miss Mary Rice SCAIFE, his wife, was mean.² She died a year atter. Never felt sad nor glad den; never felt no ways out of de regular way, den.

"Overseers I recollects was, Mr. Sam Hughes, Mr. Tom Baldwin, and Mr. Whitfield Davis. Mr. Baldwin was de best to me. He had a still-house out in a field whar liquor was made. I tote it fer him. We made good corn liquor. Once a week I brung a gallon to de big house to Marster. Once I got happy off'n it, and when I got dar lots of it was gone. He had me whipped. Dat de last time I ever got happy off'n Marster's jug.

"When I was a shaver I carried water to de rooms and polished shoes fer all de white folks in de house. Sot de freshly polished shoes at de door of de bed-room. Get a nickle fer dat and dance fer joy over it. Two big gals cleaned de rooms up and I helped carry out things and take up ashes and fetch wood and build fires early every day. Marster's house had five bedrooms and a setting room. De kitchen and dining-room was in de back yard. A covered passage kept dem from getting wet when dey went to de dining-room. Marster said he had rather get cold going to eat dan to have de food get cold while it was being fetched to him. So he had de kitchen and dining-room jined, but most folks had de dining-room in de big house.

"It took a week to take de cotton boat from Chester to Columbia. Six slaves handled de flat-boat.

"Dere was six, as I said, de boatman, two oarsmen, two steermen and an extra man. De steermen was just behind de boatman. Dey steered wid long poles on de way up de river and paddled down de river. De two oarsmen was behind dem. Dey used to pole, too, going up, and paddling going down. Seventy-five or eighty bales was carried at a time. Dey weighed around three hundred pounds apiece. In Columbia, de wharfs was on de Congree banks. Fer de cotton, we got all kinds of supplies to carry home. De boat was loaded wid sugar and coffee coming back. On Broad River we passed by Woods Ferry, Fish Dam Ferry, Hendersons Ferry and Hendersons Island and some others, but dat is all I recollect. We unloaded at our own ferry, called SCAIFE Ferry.

"I split rails fer fences. On Christmas we had coffee, sugar and biscuits fer breakfast."

Source: Alexander SCAIFE (82), Box 104, Pacolet, S.C.³

Interviewer: Caldwell Sims, Union, S. C.

NOTES to the Narrative of Alexander Scaife:

1. Marster Charner SCAIFE: Tscharner Terry SCAIFE (12 December 1802 - 2 August 1865) who, about the age of 21, as William R. SCAIFE has reported, modified the spelling of his given name to 'Charner'. He was the brother of William SCAIFE, Jr. (13 December 1799 - 11 May 1837) and was, therefore, the uncle and namesake of Charner Poole SCAIFE (21 March 1830 - 2 April 1895).

2. Miss Mary Rice SCAIFE: Mary Ann RICE, daughter of John Saunders RICE (14 May 1781, <Virginia>, - 7 December 1847, Talladega County, Alabama) and Nancy Coke HERNDON (4 June 1790, Newberry District, South Carolina - 19 May 1863, Talladega County, Alabama), was the second wife of Charner Terry SCAIFE, whom she married on 31 August 1841. William R. SCAIFE, in The Scaife Story (Atlanta: 2nd ed., 1994) remarks that "five of Mary Rice SCAIFE's six children either died in childhood or were stillborn, which might account for her less than cheerful disposition."

3. Alexander SCAIFE, in the United States census for 1880, was categorized as a mulatto residing in Union Township, Union County, South Carolina. The census-taker reported him as having already attained the age of 30.

Taken from Gerard Gregory and His Descendants by Ben T. Gregory, M. D.:

Mary WILKES, daughter of William and Lydia (Clark) WILKES, was born near Baton Rouge, Chester County, South Carolina about 1805. She died at Brickeys, Arkansas in 1867 and was buried there. Mary WILKES married Ferdinand DeGraffenreid SCAIFE (born in Chester County about 1805) about 1825. Mr. SCAIFE, after the death of his mother, who was a Terry from Virginia, went to live with his older brother, Charner Terry SCAIFE, at what is now Wilkesburg in Chester County. For a while after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. SCAIFE lived near Baton Rouge and Mr. SCAIFE, with Thomas WILKES, operated a general store under the name of SCAIFE and WILKES. Later, Mr. SCAIFE sold his interest in the store and moved to Union County, South Carolina, where he bought a large plantation near Broad River that he operated with the help of many slaves. He also operated a general store in Union. It is said that, as soon as his sons were large enough they were permitted to clerk in the store and were given instructions to extend credit to anyone in Union County except one person.

With the outbreak of the War Between the States, Mr. SCAIFE raised a regiment of local soldiers and became Colonel SCAIFE. While he was in command of his regiment at Petersburg, Virginia, he received word that his daughter, Sarah Scaife SEYMOUR, was seriously ill and that he should come home at once if he was to again see her alive. He reached home just before Sarah's death. While he was home, according to family tradition, his regiment was almost wiped out when their stronghold at Petersburg was blown up by mines planted in tunnels made by the Union forces. All of Colonel SCAIFE's six sons saw active service with the Confederate forces in the war and were fortunate to return home safely at the conclusion of the war.

Before the War Between the States, Colonel SCAIFE was one of the wealthiest persons in Union County. He owned much land and many slaves. The 1860 United States census lists Colonel SCAIFE with $70,000 in real estate and $100,000 in personal property. At the conclusion of the War Between the States, Colonel SCAIFE returned to Union County to find his farms neglected and much of his farm land grown up in weeds and brush. The slaves had been freed, and the old plantation life of the South was a thing of the past. Where once the SCAIFE plantation had grown many bales of cotton that was taken by the sons to Charleston via Broad and Congaree rivers, the future in farming in Union County seemed doomed. The family discussed the situation fully and decided, except for Hazel Furman, to move to Phillips County, Arkansas, where Colonel SCAIFE had bought before the war several thousand acres of land near the Mississippi River. Sons, Thomas, James, Jackson, and Charner Terry, filled many wagons with supplies--food, seed, tools, farming equipment, household furniture and equipment -- and with about 200 of the better ex-slaves, who wanted to go along, drove to Brickeys, near Helena on the Mississippi River, where they settled.

Some of the wives and children went by train, but Margaret (Gregory) drove her own team, carrying her four children, nurse and herself. In other wagons were household furniture, supplies and food. Immediately after arrival, the men began clearing land, building houses, and making preparations for farming in this rich delta land. Colonel SCAIFE and his wife and daughter Alice arrived a little later, making over 25 of the SCAIFE family present. The trek of the SCAIFE caravan was not without incident. One Negro broke out with small pox. Charner Terry kept one wagon with supplies and some dependable Negroes and sent the others on their way. The ill man was put in a dilapidated house, or shack, and the others lived in the open. People nearby brought food for sale. They would stop nearby, but never get close to the shack. Soon the man was well and the journey was completed. Strange to say no others took the dread disease, and where this man caught it was a puzzle.

Note 10: The Columbia Telescope: 11 August 1838

Died at the residence of her father in Union district, on the 28th ult., in the 20th year of her age, Mrs. Susan Eliza SCAIFE, wife of Charner T. SCAIFE, and daughter of Mr. James HILL, leaving an affectionate husband and three small children . . . . [South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. VIII, Winter 1980, No. 1, p.32]

Note 11: The South-Carolinian: 9 September 1841, p. 11

Married on the 31st August, by the Rev. R. Y. Russell, Charner T. SCAIFE, of Union District, to Miss Mary Ann RICE, daughter of John S. RICE, Esq., of Chester District.

Note 12: 6 September 1822 (Chester) South Carolina:

Thomas Roden, Sr. to Henry McCollum, both of Chester for $400, 127 ac on Rocky Branch, Sandy River. Part of original Kirkland grant, conveyed to Roden by John Taylor. Wit: Charner T. SCAIFE and W.H. Hardwick. Deed Book V, p 255.

Note 13: According to the records of the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia, for 1841, George B. Gunstal brought suit in September 1841 against Joel F. SCAIFE for payment of debt. And, in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia, for 1842, the State of Georgia brought charges in March 1842 against Joel F. SCAIFE for assault and battery.

In the United States Census of 1850 for the Rocky Mount District of Lowndes County, Alabama, taken 12 December 1850 (page 180B), the household of Joel F. SCAIFE was enumerated as follows:

Joel F. SCAIFE, male, occupied as a miller, aged 37 years, born in South Carolina
Julia A. SCAIFE, female, aged 25 years, born in South Carolina
Joel F. SCAIFE, male, aged 4 years, born in Alabama
William J. SCAIFE, male, aged 2 years, born in Alabama
Sarah E. Scaife, male, aged 1 year, born in Alabama

In the War Between the States, Joel F. SCAIFE enlisted with Company F of the 17th Regiment of the Alabama Infantry, C. S. A.

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G0493A: William SCAIFE (Jr.) _[003]
Birth: 13 December 1799, Camden District (later Chester County), South Carolina
Death: 11 May 1837, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
Interment: Old Decatur Cemetery, Murphey/Candler family lot, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
Father: William SCAIFE (Sr.) of South Carolina (ABT 1773, St. James Parish, Clerkenwell, London, England - 1841, DeKalb County, Georgia)
Mother: *Margaret TERRY (AFT 1750 - ABT 1811)

Marriage: 23 October 1821, Chester County, South Carolina
Spouse: Mary Crosby POOLE (19 April 1802, Poolesville, now Blair Village, near Jonesboro, DeKalb County [later Fulton County], Georgia - 11 March 1892, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [See G0493A: Mary Crosby POOLE in Descendants of Captain William "The Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777)]

Child 1: Nancy M. M. C. SCAIFE (22 August 1822, DeKalb County, Georgia - 2 November 1824, DeKalb County, Georgia) [F]

Child 2: Paulina S. A. SCAIFE (25 February 1824, DeKalb County, Georgia - 15 December 1850, Chambers County, Alabama) [F]: m. Samuel LOVEJOY (ABT 1808, South Carolina - 1883, Phillips County, Arkansas), BY 1842, <Georgia>

Child 3: James Madison SCAIFE, M. D. (28 February 1825, DeKalb County, Georgia - 4 May 1875, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [M]: m. Sarah ("Sallie") G. BLACKMAN (30 August 1828, Harris County, Georgia - 9 June 1886, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana), 14 March 1848, Harris County, Georgia

Child 4: Jesse Terry SCAIFE, Private, Company I, Talladega Hillabee Rifles, 14th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Cadmus Wilcox's Alabama Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia (18 April 1828, DeKalb County, Georgia - 20 July 1862, Richmond, Virginia, Confederate States of America: interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia): m1. Sarah WILLIAMS (? - BEF 19 October 1855), 21 June 1851, Harris County, Georgia; m2. Louisa E. MAY (1837, Georgia - ?), 19 October 1855

Child 5: Charner Poole SCAIFE (21 March 1830, DeKalb County, Georgia - 2 April 1895, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [M]: m1. *Sarah Ann HOLLINGSWORTH (23 April 1836, Henry County, Georgia - 9 October 1875, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana), 6 October 1853; m2. Mary ("Mollie") Elizabeth HESTER (née COOPER) (August 1854, Alabama - AFT 14 January 1920, <Hudspeth County>, Texas), 1 October 1885

Child 6: Mary M. SCAIFE (3 March 1832, Harris County, Georgia - 21 March 1867, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [F]: m. Jefferson James BLACKMAN (9 October 1814, Lancaster District, South Carolina - 25 May 1890, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana), 31 March 1850, Georgia

Child 7: Vealenta M. J. ("Martha") SCAIFE (22 March 1834, DeKalb County, Georgia - 9 January 1854) [F]

Child 8: Margaret R. SCAIFE (17 June 1836, DeKalb County, Georgia - 15 July 1872, Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [F]: m. Alfred Floyd JARVIS (30 March 1830, Florida - 13 April 1881, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas)

Note 1: About two weeks before the death of Paulina S. A. SCAIFE, on 30 November 1850, the United States census was taken at the household of Samuel LOVEJOY to the following effect: Samuel LOVEJOY, 42 years of age, farmer, male, born in South Carolina; Polina, 26 years of age, female, born in Alabama; Mary, 8 years of age, born in Georgia; William, 7 years of age, male, born in Georgia; Martha, 5 years of age, female, born in Georgia; Lodusky, 3 years of age, male, born in Alabama; and John, born May 1860, male, born in Alabama. Source: Chambers County, Alabama 1850 Federal Census (Part 6), 19th District, Britton Stamps, Asst. Marshal and District 19 1/2, J. S. Stamps, Asst. Marshal. The census-taker's note that Paulina ("Polina") was born in Alabama is not correct.

After the death of Paulina S. A. SCAIFE, Samuel LOVEJOY was married to Susan MAY. The United States Census of 1860 for Curry township, Talladega County, Alabama shows Samuel LOVEJOY, age 50, with wife Susan, age 26, and children, John, age 10, Allen, age 5, Josephine, age 3, and Arvazine, age 3. Samuel LOVEJOY stated on this census that he was born in Georgia. Living on one side of him was his brother, Hampton and family, and on the other side, his brother, Crawford and family.

Samuel LOVEJOY was third married to Edith UNKNOWN (1830, Alabama - AFT 1880, <Fleener township, Lee County, Arkansas>). The United States Census of 1870 for Spring Creek township, Phillips County, Arkansas, shows him and wife Edith residing next door to William LOVEJOY. Samuel and Edith LOVEJOY also appear in the United States Census of 1880 for Fleener township, Lee County, Arkansas.

Note 2: Reference to Paulina S. A. SCAIFE, Samuel LOVEJOY, and William F. LOVEJOY:

"William F. Lovejoy is foreman of the Leonard plantation in Greene County, Arkansas, which is one of the finest in the State, containing 2,000 acres under wire fence, with 600 acres in cultivation. On this farm is a good general store, belonging to Mr. Lovejoy, and a saw and grist-mill and a cotton-gin belonging to Mr. Leonard. They are largely interested in raising blooded stock, the plantation being admirably adapted to this industry, and a specialty is made of raising Poland China and Berkshire hogs. Nineteen dwelling houses are on the place, and the barn, which is 100×85 feet, is one of the best in the State. From 250 to 300 acres of land are annually devoted to the culture of cotton, which receives the most of Mr. Lovejoy's attention. He was born in DeKalb County, Georgia, in 1843, and was the second in a family of five children born to Samuel and Paulina (SCAIFE) LOVEJOY, who were also Georgians, the father a planter and merchant by occupation. In 1848 they moved to Alabama and resided on a plantation in that State, and here the mother died, in 1850. The father remained there until 1870, when he moved to Phillips County, Arkansas, in which State he resided until his death, in 1883. William F. Lovejoy was reared on a plantation and received his education in the schools of Alabama. While living in that State he was married, in 1864, to Frances Carrington, and at the time of his father's removal to Arkansas he and wife came also and engaged in farming and merchandising. He owns a good farm in St. Francis County, but since 1883 he has resided in Greene County, and since 1886 has had charge of Mr. Leonard's farm, which he is conducting in a highly satisfactory manner. Besides his property in St. Francis County he has 160 acres, with forty under cultivation, near Mr. Leonard's farm. He has never been very active in politics, but votes the Democratic ticket. In 1862, while in Alabama, he joined M. M. Slaughter's Company, Bell's Battalion, Tenth Regiment, Confederate States Army, but became afflicted with chronic diarrhœa and was honorably discharged. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Brinkley Lodge No. 295. He has seen a great change for the better in Greene County since locating here, and has witnessed the full growth of Rector, and has been the means of opening up more land than any man in Blue Cane Township. He has also done much to increase the wealth of the same, and has expended over $10,000 in clearing the large plantation of which he is manager, and which is now one of the most valuable pieces of property in the State. He and wife became the parents of two children, one of whom died in infancy, and the other, Mary Pauline, is the wife of Mr. Bradford, merchant and express agent at Brinkley, Arkansas; she is the mother of one child, William Monroe. Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas (Goodspeed Publishing Company)

William F. LOVEJOY was born 27 June 1843, in Georgia, and died 12 August 1903, in or near Rector, Pulaski County, Arkansas. He lies interred in the Woodland Heights Cemetery, at Rector, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

After the death of Paulina S. A. SCAIFE, Samuel LOVEJOY was married to Susan MAY. The United States Census of 1860 for Curry township, Talladega County, Alabama shows Samuel LOVEJOY, age 50, with wife Susan, age 26, and children, John, age 10, Allen, age 5, Josephine, age 3 and
Arvazine, age 3. Samuel LOVEJOY stated on this census that he was born in Georgia. Living on one side of him was his brother, Hampton and family, and on the other side, his brother, Crawford and family.

Samuel LOVEJOY was the son of William LOVEJOY, born about 1773 in Fairfield District, South Carolina, British North America and Martha WILSON.

William LOVEJOY, born 1773, was the son of Edward M. LOVEJOY (1738, Prince George's County, Maryland, British North America - 26 October 1794, Fairfield District, South Carolina) and Jemima MOBLEY (1745, Fairfield District, South Carolina - 1838, Pike County, Georgia), who were married in 1769 in Fairfield District, South Carolina, British North America. William LOVEJOY's siblings were: Esther LOVEJOY (ABT 1770, Fairfield District, South Carolina, British North America - 30 December 1855, Coweta County, Georgia) [F]: m. Jethro MOBLEY (1770, Fairfield District, South Carolina, British North America - 1849, Coweta County, Georgia); John LOVEJOY (1771, Fairfield District, South Carolina, British North America - 1841, Henry County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Pollie WARD: m2. Martha HINTON; Samuel LOVEJOY (1780 - ?) [M]: m. Sophia MABRY; Eleazar LOVEJOY (16 March 1781, Fairfield District, South Carolina - 26 October 1842, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia) [M]: m. Mary E. PENNINGTON, 1799, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia; Edward M. LOVEJOY (Jr.) (1777, <Fairfield District>, South Carolina - ?) [M]: m. Rachel SPEAR; Prussia ("Preccia") LOVEJOY (17 July 1784, <Fairfield District>, South Carolina - 1863, Confederate States of America) [F]: m. Thomas C. COKER (9 September 1788 - 1836); Elizabeth LOVEJOY [F]: m. Unknown WILSON; Susannah LOVEJOY (1788 - ?) [F]: m. William CHRISTIAN; Simeon LOVEJOY (1792 - 1870) [M]: m. Annie JENNINGS; and Zachariah Ward LOVEJOY [M].

The offspring of Eleazar LOVEJOY and Mary E. PENNINGTON were: Sarah LOVEJOY [F]: m. Unknown SHEPHARD; William Harrison LOVEJOY (17 November 1804 - ?) [M]: m. Frances HINES; Melissa LOVEJOY (2 April 1810, <Stewart County>, Georgia - 14 December 1890: interment in Oakview Cemetery, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia) [F]: m. Jamieson SCAIFE (14 May 1810, Chester District, South Carolina - 16 April 1875, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia; interment in Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama), 1831 [See above, G0494A: William SCAIFE (Sr.) of South Carolina, Child 8: Jamieson SCAIFE.]; Rebecca LOVEJOY (4 March 1804 - ?) [F]: m. Henry PENNINGTON, 1826 in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia; Prudence LOVEJOY [F]: m1. Unknown BROWN: m2. Unknown WILLIAMS; Susan LOVEJOY [F]; Nancy Ann LOVEJOY [F]: m. John WILKINSON; Matilda LOVEJOY [F]: m. Amos BRONN; Eliza LOVEJOY [F]: m. Unknown ALLEN; Annie LOVEJOY [F]: m. Ellis STAFFORD; Lucinda L. LOVEJOY [F]: m. Henry T. SMITH; Welcome Collingsworth LOVEJOY (2 January 1822, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia - 1876, Montezuma, Macon County, Georgia) [M]: m. Penelope Catherine PARKER, (21 January 1827, in or near Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia - AFT 1859), 1844; Pleasant Pennington LOVEJOY (1824 - ?) [M]; John David LOVEJOY (27 March 1827 - 2 June 1911, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia: interment in Lovejoy Cemetery, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia) [M]: m.Fannie E. UNKNOWN (15 April 1834 - 11 April 1894, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia: interment in Lovejoy Cemetery, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia; and Unknown LOVEJOY [F]: m. Thomas H. TUGGLE.

Note 3: Jesse Terry SCAIFE, as a Private in Company I, Talladega Hillabee Rifles, 14th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Cadmus Wilcox's Alabama Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, was wounded on 1 July 1862 during the charge at Malvern Hill and perished in Richmond on 20 July 1862. At the time of his enlistment, 6 September 1861, at Talledega County, Alabama, he was described as 34 years of age, six feet two inches tall, with black hair and eyes.

The officers of Company I, Talladega Hillabee Rifles, were as follows:

BELL, John T., Capt. (KIA, 27 June 62)
WOOD, E. R., 1st Lt. (resigned, 24 Oct 61)
MAY[E]S, James E., 2nd Lt. (KIA, 30 June 62)
CASTLEBERRY, James, 2nd Lt.
JORDAN, James D. Jr. 2nd Lt. (resigned, 24 March 62)

FOLK, Elias, Orderly Sgt. (wounded, 20 April 62, 30 June 62; promoted, Capt., 62; KIA, 31 July 64)
JENKINS, S. K., 2nd Sgt. (wounded, 30 June 62)
SHAFFER, James P., 3rd Sgt. (wounded 30 June 62; promoted, 1st Lt., 62; resigned, 2 April 63)
WHITE, James H., 4th Sgt. (wounded, 30 June 62; promoted, Jr. 2nd Lt., 62; promoted, 2nd Lt.; resigned, 22 Dec 64)
HOBBS, S., 5th Sgt. (died in service, Fredericksburg, VA, 62)

HAYNES, John L., 1st Cpl. (promoted, 2nd Lt., 62; promoted, 1st Lt.)
DICKERT, A. P., 2nd Cpl. (died in service, place unknown, 62)
HARDY, J. P., 3rd Cpl. (died in service, Richmond, VA, 62)
WICKER, W. B., 4th Cpl. (died in service, Dumfries, VA, 62)
STEPHENS, J., Musician (KIA, 27 June 62)

The field and staff officers of the 14th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, were as follows:

JUDGE, Thomas James, Col. (from Montgomery; commissioned, 19 July 61; resigned, 10 July 1862)
WOOD, Alfred Campbell, Col. (Randolph; wounded and resigned, 3 Oct 1862)
PINKARD, Lucius, Col. (from Macon Co.; commissioned, 7 Sept 61; promoted, Col., 3 Oct 62; wounded, Gettysburg, and retired)
BAINE, David William, Lt. Col. (from Lowndes Co.; commissioned, 19 July 61; KIA, Frazier's Farm, 30 June 62)
BROOME, James Andrew, Lt. Col. (Chambers; wounded, The Wilderness, retired, 25 March 1865)
McLEMORE, Owen H. Kenan, Major (from Chambers Co.; commissioned, 19 July 61; resigned and then elected colonel, 4th AL Regiment, May 62)
McCORD, Robert A., Major (Tallapoosa; KIA, Chancellorsville)
TAYLOR, George W., Major (Randolph; wounded, Gettysburg; resigned, 15 Nov 1864)
FERRELL, Mickleberry P., Major (resigned, 2 Dec 62)
GRETON, J. B., Surgeon (retired, 16 Jan 64)
TAYLOR, G. F. Ass't Surgeon (resigned, 1 May 62)
JONES, J. T., Ass't Surgeon
WOODSON, Landon, Ass't Surgeon
POPE, S., Ass't Surgeon
JACKSON, J. H., Ass't Surgeon
CLARK, William Henry, Ass't Surgeon
KERNESTRY, Samuel P., ACS
HENSHAW, Ferris, ACS (resigned)
DUNSON, Hamilton F., ACS (dropped from rolls)
HAVIS, John J., Ass't Quartermaster (retired)
HINKLE, D. W., Ass't Quartermaster (promoted, Brigade Quartermaster)
FONVILLE, F. G. Adjutant (acting)
PINCKARD, Lucius, Adjutant ( promoted Lt. Col., 23 Sept 62)
WILLIAMSON, S. J., Adjutant
SCHENERE, James, Adjutant
MANLEY, John, Adjutant
SISSON, C. P., Chaplain (retired, 62)
RAINES, A. G., Chaplain
ELLEN, G. W., Ensign

The following narrative is taken from Cadmus M. Wilcox's Alabama Brigade: 1862 - 1865:

"The 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Auburn on 1 Aug 1861 with men from Montgomery and Auburn and the counties of Chambers, Jackson, Randolph, and Tallapoosa. It went first to Huntsville and remained until October, then to Fredericksburg, Virginia where it arrived in November. It was sent to Richmond to rest after suffering camp diseases, especially measles. Proceeding to Yorktown, it was brigaded under Gen. Roger Pryor of Virginia, Longstreet's Division. The command fell back with the army, and fought at Williamsburg with heavy loss to four of the companies. In April, 1862, it numbered 700 effectives. At Seven Pines, it was again in action, with but few casualties. It participated at Mechanicsville and was almost annihilated at Frazier's Farm and Malvern Hill, losing nearly all the officers, after charging the enemy's positions repeatedly (335 casualties.) It moved toward the Potomac with the army and was engaged with slight loss at the 2nd battle of Manassas (47 casualties). Greatly reduced in strength, the 14th fought at Sharpsburg, suffering severely in casualties. Placed in Cadmus Wilcox' Brigade, Anderson's Division (with the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Alabama regiments) it was on the line of the Rappahannock during the winter of 1862-63 and was in line of battle on the heights when Burnside was repulsed at Fredericksburg. The regiment was hotly engaged, with heavy loss (151 casualties), at Salem Church (at Chancellorsville). It went on the Pennsylvania campaign to Gettysburg, and of the 316 men engaged, 15% were casualties. The winter of 1863/64 was passed in camp near Orange Court House, and the 14th was engaged at both The Wilderness and Spottsylvania. Now in Sanders' Brigade, Mahone's Division, the 14th participated in the numerous struggles around Petersburg during the last 10 months of the war. It surrendered at Appomattox with only 70-80 present under Capt. Perry of Lowndes (Crute reports 11 officers and 180 men surrendering). The original muster was 1317 names; 250 or more died in battle, 350 died in the service, and 159 were discharged or transferred."

BATTLE FLAG of the 14th ALABAMA

"This flag is an Army of Northern Virginia, 7th wool bunting Richmond Depot flag issued to the regiment in March or early April 1865. It was surrendered by the remnant of the 14th Alabama Infantry on April 12, 1865 at Appomattox. The flag was eventually forwarded to the War Department where it was assigned Capture Number 347. The flag and its staff were returned to the State of Alabama effective March 25, 1905. The staff, which had been separated from the flag, was located and positively identified in July, 1998."

By Louisa E. MAY, Jesse Terry SCAIFE engendered a daughter, Mary, born in Talladega County, Alabama in 1857.

Note 4: Reference to James Madison SCAIFE, M. D.:

"WILLIAM MADISON BAKER, M.D. William Madison Baker, M.D., is well known as a leading and successful physician and surgeon of the town of Arcadia, La., and although this place has been his home for some time, he was born in Claiborne Parish, La., November 19, 1852, the eldest of a family of five children, the other members of the family being: John H. (Who is married and a cotton planter of Claiborne Parish, la.); J. E. (Who is married and also follows the same occupation there); Sallie (wife of Col. J. W. Nicholson, president of the State university at Baton Rouge); and Early (who died in infancy). The parents of these children were Georgians, the former being a cotton planter, and during the latter part of his life a merchant. He is still living, and is a resident of Arcadia, but since his wife's death, at the age of fifty three years, he has been a widower. The early education of Dr. Baker was obtained in the common schools, but he completed his literary knowledge in Arizona, La., when Prof. Nicholson, now president of the State University, was principal, the institution being known to all native Louisianan, as the best in the State at that time. He left this school to take up fully the study of medicine, which he had already begun, and began reading under the renowned Dr. James M. SCAIFE, his uncle, being fitted in 1872 to enter the medical department of Tulane University, where he took a full course, graduating in 1874, in class of about sixty five, receiving a diploma in all the different phases of medicine and surgery. He at once began practicing at Arizona, Claiborne Parish, near his old home, and here he remained until 1886, during which time he became widely known as a physician of far more than ordinary ability and intelligence. Since that time he has resided int he town of Arcadia, engaged as a pharmacist exclusively the last few years, his line of drugs being very complete, and his establishment handsomely appointed. All the property that he now owns has been acquired through his won energy, tact and ability, for on starting in life for himself he had no means. He was married November 29, 1874, to Miss Eugenia M. Jordan who was born in Lee County, Georgia, January 22, 1854, a graduate of Homer Masonic Female college, of which Prof. Wilcox was president, completing her education in 1872. To the Doctor and his wife the following children have been born: Lou Annie, (an attendant of the Female College of Arcadia); Clara W. (Also in that institution); Willie Clyde (deceased), Talmage, Sallie and Archie. The doctor and his wife prepare their children for college entrance, and do not believe in bringing children too early into school work. Mrs. Baker is a thorough scholar and a practical instructor, which is very fortunate for her little children. The Doctor has always been a Democrat, and has always endeavored to cast his vote for men of honor and integrity. He belongs to Arcadia Lodge No. 126, F.&A.M. and also is a member of the K.of P. Lodge. He and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and are deeply interested in Sunday school work, the Doctor teaching a class of the representative young ladies of the town. His home in Arcadia is an ideal one, and here true hospitality is extended to all, rich and poor alike. He is a member of the board of education of Arcadia, of the E.A.S. Male College, and of the Arcadia Female College, and is also a city councilman. He and his wife expect to make their future home here, for here their interests are centered, and here have sprung up around them numerous friends." Source: "William Madison Baker M.D., Bienville & Claiborne Parish, Louisiana," Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890)

Note 5: Reference to the burial site [Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana] of James Madison SCAIFE, M. D.:

"A few miles west of Lisbon was the thriving business stand of Forest Grove, the leading spirit of which was that truly good and upright man, Frank Taylor. He now sleeps in the bosom of Texas, and the place he once made noted throughout Claiborne, is now pointed out by the cold marble shaft in its silent forest grave yard. Here rests the remains of that eloquent and active Christian, Tatum Wafer; and Dr. SCAIFE, a physician of note and a man of business; of Milton Barnett, and many others whose memory is yet green in the hearts of surviving friends and relatives. The Methodist Church at this place was the most noted in the parish in its day, for here the ablest men preached and the most effective work was accomplished in the name of the Master. North from this place on the banks of the Corni flourished for years the active village of Scottsville at the supposed head of navigation on that stream. But navigation never came. Yet such men as Major Browning, Dr. Bush, Thomas Hart, the Stanleys and others like these, gave it life and vigor for years. But the village is now dead and no longer known." Source: "Claiborne Parish History, Claiborne Parish, Lousiana," Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890)

Note 6: BIBLE RECORD OF MARY CROSBY (POOLE) SCAIFE

Owner: Inez St. Cloud Lyon Anderson
Baytown, Texas (1957)
John Lewis Chapter, DAR, Baytown, Texas

William Scaife 12/13/1799-5/11/1837, buried Decatur Cemetery, Georgia
Mary Crosby Poole 4/19/1802-3/11/1893, buried Arizona, La.
Died in Claiborne Parish, La. They married 10/23/1821

Children:

Nancy M. Mc. 8/7/1822-11/2/1824
Perlina S. A. 2/25/1824-12/15/1850 m.-------Lovejoy
James M. (Dr.) 2/28/1826-5/4/1875 m. Sarah Blackburn
Jessie Terry 4/18/1830-7/12/1862 died of battle wound
Charner Poole 3/21/1830-4/2/1892 m. Sarah Hollinsworth on 10/6/1853
Mary M. 3/3/1832-3/21/1867 m.-------Blackman
Vealenta M. J. born 3/22/1834
Margaret R. 6/17/1836-7/13/1872 m. Jarvis

Charner Poole Scaife 3/21/1830(Ga)-4/2/1895. He died in Claiborne Parish, La. Buried near Arizona, La. Married 1st - Sarah Hollingsworth 4/23/1836 (Ga)-10/9/1875. She died in Claiborne Parish, La. buried near Arizona, La. They married 10/6/1853 in Georgia

Children:

Edith Olivia 9/2/1854-9/14/1890 m. Victor Ernest St. Cloud. They married 4/24/1877 She is buried Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
Had daughter, Martha Inez St. Cloud who married William Andrew Lyon.

Charner Augustus 3/18/1856-5/26/1900 m. Leona Bookman 1/2/1877
Martha Elizabeth 11/28/1857-12/31/1891 m. Preston Smith 5/1/1883 (1st cousin)
James Madison 1/19/1860-8/11/1918 m. Tinie Calvin 12/18/1881
William Isaiah (Dr.) 5/16/1862- m. Blonde Griffin.
Roland Lee (Dr.) 6/11/1864-7/11/1904 m. Nannie Moore
Robert Hollingsworth (Dr.) 1/5/1867-12/25/1904 m. Nevada Gibbs
Ruth 1/1/1869-11/1950 m. George Edward Ramsey. They m. 6/7/1899
Margaret Alice 2/25/1872-1909 m. John Philip Ziegler. They m. 10/19/1897
Adam 9/29/1875-12/2/1895

Charner Poole Scaife m. (2) Mollie Hester (widow with one son)

Children:

Fletcher Terry Scaife

Note 7: Mary M. SCAIFE and Jefferson James BLACKMAN engendered Euretta Virginia BLACKMAN (1851, Louisiana - 1908, Homer, Claiborne Parish Lousiana) who, about 1871, in Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, was married to William Clayton BORING (1840, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 1915, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana), the son of Joseph Tarpley BORING and Cecily ("Sicily") Ann WAFER, who were married in 1836.

Mary M. SCAIFE and Jefferson James BLACKMAN also engendered May BLACKMAN (15 January 1867, Louisiana- 31 July 1889, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana).

The United States Census of 1880 for the Seventh Ward of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, p. 365A, shows the household of Jefferson James BLACKMAN as follows:

J. J. BLACKMAN, male, farmer, aged 65, born in South Carolina, both parents born in South Carolina
Mary SCAIFE, female, mother-in-law, aged 78, born in South Carolina, both parents born in South Carolina
Mollie BLACKMAN, female, aged 18, born in Louisiana, father born in South Carolina, mother born in Georgia
May BLACKMAN, female, aged 16, born in Louisiana, father born in South Carolina, mother born in Georgia

Jefferson James BLACKMAN is likely to have been the brother of Sarah ("Sallie") G. BLACKMAN who married James Madison SCAIFE, M. D.

From Ms. Pattie Howard Reeves and Mr. Harold Shields Blackmon:

"Jefferson James BLACKMAN was the son of Benjamin and Letha Johnson BLACKMAN of Camden District, Lancaster County, South Carolina. The section of Lancaster COUNTY where the BLACKMAN families settled developed into the Rich Hill, Fork Hill, Pleasant Hill, Liberty Hill, and Camp Creek communities. The entire section was owned by James and Anna Clark BLACKMAN. James and Anna had six sons and one daughter.

"Benjamin BLACKMAN had been given the Pleasant Hill part of the estate. When James BLACKMAN, died Benjamin BLACKMAN sold part of his inheritance to his brother John J. BLACKMAN. Jefferson James BLACKMAN, the oldest son, left South Carolina for Harris County,Georgia along with his younger brother Josiah BLACKMAN. When Benjamin BLACKMAN died, son James BLACKMAN would not return to settle the estate. Josiah BLACKMAN did return. Another son of Ben's went to court to settle the estate and later died in a Yankee Prison.

            1850 Census of Lancaster County, South Carolina
B. BLACKMON head of household age 57, farmer with property worth $2000
E.(Elisabeth)          daughter       age 35   [never wed died in 1862]
J. A.                      son               age 28
John E.                  son               age 24   Died in Yankee Prison
Catherine              daughter        age 22
Eleanor                 daugher         age 14

"At this time, Jefferson James BLACKMAN was in Harris County, Georgia along with brother Josiah BLACKMAN. (Note that this family spelled the surname 'BLACKMAN' until 1850 and changed to 'BLACKMON.' Some of those who left for Georgia did not change until later.)"

Note 8: On 13 May 1985, John Purnell Frazier [1611 Cypress, Pittsburg, Texas 75686] recorded the following inscriptions in the Forest Grove Cemetery, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana [Tombstone Inscriptions of Northwest Louisiana Cemeteries (J & W Enterprises: Shreveport, Louisiana. March 1990), vol. 2, pp. 58 - 61]. To reach Forest Grove, take Highway 79 north of Homer, Louisiana. Then take Highway 2 east for 5.6 miles. Go left (north) on blacktop road at Arizona, Louisiana for 0.8 miles. The cemetery is on the left across from the church.

May Blackman
15 January 1867 - 31 July 1889
daughter of
J. J. & M. M. Blackman

Adam Scaife
29 September 1875 - 2 December 1895
Aged 20 years, 2 months, 3 days
son of Charner P. & Sarah Hollingsworth Scaife
The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away
[gravestone broken with top part imbedded in the ground]

Mattie Elizabeth Scaife
28 November 1857 - 31 December 1891
Aged 34 years, 1 month, 3 days
Wife of P. S. Smith,
Daughter of Charner P. & Sarah Hollingsworth Scaife
He giveth His beloved¹
[gravestone broken with top part imbedded in the ground]

Sacred to the Memory of
Charner P. Scaife
21 March 1830 - 2 April 1895
Married 6 October 1853
Father

Sacred to the Memory of
Sarah A. Hollingsworth
23 April 1836 - 9 September 1875
Aged 39 years, 5 months, 16 days
Yet doth she live in the hearts and memories of her bereaved family and friends who mourn her absence
[There is also a foot-stone, inscribed "S. A. H."]

Salllie G. Scaife
30 August 1828 - 9 June 1886
Aged 57 years, 8 months, 9 days
Wife of Dr. Jim Scaife
She lived from her youth a consistent member of the Methodist Church
And died in the service of her Master

Sacred to the Memory of
James M. Scaife, M. D.
28 February 1826 - 4 May 1875
The hope to meet when life is past
Shall cheer the sorrowing heart at last
[gravestone broken and the top part lying on the ground]

Mary M. Scaife
Born in Harris County, Georgia 3 March 1833
Died 21 March 1867
Mother
Wife of J. J. Blackman

Jefferson J. Blackman
Born in Lancaster Dis'ct, S. C. 9 October 1814
Died 25 May 1890
Father
At Home
[gravestone broken and the top part lying on the ground]

Jarvis
Margaret R. Scaife
Born in Ga. 17 June 1836
Died in La. 15 July 1872

Scaife
Mary Crosby Poole
Born in S. C. 19 April 1802
Died in La. 11 November 1892

Note:

1. He giveth His beloved: The complete inscription is "He giveth his beloved sleep," from Psalms 127.2: "It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep." The line, "he giveth his beloved sleep," was popularised by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the epigraph of her poem, The Sleep:

He giveth his beloved sleep - Ps. cxxvii. 2.

Of all the thoughts of God that are
Borne inward unto souls afar,
Along the Psalmist's music deep,
Now tell me if that any is,
For gift or grace, surpassing this -
'He giveth His beloved sleep'?

What would we give to our beloved?
The hero's heart to be unmoved,
The poet's star - tuned harp, to sweep,
The patriot's voice, to teach and rouse,
The monarch's crown, to light the brows?
He giveth His beloved, sleep.

What do we give to our beloved?
A little faith all undisproved,
A little dust to overweep,
And bitter memories to make
The whole earth blasted for our sake.
He giveth His beloved, sleep.

'Sleep soft, beloved!' we sometimes say,
But have no tune to charm away
Sad dreams that through the eye - lids creep.
But never doleful dream again
Shall break the happy slumber when
He giveth His beloved, sleep.

O earth, so full of dreary noises!
O men, with wailing in your voices!
O delved gold, the wailers heap!
O strife, O curse, that o'er it fall!
God strikes a silence through you all,
He giveth His beloved, sleep.

His dews drop mutely on the hill;
His cloud above it saileth still,
Though on its slope men sow and reap.
More softly than the dew is shed,
Or cloud is floated overhead,
He giveth His beloved, sleep.

Aye, men may wonder while they scan
A living, thinking, feeling man
Confirmed in such a rest to keep;
But angels say, and through the word
I think their happy smile is heard -
'He giveth His beloved, sleep.'

For me, my heart that erst did go
Most like a tired child at a show,
That sees through tears the mummers leap,
Would now its wearied vision close,
Would child - like on His love repose,
Who giveth His beloved, sleep.

And, friends, dear friends, - when it shall be
That this low breath is gone from me,
And round my bier ye come to weep,
Let One, most loving of you all,
Say, 'Not a tear must o'er her fall;
He giveth His beloved, sleep.'

On the occasion of the funeral, at Westminster Abbey, of Robert Browning, Henrietta ("Nettie") Anne Heathorn (1825 - 1914) wrote the following curious memorial:

Browning's Funeral
December 31, 1889

This day within the Abbey, where of old
Our kings are sepulchred, a king of song,
Browning, among his peers is laid to rest,
Borne to the tomb by loving hearts, and stoled
In shining raiment that his genius wove.
No lingering illness his, with swift surprise
Death flashed the Light Eternal in his eyes
And blinded Life. In this way he was blest.
Perhaps in some far star he now has met
His rose of love, his ne'er forgotten wife,
In life past death the passion of his life,
And they again as once in spirit blent
Look thro' the veil this day and hear the fret
Of many feet, the swelling music spent
On mourning listeners. With voices low,
Chanting their hymn, the boys sing as they go,
"He giveth his Beloved sleep." What tho'
The perishable forms these two once wore
In different lands lie sundered by the sea;
Their spirits smile at this our fond regret:
"What matters anything since we have met,"
They radiant sing. Together! oh, what more
Can love, long parted, from the Eterrnal crave?

And if there be no meeting past the grave,
If all is darkness, silence, yet 'tis rest.
Be not afraid, ye waiting hearts that weep,
For God still giveth his belovèd sleep,
And if an endless sleep he wills, ¾ so best.

Henrietta Anne Heathorn was the wife of "Darwin's bulldog," Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 - 29 June 1895). At Huxley's request, the epitaph on his tombstone, in East Finchley (formerly St. Marylebone) Cemetery, London, England, was engraved as follows:

Be not afraid, ye waiting hearts that weep,
For still he giveth his beloved sleep,
And if an endless sleep he wills, ¾ so best.

____________________________
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G0492A: Charner Poole SCAIFE _[002]
Birth: 21 March 1830, DeKalb County, Georgia
Death: 2 April 1895, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
Interment: Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
Father: William SCAIFE (Jr.) (13 December 1799, Camden District (later Chester County), South Carolina - 11 May 1837)
Mother: Mary Crosby POOLE (19 April 1802, Poolesville, now Blair Village, near Jonesboro, DeKalb County [later Fulton County], Georgia - 11 March 1892, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [See G0493A: Mary Crosby POOLE in Descendants of Captain William "The Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777)]

Marriage: 6 October 1853
Spouse: *Sarah Ann HOLLINGSWORTH (23 April 1836, Henry County, Georgia - 9 October 1875, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana)

Child 1: Edith Olivia SCAIFE (2 September 1854, DeKalb County, Georgia - 14 September 1890, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia: interment at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia) [F]: m. Victor Ernest ST. CLOUD (1845, "Gulf of Mexico" - ?), 24 April 1877, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

Child 2: Charner Augustus ("Gus") SCAIFE (Sr.), M. D. (18 March 1856, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 26 March 1900, Dougherty, Chickasaw Nation [Murray County], Indian Territory [Oklahoma]) [M]: m. Leoma ("Lennie") Enoch BARKMAN (30 August 1860, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas - 19 April 1942, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), 2 January 1877 [See G0491A: Leoma ("Lennie") BARKMAN in Antecedents and Descendants of John Barkman (30 July 1786 - 8 October 1870)]

Child 3: Martha ("Mattie") Elizabeth SCAIFE (28 November 1857, Claiborne Parish Louisiana - 31 December 1891, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [M]: m. Preston S. SMITH (March 1857, Georgia - AFT 7 June 1900, <Atlanta, Fulton County>, Georgia), 1 May 1883

Child 4: James Madison SCAIFE (18 January 1860, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 10 August 1912, in or near Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana: interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana) [M]: m. Rhoda Missouri ("Tiny") ("Tennie") COLVIN (9 October 1858, Vienna, Jackson Parish, Louisiana - 20 January 1944, in or near Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana: interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana), 18 December 1881, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Child 5: William Isaiah SCAIFE, M. D. (16 May 1862, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 31 July 1902: interment at Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [M]: m. Blondel Elizabeth GRIFFIN (27 February 1869, Louisiana - ?), 17 November 1891, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Child 6: Roland Lee SCAIFE, M. D. (11 June 1864, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 11 July 1904, Scaife, Chicot County, Arkansas) [M]: m. Hammie MOORE, 19 March 1893, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Carriola, Chicot County, Arkansas

Child 7: Robert Hollingsworth SCAIFE, M. D. (5 January 1867, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 25 December 1904, Mt. Selman, Cherokee County, Texas: interment at Larissa Cemetery, on FM 855, 2¾ miles west of Mt. Selman, Cherokee County, Texas) [M]: m. Nevada GIBBS (25 December 1878, Panola County, Texas - 2 June 1960, Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana: interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana), 3 February 1896, Union Parish, Louisiana

Child 8: Ruth SCAIFE (1 January 1869, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 18 November 1950, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [F]: m. George Edward RAMSEY (August 1869, Texas - ?), 7 June 1889

Child 9: Margaret ("Maggie") Alice SCAIFE (25 February 1872, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 2 October 1909, Longview, Gregg County, Texas: interment at Greenwood Cemetery, 705 Magrill St., Longview, Gregg County, Texas) [F]: m. John Phillip ZEIGLER (16 May 1863, Texas - 15 June 1916, Longview, Gregg County, Texas: interment at Greenwood Cemetery, 705 Magrill St., Longview, Gregg County, Texas), 19 October 1897

Child 10: Adam SCAIFE (29 September 1875, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 2 December 1895, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [M]

Other Marriage: 1 October 1885, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: Mary ("Mollie") Elizabeth HESTER (née COOPER) (August 1854, Alabama - AFT 14 January 1920, <Hudspeth County>, Texas)

Child 1: Fletcher Terry SCAIFE (29 March 1888, Homer, Claiborne Parish Louisiana - AFT 26 April 1930) [M]: m. Minnie Ola BLOUNT (1889, Texas - AFT 26 April 1930), 24 February 1910

Note 1: After the death of Charner Poole SCAIFE, Mary ("Mollie") Elizabeth HESTER (née COOPER) and her son, Fletcher Terry SCAIFE, immigrated to Texas. On 14 January 1920, in Justice Precinct 1, Hudspeth County, Texas, the United States Census, Mary E. SCAIFE is listed as a widow aged 64, born in Alabama. Her father was born in Georgia, her mother in Alabama.

Mary ("Mollie") Elizabeth HESTER (née COOPER) was the widow of J. M. HESTER (born 1849 in Alabama) by whom she engendered two children: John H. HESTER (born September 1876 in Alabama) and a daughter, Orrie P. HESTER (born January 1879 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana).

In the United States Census for 1930, taken on 26 April, in Justice Precinct 2, El Paso, Texas, the household of Fletcher T. SCAIFE was enumerated. Fletcher T. SCAIFE is said to be 42 years of age, born in Louisiana, first married at the age of 22, and occupied as the manager of a produce company. His father is reported, incorrectly, as born in Louisiana, and his mother, incorrectly, as born in Georgia. His wife, Minnie, is said to be 41 years of age, born in Texas, and first married at the age of 22. Her father is reported as born in Georgia and her mother as born in Alabama. Their children are a daughter, Dorthy P. SCAIFE, aged 19, born in Texas, and Terry SCAIFE, aged 13, born in Texas.

Terry SCAIFE is to be identified with the Fletcher T. SCAIFE who was born 21 February 1917 and who died in April 1986, in Lake Havasu City, Mohave County, Arizona. Terry SCAIFE, thus, is the same as Fletcher Terry SCAIFE, Jr.

Dorthy P. SCAIFE's middle name is likely to be "Poole."

The estate of Charner Poole SCAIFE and his first wife, Sarah Ann HOLLINGSWORTH, became an object of much litigation culminating in the decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Lousiana in the case of SCAIFE et al. vs. Jones et al. on 31 March 1924. About this, see Scaife et al. vs. Jones et al.: Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, 31 March 1924.

Note 2: Fletcher Terry SCAIFE's date of birth was obtained from his registration for the draft, 1917-1918, in Hudspeth County, Texas when the United States entered World War I. Also see: Charner Poole Scaife: Family and Charner Poole Scaife: Real Estate Patents and Transactions in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

Note 3: Charner Poole SCAIFE, the son of William SCAIFE, Jr. (13 December 1799 - 11 May 1837) and of Mary Crosby POOLE (19 April 1802 - 11 March 1892), was born 21 March 1830 in DeKalb County, Georgia. On 6 October 1853, he was married to Sarah Ann HOLLINGSWORTH (23 April 1836 - 9 October 1875), the daughter of Isaiah HOLLINGSWORTH (23 September 1799 - BEF 3 March 1878) and Martha ("Patsy") CHANDLER (ABT 1803 - 1888). About 1855, he, his wife, and his mother moved from Georgia to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, settling near Homer. Also in Claiborne Parish were his uncle, James Madison SCAIFE, M. D. (28 February 1825, DeKalb County, Georgia - 4 May 1875, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana), his uncle's wife, Sarah BLACKMAN, his sister, Margaret R. SCAIFE (17 June 1836, DeKalb County, Georgia - 13 July 1872), and her husband, Alfred Floyd JARVIS. In Claiborne Parish, Charner Poole SCAIFE was a planter of cotton. He also owned and operated a textile mill (mercantile cloth) not far from Arizona, Louisiana.

Note 4: Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. Located at Alabama and Everitt Street in downtown Ruston, Louisiana. Surveyed by Boy Scout Troop 45 of Trinity United Methodist Church under the direction of Life Scout Jon Liner for his Eagle project. The maps of the cemetery and original report of gravestones may be found at the Lincoln Parish Library Genealogy Section. The survey was conducted September - October 1999.

In the SCAIFE plot of the Greenwood Cemetery, the following gravestones were noted:

Robert Dayton Scaife
November 11, 1899 - December 12, 1983
Son of Dr. Robert H. Scaife
and Nevada Gibbs Scaife

Nevada Gibbs Scaife, wife of
Robert Hollingsworth Scaife, M. D.
December 25, 1878 - June 2, 1960
Heaven's eternal rest - thine

James M. Scaife
January 18, 1860 - August 10, 1912
Asleep in Jesus
Blessed thought

Mother
Mrs. J. M. Scaife
October 9, 1858 - January 20, 1944
Asleep in Jesus

Jelmo Scaife [= James Elmo Scaife, the son of James Madison Scaife and Rhoda Missouri ("Tiny") ("Tennie") Colvin]
September 2, 1888 - November 10, 1916
His memory shall ever be
a guiding star to heaven

Infant son of
Jelmo & Tennie Scaife
Died April 16, 1916

[The maiden name of Tennie Scaife was Tennie Crookshank. Her infant son was born and died on 16 April 1916.]

Obituary of Nevada Gibbs SCAIFE:

The Franklin, Sunday, June 9, 1960

Mrs. Nevada Gibbs SCAIFE

Funeral services for Mrs. Nevada Gibbs SCAIFE, 81 were conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Mulhearn Funeral home chapel, Winnsboro, The Rev. Jimmy Hipp officiated. Born December 25, 1878, Mrs. SCAIFE died June 2 at Winnsboro. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Aldina S. GATES and Mrs. Roy GIANELLONI, both of Baton Rouge, a son Dayton SCAIFE, Bossier City, and a brother F. C. GIBBS, Winnsboro. Pallbearers were Lynn Eubanks, George A. Faulk, Thomas Higginbotham, James Searcy, Floyd Warner and O. S. Welch. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston.

Note 5: Excerpts from the Diary of W. F. Bridges
January 1 - July 16, 1892

(Editor's note: The diary was meticulously kept, day by day. For each day the time of rising was noted-usually around 8 o'clock but on some days as early as 4:30 - and for each day the time of going to bed-usually around 9 o'clock. For each day weather and wind conditions were noted. Only excerpts from the diary can be given here. The diary is valuable for its faithful reflection of the daily life in Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana and nearby communities in 1892 and for the frequent mention of friends and acquaintances of the author, usually fully identified by given name initials. In general capitalization and spelling have not been changed. In some instances punctuation has been supplied when it is helpful to meaning.The entry for January 1 is given in full to show the pattern of entry.)

References to Blondel Elizabeth (née GRIFFIN) SCAIFE:

JAN. 4-Tom Wharton reed his velocipede this morning which is a nice present from Thomas Wharton the Drummer. Mrs. Blonde SCAIFE took dinner with us today. Issued a warrant for_______ for stealing__________'s mule. Town council will meet tonight.

JAN. 30-There was a good many people in Town to day especially Darkies Mrs. Blondell SCAIFE came up to see Miss Della a little while this Evening. J.T. Bridges called in after dinner. I had my hair cut this Evening.

FEB. 4 Police Jury in session to day. Candidates are getting quite numerous in Town and Country too. The Collier goods are selling like hot cakes. Mrs. Blondell SCAIFE and Mrs. Bugg Hodge came over this evening to see Miss Della.

Probable reference to William Isaiah SCAIFE, M. D.:

APRIL 20-The result of the Election was as follows, State ticket Foster 2040, McHenry 393, Lenard 690, Parish Ticket Barksdale 1644, Graham 880, MeClendon 633, Everett 1952(?), Holstead 1104, Harris 1761, Price 1179, Nelson 1399, Copeland~ 1386, Ferguson 2262, Copeland 949, Kirkpatrick 1914, Barnett 1318, SCAIFE 1562, Bush 1040, Waters 307, Homer Box for Ward Officers W.F. Bridges 592, Hester 214, Beard 115, Bailey 578, Brown 370, Kimbell ________ Minefee

William Isaiah SCAIFE, M. D. was interred in section C2 of Old Homer Cemetery, in Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. The inscription on his gravestone is as follows:

W. I. Scaife, M. D.
May 16, 1862 - July 31, 1902
He giveth his beloved sleep
[Woodmen of the World]

Note 6: Concerning the marriage of Roland Lee SCAIFE, M. D. and Hammie MOORE, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Carriola, Chicot County, Arkansas, the following notice was printed in The Arkansas Methodist (published by Bennett and Thornburgh, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas), vol. 11, no. 45, for 30 March 1893:

"At the M.E. Church, South, in Carriola, Ark. March 19, 1893, by Rev. G.E. Cameron, Mr. R. L. SCAIFE of St. Louis, Mo. and Miss Hammie MOORE of Carriola, Ark."

In the United States Census of 1900 for Ward 4 of St. Louis (independent city), Missouri, taken 14 June 1900, Roland Lee SCAIFE, M. D. is reported as a lodger at 715 Pine St. In what appears to have been a change of fortune not for the better, his occupation is given as "travelling salesman." His marital status is "single."

Note 7: Preston S. SMITH was the son of M. Jackson SMITH (ABT 1828, South Carolina - ?) and Martha Jane HOLLINGSWORTH (1 March 1832, Georgia - ?), the sister of Sarah Ann HOLLINGSWORTH. M. Jackson SMITH and Martha Jane HOLLINGSWORTH were married 23 January 1852, in Georgia.

Note 8: Allen CROSBY and Mary HUGHES engendered Mary Ann CROSBY (18 February 1834, South Carolina - 6 August 1893) who, in 1849, was married to Thomas Ralph COLVIN (15 April 1820, Chester District, South Carolina - 6 May 1880, Vienna, on Cypress Creek, "Old Home Place," Lincoln Parish [formed in 1873 from Jackson Parish], Louisiana). Mary Ann CROSBY and Thomas Ralph COLVIN engendered Rhoda Missouri ("Tiny") ("Tennie") COLVIN (9 October 1858, Vienna, Jackson Parish, Louisiana - 20 January 1944, in or near Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana: interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana) who, on 18 December 1881, was married to James Madison SCAIFE (18 January 1860, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 10 August 1912, in or near Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana: interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana). Because James Madison SCAIFE was the great grandson of Margaret CROSBY and Adam S. POOLE, Jr., he and his wife were both descended from Thomas CROSBY, Sr. and Margaret DAVIS and, therefore, were cousins. [See Child 8: Allen CROSBY under G0495A: Thomas CROSBY (Sr.) in Antecedents and Descendants of Dennis Crosby (11 December 1724 - BY 10 October 1771) and G0494A: Adam S. POOLE (Jr.) in Descendants of Captain William "the Joyner" Poole (ABT 1703 - BEF November 1777). Also see G0495A: Thomas CROSBY (Sr.) in Antecedents and Descendants of Dennis Crosby (11 December 1724 - BY October 1771).]

Thomas Ralph COLVIN was the son of Andrew Feaster COLVIN (30 March 1785 - 3 February 1849) and Jemima PETRIE (5 September 1785 - 5 June 1872).

See Ethelle and Baker Colvin, Colvin and Allied Families.

Note 9: The identity of Victor Ernest ST. CLOUD, the husband of Edith Olivia SCAIFE, is a conundrum. In the United States Census of 1880 for Claiborne Parish, Ward 7, Louisiana, taken 22 and 23 June 1880, he and his wife Edith Olivia SCAIFE are shown as residents in the household of Charner Poole SCAIFE. He gives his age as 35, his occupation as that of a painter and a carpenter, and his place of birth as "Gulf of Mexico." He also stated that both of his parents were born in Georgia. W. J. Mercer, who enumerated the household of Charner Poole SCAIFE, designated Victor Ernest ST. CLOUD as "foreign." Suspicion exists that the name "Victor Ernest ST. CLOUD" was an alias.

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G0491A: Charner Augustus ("Gus") SCAIFE (Sr.), M. D. _[001]
Birth: 18 March 1856, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
Death: 26 March 1900, Dougherty, Chickasaw Nation (Murray County), Indian Territory (Oklahoma)
Interment: probably (lost burial) Dougherty Cemetery, Dougherty, Chickasaw Nation (Murray County), Indian Territory (Oklahoma)
Father: Charner Poole SCAIFE (21 March 1830, DeKalb County, Georgia - 2 April 1895, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana)
Mother: *Sarah Ann HOLLINGSWORTH (23 April 1836, Henry County, Georgia - 9 October 1875, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, near Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana)

Marriage: 2 January 1877
Spouse: Leoma ("Lennie") Enoch BARKMAN (30 August 1860, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas - 19 April 1942, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [See G0491A: Leoma ("Lennie") BARKMAN in Antecedents and Descendants of John Barkman (30 July 1786 - 8 October 1870)]

Child 1: William Stonewall SCAIFE (5 January 1878, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas - 31 March 1956, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [M]: m. Edna Lucille POOLE (20 July 1872, Lovelady, Houston County, Texas - 3 June 1953, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), 1909 [AFT 22 April], Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Child 2: Minnie F(rances?) SCAIFE (February 1880, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas - BEF 1 June 1900, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) [F]

Child 3: Charner Augustus ("Gus") SCAIFE (Jr.) (14 June 1884, Gibsland, Bienville Parish, Louisiana - 11 September 1944, Nocona, Montague County, Texas: interment at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [M]: m. Ida May SLOAN (4:00 AM, 4 June 1887, Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas - 2:20 AM, 12 September 1964, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment 14 September 1964 at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), 25 September 1910, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas [See G0490A: Ida May SLOAN in Descendants of Archibald Sloan (BEF 1697 - BEF March 1764).]

Child 4: Claude SCAIFE (15 December 1886, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas or Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 18 April 1889, Dougherty, Chickasaw Nation [Murray County], Indian Territory [Oklahoma]: interment at Dougherty Cemetery, Section A, Murray County, Oklahoma) [M]

Child 5: Evelyn ("Eva") SCAIFE (27 March 1890, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas - 4 February 1976, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [F]: m. George Albert HOEFLING (24 January 1887, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas - ?), June 1914

Note 1: William Stonewall SCAIFE and Edna Lucille POOLE engendered one child: William Harold SCAIFE (20 July 1912, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado - 11:35 AM, 8 April 1994, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment 11 April 1994, Prien Memorial Park, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana).

Note 2: In the United States Census for 1880, taken in Ward 8 of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana on 15 June 1880, Charner Augustus SCAIFE, Sr. is reported to be 23 years of age and to be occupied as a farmer. His wife's name is given as "Liomia," 19 years of age, born in Texas, and his household includes two children: Willie SCAIFE, aged 2 years, born in Texas, and Minnie SCAIFE, aged 3 months, born in Texas. Minnie SCAIFE's date of birth is explicitly recorded as February 1880.

Note 3: Claude SCAIFE was interred in the Dougherty Cemetery, Section A, Murray County, Oklahoma beneath a stone marked "Claude Scaife | December 15, 1886 - April 18, 1889 | son of Dr. C. A. and L. E. Scaife | There are Thoughts That Never Perish | Bright Unfading Through Long Years | Thy Memory We Cherish | Enshrined in Hope Embalmed in Tears."

The following account of the Dougherty Cemetery is taken from Mr. Dennis Muncrief by whom the gravestones have been transcribed:

"Dougherty is a small community in the heart of the Arbuckle Mountains. It is located on the banks of the Washita River in prime farming and ranching land. The Dougherty Cemetery was originally part of the Chickasaw Indian Allotment to the Mazeppa Turner family. When Mazeppa Turner started building his home on a hill in the middle of his allotment, ancient Indian graves were uncovered when digging began. Mazeppa applied to have his allotment changed to an area on the Washita River. The Old Indian Gravesite was used as the local burial site after that. Of interest may be the fact that the 1940s & '50s big band singer, Kay Starr, was born and raised in Dougherty. Her parents are buried in the cemetery. The Town of Dougherty is at the end of SH 110, about 10 miles southeast of Davis, Oklahoma. The cemetery on the east side of town is in excellant condition and well kept. There is much pride in the cemetery and local people are adding gravestones to many of the unmarked graves as records are discovered."

Note 4: Charner Augustus SCAIFE (Sr.), M. D. obtained his degree in medicine from the Louisville Medical College on 21 February 1889. His diploma in medicine was approved by the Louisiana State Board of Health, in New Orleans, on 8 July 1889. As a farmer-physician in Louisiana and in Indian Territory, he frequently accepted payment for his services in the form of animals and produce. To see a transcription of his diploma, go to Charner Augustus Scaife, M. D. (18 March 1856 - 26 March 1900): Louisville Medical College.

In Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville: 1890), chapter 13, Charner Augustus SCAIFE, Sr. is acknowledged as having obtained his doctorate in medicine in 1889 at the Louisville Medical College and as having registered to practice medicine in Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana.

Note 5: Soon after the death of Charner Augustus SCAIFE (Sr.), his immediate survivors were visited, on 1 June 1900, by the marshal responsible for taking the federal census. The 1900 Census for "Dougherty Town," Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Twp 2 S _ Range 2 E, listed Lennie SCAIFE, age 39, as the head of household; William, age 22, as son; Gus, age 15, as son; and Evie, age 11, as daughter. "Evie," in fact, became ten years old the day after her father's death.

Note 6: For many years, William Stonewall SCAIFE served on the Police Jury (in other jurisdictions, the equivalent of a county council) of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Thus, the following:

LAKE CHARLES AMERICAN PRESS, 15 January 1944:

Political Advertisement: My record as a police juror and as a private citizen has been for the upbuilding of Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish. I advocated and helped to build the LaGrange School. I was first to advocate the building of a junior college for Lake Charles. And when I became a member of the police jury in 1932, I had the jury go on record as setting aside the present site of the junior college for that purpose.

Through my good friend, Huey Long, I personally got the South Street road paved. However, this project was not carried out until after his death.

If you elect me next Tuesday, I assure you that I will do everything I possibly can to get you out of the mud and water and give you drainage that has been neglected for years. W. S. "BILL'' SCAIFE

Note 7: Edna Lucille POOLE, the wife of William Stonewall SCAIFE, was sometimes a copy-editor at the Lake Charles American Press. She was the daughter of George Franklin POOLE (20 November 1847, Mississippi - 17 September 1921, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) and Mary Elizabeth GARRISON (5 November 1851, Georgia - 23 March 1923, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana).

The siblings of Edna Lucille POOLE were: Unnamed infant POOLE (born and died about 1873), sex unknown; Thomas F. POOLE (25 December 1873, Houston or Trinity County, Texas - 11 March 1902, Orange County, Texas: Orange County, Texas: interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Plot 2, Orange County, Texas) [M]: m. Maud THOMAS, 19 December 1894, Orange County, Texas [Thomas F. POOLE was killed in a saloon in Orange, Texas by his friend, Jim Jett, who was charged with murder. Jim Jett was of the same family as that for which, in Orange, the Jett Cemetery is named; but he isn't buried there.]; Oscar POOLE (29 August 1875, Houston or Trinity County, Texas - 21 December 1899, Orange County, Texas: interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Orange County, Texas) [M]: m. Louvenia BLAND (27 June 1881, Orange County, Texas - 25 March 1943, Orange County, Texas: interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Orange County, Texas), 24 November 1897, Orange County, Texas [Oscar POOLE and Louvenia BLAND engendered at least one daughter, Oscar Olivia POOLE (7 August 1900, Orange County, Texas - 11 June 1990, Orange County, Texas: interment at Dorman Cemetery, Orange County, Texas), who married Henry Carl MYERS (2 October 1896 - 9 July 1986, Orange, Orange County, Texas) on 31 December 1916 in Orange County, Texas.]; George H. POOLE (February 1877, Houston or Trinity County, Texas - March 1908, Graybar, Rapides Parish, Louisiana) [M] [George H. POOLE was never married. He was killed in strike violence according to the Lake Charles American Press.]; Claude POOLE (February 1881, Texas - AFT 23 April 1930) [M]: m. Marguerita UNKNOWN. [On 15 January 1920, according to the United States Census, Claude POOLE and his wife were residing in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. On 23 April 1930, according to the United States Census, Claude POOLE was residing, without his wife, in Mont Belview, Justice Precinct 5, Chambers County, Texas.]; Earl Adam POOLE (February 1883, Trinity County, Texas - 22 June 1930, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [M] [Earl Adam POOLE was never married. On 15 January 1920, according to the United States Census, he was residing in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. His nephew, William Harold SCAIFE inherited his automobile.]; and Grover C. POOLE (July 1885, Trinity County, Texas - AFT 2 September 1931) [M]: m. Lydia ("Lettie") E. LOONEY (1885/86, Texas - AFT 16 April 1930), 14 May 1909, Alexandria, Louisiana. [On 16 April 1930, Grover C. POOLE, his wife, his two sons James W. POOLE, aged 17, born in Mississippi, and Jack H. POOLE, aged 14, born in Washington, were all residing in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Lydia LOONEY's father is said to have been born in Tennessee and her mother is said to have been born in Louisiana. James W. POOLE was born 21 August 1912 and died 15 May 2001, in Oceanside, San Diego County, California. Jack H. POOLE was born 23 March 1916 and died November 1986 in Nickelsville, Scott County, Virginia.]

Grover C. POOLE, the brother of Edna Lucille POOLE, was involved - in 1927 and 1931 - in a number of real-estate transactions in Texas (Texas Land Title Abstracts):

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 3524
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 12 Apr 1927
Patent #: 428
Patent Volume: 33A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: E.Pt. 24 GC & SF LLL-
Acres: 182
Class: School
File: 139861

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 896
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 12 Apr 1927
Patent #: 429
Patent Volume: 33A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: E.Pt. 6 Anton Adams OV 4-
Acres: 861.60
Class: School
File: 139862

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 554
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 13 Apr 1927
Patent #: 430
Patent Volume: 33A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: S.Pt. 8 S. A. Ballard OV 4-
Acres: 878
Class: School
File: 139863

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 1987
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 13 Apr 1927
Patent #: 431
Patent Volume: 33A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: S.Pt. 5 Sam Everett OV 3-
Acres: 979.40
Class: School
File: 139864

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 1984
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 13 Apr 1927
Patent #: 432
Patent Volume: 33A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: 4 Wm. P. Henry OV 3-
Acres: 1280
Class: School
File: 139865

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 1919
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 13 Apr 1927
Patent #: 433
Patent Volume: 33A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: S.E Pt. 4 M. A. McDougald-
Acres: 503
Class: School
File: 139869

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 152
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 13 Apr 1927
Patent #: 434
Patent Volume: 33A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: 7 A. T. Rainey OV 4-
Acres: 1280
Class: School
File: 139870

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 1531
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 13 Apr 1927
Patent #: 435
Patent Volume: 331
Survey/Blk/Tsp: 12 W. A. Stacy OV4-
Acres: 532
Class: School
File: 139871

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 2025
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 13 Apr 1927
Patent #: 436
Patent Volume: 33A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: S.Pt. 11 S. J. Stapleton OV 4-
Acres: 308
Class: School
File: 139872

District: Bexar
County: Val Verde
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 983
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 13 Apr 1927
Patent #: 437
Patent Volume: 33A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: S.E. Pt. 5 Tidwell OV 4-
Acres: 334
Class: School
File: 139873

District: Bexar
County: Terrell
Grantee: Grover C. POOLE
Certificate: 381
Patentee: Grover C. POOLE
Patent Date: 02 Sep 1931
Patent #: 412
Patent Volume: 50A
Survey/Blk/Tsp: 30 T&SL 153-
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George Franklin POOLE, a lawyer by profession and the father of Edna Lucille POOLE, was the son of John D. POOLE (1 March 1823, Tennessee - 27 March 1895, Orange County, Texas: interment in Jett Cemetery, in Orange, Texas) and Louisiana A. COTTON (10 June 1815, Madison County, Alabama - 9 October 1895, Orange County, Texas: interment in Jett Cemetery, in Orange, Texas) who were married about 1845. His siblings were: Willis M. POOLE (September 1850, Mississippi - AFT 1899) [M]: m. Margaret VASHTI (March 1855, Mississippi - AFT 1899) [Willis POOLE was a hard-shell Baptist preacher. He also owned a furniture store in Temple, Texas.]; John H. POOLE (1853, Louisiana - ?) [M]; and T. J. POOLE (1855, Louisiana - ?) [M].

On 8 January 1863, John D. POOLE, in Crockett, Houston County, Texas enlisted, for a period of three months, in Company B (Houston County), 11th Brigade, Texas State Troops. His immediate commanding officer was Capt. William Wortham. The 11th Brigade of the Texas State Troops was under the command of Col. L. W. Cooper. Upon enlistment, John D. POOLE gave his age as 37.

On 15 or 16 June 1880, John D. POOLE, aged 57, born in Tennessee, and Louisiana A. COTTON, aged 63, born in Alabama, were listed in the United States Census as residing in Precinct 3, Houston County, Texas. John D. POOLE was occupied as a farmer. The father of John D. POOLE is reported as having been born in Virginia and his mother is reported to have been born in Tennessee. The mother of Louisiana A. COTTON is reported to have been born in Alabama. Also residing in the household was a granddaughter, Minnie E. POOLE, aged 11, born in Texas. Both the parents of Minnie E. POOLE are reported to have been born in Alabama.

Louisiana A. COTTON, the wife of John D. POOLE, was the daughter of Peter Johnston COTTON (25 December 1787, Rockingham County, North Carolina - October 1862, Tippah County, Misissippi) and Lavinia TUCKER who were married 20 May 1806 in Wilson County, Tennessee.

Peter Johnston COTTON, the father of Louisiana A. COTTON, was the son of James COTTON (October 1765, Rowan or Guildford County, North Carolina - 18 February 1838, McNairy County, Tennessee) and Nancy Jane JOHNS(T)ON (born 1765, Guildford County, North Carolina). James COTTON and Nancy Jane JOHNS(T)ON were married, on 20 December 1786, in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The other children of James COTTON and Nancy Jane JOHNS(T)ON were: Mary COTTON (15 March 1792, probably Tennessee - ?) [F]: m.John MCCARTNEY; Martha COTTON (19 May 1796, Tennessee - 22 November 1852, Madison County, Alabama) [F]: m1. John ASHWORTH: m2. Samuel Boulds BARRETT; Tabitha (COTTON (3 February 1801, Tennessee - 1 May 1877) [F]: m.Henry LEWIS, 23 September 1819; and Charles K. COTTON (3 October 1805, Smith County, Tennessee - ?) M]: m. Rutha Elizabeth MAHAN (7 April 1806, Knox County, Kentucky - 27 November 1878, Henderson County, Texas), 10 August 1828, Jackson County, Alabama.

Peter Johnston COTTON, during the War of 1812, was a private in the 2nd Regiment (Lillard's) of the East Tennessee Volunteers.

James COTTON, the father of Peter Johnston COTTON, was the son of Amos COTTON (born in 1735, Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) and Zelpha WIMBERLY. His siblings were: George COTTON (born in North Carolina) [M]; Wimberly COTTON (born in North Carolina) [M]; Joseph COTTON (born in North Carolina) [M]; Sally COTTON (born in North Carolina) [F]; Pheribe COTTON [F]; and Elisabeth COTTON.

The Will of Amos COTTON, the father of James COTTON, is as follows:

Amos COTTON, being weak in body . . . wife Zilpha, use of estate during her widowhood and bequeath one negro, Jude to wife.

Sons George COTTON and Wimberly COTTON, plantation where Davis Fountain now lives, Son George , Negro Peter, and one mare and Smiths tools.
Son Joseph, land where I now live adj. the spring branch, the creek field and patent line. It to be the deviding line to be made by George WIMBERLY and or Elias Fort, son Joseph, one Negro and one mare.

Son James COTTON, remaining part of my land, also Negro, Simon, and my still and worm,

Daughter, Sally COTTON, Negro Cate,

Daughter, Pheribe COTTON, negroes Green and Luke

Daughter, Elisabet, negro Lettice.

Excutors : Friends

George WIMBERLY
Robert DIGGERS
Elias FORT

Witnesses:

John X Fountain
Solomon X Fountain
William X Elenor

Amos COTTON, the father of James COTTON, was the son of Joseph COTTON (1706, Nansemond County, Virginia, British North America - ?) and Elizabeth ERVIN who were married, in 1735, in Talbora, Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America. His siblings were: Willie COTTON (born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) [M]: Abesella COTTON (born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) [F]: m. Robert COTTON; Mary COTTON (born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) [F]: m. Thomas DEW; Lucretia COTTON (born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) [F]: m. Absolom MERRITT; Patience COTTON (born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) [F]: m. John RAULS; Charity COTTON (born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) [F]: m. James SLAUGHTER; Cealla COTTON (born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) [F]: m. Beniah WILLIAMS; Joseph COTTON (born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) [M]; Thomas COTTON (born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America) [M]: m. Ann UNKNOWN; and William H. COTTON (1735, Edgecomb County, North Carolina, British North America - ?) [M]: m. Claremond D. CHAPPELL.

Joseph COTTON, the father of Amos COTTON, was the son of John ("Bertie") COTTON (22 April 1658, Queens Creek, York County, Virginia, British North America - ABT 1728, Queens Creek, York County, Virginia, British North America) and his second wife, Martha GODWIN. His siblings were: Alexander Sportsborn COTTON (21 December 1700, South Quay, Nansemond County, Virginia, British North America - 1769, Barfield, Bertie County, North Carolina) [M]: m. Ann FOSTER, ABT 1718; Patience COTTON (1703 - 30 November 1725) [F]: m.Capt. John SPEARS; Susannah COTTON (1704 - ?) [F]: m. Esan BLOUNT; Thomas COTTON (ABT 1709, Bertie County [now Hertford County], North Carolina, British North America - 1771, Hertford County, North Carolina, British North America) [M]: m1.Mary UNKNOWN: m2. Patience ("Sarah") BRIDGES; James COTTON (1712, Nansemond County, Virginia, British North America - ?, Nansemond County, Virginia) [M]: m1.Sarah LUTAN: m2. Sarah BRIDGES; Priscilla COTTON (1714 - ?) [F]: m1.Unknown LEONARD: m2. Francis LEE; and Arthur C. COTTON (9 September 1716, Nansemond County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [M]: m. Elizabeth Mary RUTLAND.

John ("Bertie") COTTON, the father of Joseph COTTON, had been first married to Martha UNKNOWN. Their children were: John COTTON (1684 - 2 February 1740/01, North Hampton County, Virginia, British North America) [M]: m. Ann JONES; Martha COTTON (1685, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F]: m. Francis BENTON (died before 1728); Anne COTTON (1687, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia, British North America - 1736, Bertie County, North Carolina, British North America) [F]: m. Capt. John THOMPSON; Mary ("Polly") COTTON (1688, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F]: m. Thomas HOLLAND; Samuel COTTON (1690, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia, British North America - 18 May 1774, North Hampton County, Virginia, British North America) [M]: m. Ludia E. WELL; and William COTTON (1694, Barfield, Nansemond County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [M].

John ("Bertie") COTTON, the father of Joseph COTTON, was the son of John COTTON and Ann HUTCHINSON. The siblings of John ("Bertie") COTTON were: William COTTON (1660, Queens Creek, York County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [M]: m. Anne HUTCHINSON; Thomas COTTON (1662 - March 1717/18, Surry County, Virginia, British North America) [M]: m. Mary UNKNOWN; Charles COTTON (1664, Queens Creek, York County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [M]; Richard COTTON (1669 - ?) [M]; Ann COTTON (1674 - ?) [F]; Elizabeth COTTON (1676 - ?) [F]; Robert COTTON (1678 - ?) [M]; Jane COTTON (1680 - ?) [F]: m. John DONELSON; and Walter COTTON [M].

Mary Elizabeth GARRISON, the wife of George Franklin POOLE, was the daughter of William J. GARRISON (1818, Georgia - AFT 1880, Houston County, Texas) and Cecilia ("Sisley") Ann Amanda HARKINS (25 November 1831, Coweta County, Georgia - 11 May 1888, Houston County, Texas) who were married about 1850. Her siblings were: Martha A. GARRISON (1853, Georgia - ?) [F]; James Dora GARRISON (December 1854, Georgia - ?) [M]; Georgia T. GARRISON (1857, Texas - ?) [F]; William F. GARRISON (January 1860, Centerville, Leon County, Texas - ?) [M]: m. Emma L. UNKNOWN (November 1870, Texas - ?); Sarah J. GARRISON (1863, Leon or Houston County, Texas, Confederate States of America - ?) [F]; Emma GARRISON (1866, Leon or Houston County, Texas - ?) [F]; Ella GARRISON (1868, Leon or Houston County, Texas - ?) [F]; and Isabella H. GARRISON (1872, Houston County, Texas - ?) [F].

Cecilia ("Sisley") Ann Amanda HARKINS, the wife of William J. GARRISON, was the daughter of William HARKINS (1789, Coweta County, Georgia - 1861, Randolph, Houston County, Texas) and Nancy Ann STELL (1790, Newberry District, South Carolina - 1865, Randolph, Houston County, Texas) who were married on 6 August 1808 in Morgan County, Georgia. Her siblings were: Elizabeth Ann HARKINS (1813, Coweta County, Georgia - 20 June 1895, <Leon County>, Texas) [F]: m. Elbert HARRIS (1806, Georgia - 18 December 1874, Leon County, Texas), 7 December 1828, Coweta County, Georgia; Sarah K. HARKINS (1813, Coweta County, Georgia - AFT 1850, <Carroll County, Georgia>) [F]: m. Beverly SIMMONS (1802, Georgia - AFT 1850, <Carroll County, Georgia>), 30 July 1829, Coweta County, Georgia; Thomas Rhodes HARKINS (1818, Coweta County, Georgia - ?, <Leon County, Texas>) [M]; James W. HARKINS (7 September 1819, Coweta County, Georgia - 20 December 1880, <Coweta County, Georgia>) [M]: m1. Susan E. BILBO (ABT 1824 - ?): m2. Mary Ann BLEDSOE (1824, Georgia - ?, <Coweta County, Georgia>), 14 May 1840, Coweta County, Georgia; Rebecca HARKINS (ABT 1822, Coweta County, Georgia - ?) [F]: m. Lynn B. HARRIS (ABT 1820 - <1851>), ABT 1845; Martha HARKINS (1824, Coweta County, Georgia - 16 September 1842) [F]: m. Tilman INGRAHAM, 9 September 1841, Coweta County, Georgia; Mary Ann HARKINS (6 February 1828, Coweta County, Georgia - 25 June 1895) [F]: m. Tilman INGRAHAM, 14 March 1843, Coweta County, Georgia; and William Jackson HARKINS (6 February 1828, Coweta County, Georgia - 15 December 1902, Coltharp, Houston County, Texas) [M]: m1. Jane Ann BILBO (1830, Georgia - BEF 1870, <Coweta County, Georgia>): m2. Mary H. BILBO (September 1836, Georgia - AFT 1900, Coltharp, Houston County, Texas).

At some time between 1856 and 1860, Elbert HARRIS and his wife Elizabeth Ann HARKINS moved from Tallapoosa County, Alabama to Centerville, Leon County, Texas.

Georgia Marriages to 1850 verifies that Sarah K. HARKINS was married to Beverly SIMMONS in Coweta County, Georgia on 30 July 1829. It also shows that, on 6 June 1827, Beverly SIMMONS was married to Elizabeth BUCKHALTER in Pulaski County, Georgia. Beverly and "Sarah C. SIMMONS" appear in the United States Census of Carroll County, Georgia, taken 5 April 1850. A "Beverly SIMMONS" appears in the United States Census of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, taken 25 June 1860, as a person without family, aged 50, born in Georgia, occupied as a "hostler," that is, as one who attends horses - a stableman or a groom.

Mary Ann BLEDSOE, the second wife of James W. HARKINS, was the daughter of John BLEDSOE, born 1778 in Virginia.

The marriages of Tilman INGRAHAM to Martha and Mary Ann HARKINS are verified in Georgia Marriages to 1850. The United States Census of 1850 for Houston County, Texas shows a "Tilman INGRAM," aged 33, employed as an overseer, born in Alabama, with his wife Martha, aged 31, born in Tennessee; with his sons William L., aged 8, born in Texas, Robert, aged 6, born in Texas, and John, aged 4, born in Texas; and with his daughters Martha, aged 16, born in Texas, Nany, aged 14, born in Texas, and Manda, aged 12, born in Texas. Tilman INGRAHAM. who married Martha and Mary Ann HARKINS, should not be confused with Lt. Col. Tillman INGRAM, C. S. A. [7th Regiment, Florida Infantry] (1 January 1822, Kershaw County, South Carolina - 1890, Kosse, Limestone County, Texas: interment at Kosse Cemetery, Kosse, Limestone County, Texas) who was married to Jane Amanda Louisiana GOOCH (19 May 1822, Chester County, South Carolina - 1890, Kosse, Limestone County, Texas: interment at Kosse Cemetery, Kosse, Limestone County, Texas) on 22 July 1842.

At some time between 1860 and 1870, William Jackson HARKINS moved himself and his family to Houston County, Texas.

William HARKINS, the husband of Nancy Ann STELL, was the first Justice of the Peace in Fayette County, Georgia. He and Nancy Ann STELL settled in Texas in 1857.

Nancy Ann STELL, the wife of William HARKINS, was the daughter of Robert Malone STELL (4 March 1767, Newberry District, South Carolina, British North America - 2 September 1814, Morgan County, Georgia) and Elizabeth JONES (1773, Washington County, Virginia - ABT 1840, Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia) who were married in 1788, in Newberry District, South Carolina. [See G0494A: Robert Malone STELL in Antecedents and Descendants of Michael STELL (1683 - ABT 1706).]

In the United States Census of Centerville, Leon County, Texas, taken 12 September 1860, the following configuration appears on pages 55 (265A) and 56 (265B):

Dwelling

Family

Name

Age

Sex

Occupation

Real Estate

Personal Estate

Place of Birth

390

W. J. GARRISON

Mechanic

150

Georgia

Amanda GARRISON

Georgia

Mary E. GARRISON

Georgia

Martha A. GARRISON

Georgia

Dora GARRISON

Georgia

Georgia T. GARRISON

Texas

William F. GARRISON

7/12

Texas

391

John D. STELL

Planter

18,000

49,925

Georgia

Amanda M. STELL

Georgia

Raphineas STELL

Student

Georgia

Isaac STELL

Student

Georgia

Dennis STELL

Georgia

Henry STELL

Georgia

Leroy STELL

Georgia

John COX

Merchant

125

Georgia

T. R. HARKINS

Laborer

Georgia

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393

Elbert HARRIS

Farmer

715

Georgia

Elizabeth HARRIS

Georgia

Berry HARRIS

Wagoner

Alabama

Elizabeth HARRIS

Alabama

Henrietta HARRIS

Alabama

Paritee HARRIS [= "Parilee HARRIS"]

Alabama

Emma HARRIS

Alabama

Elbert HARRIS

Alabama

A. G. HARRIS

Wagoner

Alabama

The household of William J. GARRISON and Cecilia ("Sisley") Ann Amanda HARKINS is shown next door to that of Col. John Dennis STELL (27 October 1804, Hancock County, Georgia - 28 October 1862, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America) and Amanda Melvina HARVEY (formerly Mrs. Samuel Waller COX, July 1811, Butte County, Georgia - 1861, Leon or Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America). Col. John Dennis STELL was the uncle of Cecilia ("Sisley") Ann Amanda HARKINS and of her brother, Thomas Rhodes HARKINS, a resident in his household. Col. John Dennis STELL was the foster father of John Calhoun COX, also a resident in his household. One household beyond that of Col. John Dennis STELL is that of Elbert HARRIS and his wife Elizabeth Ann HARKINS, the sister of Cecilia ("Sisley") Ann Amanda HARKINS and Thomas Rhodes HARKINS and the niece of Col. John Dennis STELL. About Col. John Dennis STELL, see G0493A: John Dennis STELL, Colonel in Antecedents and Descendants of Michael Stell (1683 - ABT 1706), John Dennis Stell: The Texas Secession Convention, John Dennis Stell: Address to the People of Texas, and John Dennis Stell: Texas Ordinance of Secession. About Amanda Melvina HARVEY, see G0493A: Amanda Melvina HARVEY in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838). About John Calhoun COX, see G0492A: John ("Little Black Jack," "Black Jack") Calhoun COX, Sergeant, Company C, Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and Justice of the Peace, Smith County, Texas ("Judge Cox") in Antecedents and Descendants of John Cox (1 November 1727 - ABT 1804/05).

Note 8: About George Albert HOEFLING, the husband of Evelyn SCAIFE, the paragraphs below are taken from Frank W. Johnson ("A Leader in the Texas Revolution"), A History of Texas and Texans, edited and brought to date by Eugene C. Barker (Ph. D., professor of American history, the University of Texas) with the assistance of Ernest William Winkler (M. A., Texas State Librarian, 4 vols. (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York: 1916), vol. 4, pp. 1665 - 1666. This account of George A. HOEFLING is written very much in the boostering style that Sinclair Lewis, in Babbitt, made to be an object of parody.

[1665] GEORGE A. HOEFLING. Among the younger generation of business men of Texas, one who has not only won flattering success individually, but has been with others behind all the movements that are bringing San Antonio to the front as the metropolis of the Southwest is George A. HOEFLING, who is carrying on a rapidly growing insurance enterprise at 514 State Bank and Trust Building. A member of an old and honored family of San Antonio, he was born in that city January 24, 1888,¹ and is a son of William and Mary (NIXON) HOEFLING, the former now deceased.

The paternal grandfather of George A. HOEFLING, William HOEFLING, Sr., was born at Saxemeiningen, Prussia, Germany, and came to the [1666] United States in 1855, landing first at New York and going from that city to Indianola, Texas, from which port he came overland to San Antonio. A butcher by trade, after some years spent in retail lines he branched out into the wholesale business and was the founder of what is now the Union Meat Company, a large packing concern and one of the leading industries of the city. A successful business man of large affairs, at one time he was very wealthy and was the owner of a large amount of valuable real estate, particularly to the north of San Antonio on what is now known as the North Loop, where land is now worth several hundred dollars an acre. William HOEFLING, Sr. was one of the big men of his day and a very popular one also, noted for his fine, genial qualities, and his hearty and unfailing good nature, his generosity to all ¾ a friend to everyone, one of the old-time types of character. He was one of the first members of the San Antonio Volunteer Fire Department, when that meant hard, dangerous, unpaid service; he was a charter member of the Beethoven Maennerchor, an early member of the Casino Association, and an active participant in all the varied social and business affairs of the San Antonio of the good old days. When he came to Texas he was nineteen years of age, and was married in San Antonio. His wife still survives him and is a resident of this city, being a native of Hanover, Germany. She came to Texas in the '40s when a young girl with her parents, who were members of the Prince Solms-Braunfels Colony which settled the Town of New Braunfels. Among other things it should be said that William HOEFLING, Sr. was a prominent and influential figure in public affairs and politics; he served several years as an alderman, as well as in the capacity of county commissioner of Bexar County. The services of such a man as Mr. HOEFLING cannot be estimated in their value to a city.

William HOEFLING Jr., son of the above and father of George A. HOEFLING, was born in the City of San Antonio in 1860, and was reared and educated here, his business experience being secured with his father in the meat business, in which he was engaged under the name of William Hoefling & Son, until his untimely death in 1895, when he was but thirty-five years of age. Mrs. HOEFLING is the daughter of the late R. G. NIXON and was born in St. Louis, Missouri, her father being a native of Liverpool, England. He came to San Antonio in 1875 and established the first iron foundry in that city. The old foundry was located at the present site of the Carnegie Library. mrs. HOEFLING is still living.

George A. HOEFLING was educated in the grammar and high schools of San Antonio, and has been identified with business since early youth. In 1907, deciding he had the experience necessary to become the proprietor of a business of his own, he established himself as a general insurance agent, handling fire, life, casualty, indemnity, etc., with offices at 514 State Bank & Trust Building. In this line he has met with flattering success. Mr. Hoefling is one of the enterprising and energetic young business men of the city, and has allied himself with those movements most significant of progress and advancement.

He is a member of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and is well known in fraternal and club circles. He holds a life membership in the Benevolent and Protective order of Elks, in which he took an active part in organizing. He also belongs to the Travis, the Automobile and other leading clubs of San Antonio.

In June, 1914, he married Evelyn SCAIFE, who was born at Texarkana, Arkansas,² a daughter of Dr. Charner Augustus and Leoma (BARKMAN) SCAIFE. Her father was born in Georgia³ and her mother was a member of a well known pioneer family at Texarkana.

Editorial Notes:

1. January 24, 1888: On his Draft Registration Card for World War I (Roll: 1983587, Draft Board: 2), George Albert HOEFLING gave his date of birth as 24 January 1887.

2. was born at Texarkana, Arkansas: This is incorrect. Evelyn SCAIFE was born in Texarkana, Texas.

3. Her father was born in Georgia: This is incorrect. Charner Augustus SCAIFE, M. D. was born in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.

In 1930, George Albert HOEFLING and Evelyn SCAIFE were residing at 4701 Lafaye St., New Orleans, Louisiana. At that time, George A. HOEFLING was the manager of a distillery.

Note 9: Also interred in the Scaife section of the Graceland - Orange Grove Cemetery in Lake Charles, Louisiana is Dixie Hill MEANS whose gravestone - incorrectly - marks her life as having extended from 1885 to 1958. After she was widowed, Dixie Hill MEANS and her son, Warren H. MEANS, resided in Lake Charles at the home of William Stonewall SCAIFE and Edna Lucille POOLE. Thus interred in the Graceland - Orange Grove Cemetery, but not in the Scaife section, is also Warren H. MEANS (13 November 1910, Missouri - 9 May 1952, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana). He, as the story goes, was something of an invalid and walked with a wooden leg. It may be justly suspected that his middle name was "Hill."

According to the United States Census for Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas, taken 3 April 1930, Dixie Hill MEANS, at the age of 46, was residing with her husband, Warren W. MEANS, who gave his age as 50 and place of birth as Illinois. Dixie Hill MEANS reported that she was born in Mississippi. Warren W. MEANS gave his age of marriage as 22; and Dixie Hill MEANS gave her age of marriage as 18. Warren W. MEANS stated that his father had been born in Indiana and that his mother had been born in Illinois. Dixie Hill MEANS stated that both her parents had been born in Virginia. Though, in 1930, residing in Kansas, Warren W. MEANS, at some time in his life, is supposed to have been employed at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington.

Warren W. MEANS came from a large family. He was the son of George Harrison MEANS (24 February 1843, Indiana - 5 January 1914, Protection, Comanche County, Kansas), a federal veteran of the War Between the States who, on 7 August 1862, enlisted at Monmouth, Illinois with the 83rd Infantry, Illinois Volunteers, and who remained in service until being mustered out, in Chicago, on 26 June 1865. His mother was Amanda Ellen LIONBERGER, who was born in Hancock County, Illinois on 8 December 1848 and who married her husband, in Hancock County, Illinois, on 29 December 1867. George Harrison MEANS died, in Protection, Comanche County, Kansas, on 5 January 1914. Amanda Ellen LIONBERGER died 23 April 1927, in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas. Their son, Warren W. MEANS, was born 14 October 1878, in Roseville, Warren County, Illinois. Warren W. MEANS, perhaps among other things, was a building contractor. It was on 29 June 1949 that he died in Raymondville, Texas County, Missouri. He was interred in Raymondville, Texas County, Missouri on 2 July 1949. [MEANS family information from Ms. Nancy Kluth <n k l u t h @ y a h o o . c o m>.]

Dixie HILL and Warren W. MEANS are said to have been married in May 1901 in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas. And, indeed, the United States Census of Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, taken 11 June 1900, shows the household of Frances HILL, a widow:

Name

Relation

Color

Sex

Date of Birth

Marital Status

Mother of How Many Children

Children Living

Birthplace

Birthplace of Father

Birthplace of Mother

Francis HLL

Head

March 1856

Widow

Texas

Pat HILL

Son

May 1876

Single

Arkansas

Texas

Dixie HILL

Daughter

August 1879

Single

Mississippi

Texas

Lavert HILL

Son

February 1882

Single

Texas

Enoch TAYLOR

Son

July 1889

Single

Texas

Earlier, the United States Census of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, taken June 1880, showed the household of John H. HILL:

Name

Color

Sex

Age

Month of Birth Within the Census Year

Relationship

Occupation

Birthplace

Birthplace of Father

Birthplace of Mother

John H. HILL

Head

Farming

Alabama

Tennessee

Francis HILL

Wife

Keeping House

Texas

Sam Pettis HILL

Son

At Home

Arkansas

Alabama

Texas

Dixie L. HILL

8/12

May

Daughter

At Home

Mississippi

Alabama

Texas

Frances HILL, at birth, was Frances M. BARKMAN, the sister of Leoma ("Lennie") Enoch BARKMAN and was, therefore, the sister-in-law of Charner Augustus ("Gus") SCAIFE, Sr., M. D. As is evident from the census-returns, she was first married to John H. HILL, born in 1848 in Alabama and died between 1881 and 1888, and she was second married to Unknown TAYLOR who died between 1888 and 1900. Since, as Frances TAYLOR, Frances M. BARKMAN was mentioned as a femme sole in a settlement of the estate of her paternal grandfather, John BARKMAN, dated 15 September 1893, it may be inferred that Unknown TAYLOR died between 1888 and 15 September 1893, leaving his surname to Enoch TAYLOR. Pat HILL, mentioned in the census of 1900, is evidently the same person as Sam Pettis HILL in the census of 1880. By the census of 1900, Frances M. BARKMAN had reverted to the surname of her first husband. Beyond Sam Pettis ("Pat") HILL, Dixie L. HILL, Lavert HILL, and Enoch TAYLOR, Frances M. BARKMAN is understood to have given birth to three offspring who did not survive childhood and about whom nothing is known. See Child 1: Frances M. BARKMAN under G0492A: Enoch L. BARKMAN in Antecedents and Descendants of John Barkman (30 July 1786 - 8 October 1870) and see Note 15 under G0493A: John BARKMAN in Antecedents and Descendants of John Barkman (30 July 1786 - 8 October 1870).

In sum, Dixie Hill MEANS, born as Dixie L. HILL, was the niece of Leoma ("Lennie") Enoch BARKMAN and was, therefore, the first cousin of William Stonewall SCAIFE, Minnie F. SCAIFE, Charner Augustus ("Gus") SCAIFE, Jr., Claude SCAIFE, and Evelyn ("Eva") SCAIFE. In the habit of spoofing the census-takers, she stated in the United States Census of Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, taken 22 April 1910, that her father was a native of France, in the United States Census of Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, taken 15 January 1920, that her father was a native of Virginia, and in the United States Census of Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas, taken in 1930, that both her parents were natives of Virginia. Warren H. MEANS was her only child.

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G0490A: Charner Augustus ("Gus") SCAIFE (Jr.) _[000]
Birth: 14 June 1884, Gibsland, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
Death: 11 September 1944, Nocona, Montague County, Texas
Interment: Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Father: Charner Augustus ("Gus") SCAIFE (Sr.), (18 March 1856, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 26 March 1900, Dougherty, Chickasaw Nation [Murray County], Indian Territory [Oklahoma])
Mother: Leoma ("Lennie") Enoch BARKMAN (30 August 1860, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas - 19 April 1942, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [See G0491A: Leoma ("Lennie") BARKMAN in Antecedents and Descendants of John Barkman (30 July 1786 - 8 October 1870).]

Marriage: 8:00 PM, 25 September 1910, Sweetwater, Texas, officiated by Rev. M. E. Hudson, at the home of the bride
Spouse: Ida May SLOAN (4:00 AM, 4 June 1887, Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas - 2:20 AM, 12 September 1964, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment 14 September 1964 at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [See G0490A: Ida May SLOAN in Descendants of Archibald Sloan (BEF 1697 - BEF March 1764).]

Child 1: Eleanor May SCAIFE (4:00 PM, 12 June 1914, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado - 6 May 1949, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment 8 May 1949 [Mother's Day] at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [F]: m. Dunn Craig MARLER (18 April 1901, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee - 21 February 1996, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas: interment 24 February 1996, Highland Memory Gardens, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), 7 June 1942, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana [See G0490A in Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (10 August 1823 - 28 June 1903).]

Note 1: LAKE CHARLES AMERICAN PRESS, 15 July 1990, By NOLA MAE WITTLER ROSS, American Press Writer

"SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT, SIX BITS''

That was the tag line of several songs in the 1930s. And that's exactly how much a haircut and a shave cost in Lake Charles, 75 cents.

"When I came here in 1928,'' recalls S. E. Broussard, a retired barber, "a haircut was 50 cents and a shave 25 cents. In my hometown of Lake Arthur, they were just the opposite, with a haircut 25 cents and a shave 50 cents. I made almost double the money in Lake Charles because there were many more haircuts given.

"During the Depression, barbers suffered right along with their customers. I did a lot of work on credit.

"Then World War II came along, and the barbers had so many construction people and military here that they were overworked. We'd just give the customer a number when he walked in, then take them in order.

"In 1948, when I was at a union meeting of the barber's local in Baton Rouge, we raised the price of haircuts to $1.

"I was already up in years when styling came in, but I still took several courses to keep up with the times.''

Broussard worked at the Dixie Barber Shop in the 900 block of Ryan Street for 47 years, then went to the Majestic Barber Shop for nine years before retiring.

Because Lake Charles had its beginnings on the north end of town, some of the earliest barber shops were there Railroad Avenue and North Ryan near the KCS Depot.

In the 1901 Lake Charles City Directory, there were six barbers listed Henry Nicholas, George Mathis, D. H. Kellog, Cleve Derouen, G. L. Dessen and one listed only as "McNeal.''

In about 1906, Joe Camalo opened a shop on Railroad Avenue between Tremont's Bakery and Sylvester's Grocery. His daughter, Mrs. Sam Lipsey, recalls that Joe Camalo later moved to Ryan Street, then to Hodges Street, just across from the depot on Railroad Avenue.

When Pete Cretini began barbering, he worked for a man named Toups, who is remembered as having only two fingers on one hand. Cretini later worked with Joe Camalo, then opened his own shop, Pete's, at Hodges and Lawrence streets. Today, his son, Wilmer Cretini, has a barber shop there.

The Majestic Barber Shop was opened in about 1910 by Charles Rouyer.

It was followed by three other shops. Will and Gus SCAIFE began the Lake City Barber Shop in 1914, just north of the old Rigmaiden Hotel, where the Premier Bank now stands. In 1915, A. M. Stelly opened Stelly's, just south of the Rigmaiden and a few doors from Lake City Barber Shop, in the 900 block of Ryan.

There was also a shop between the Arcade and Paramount theaters, operated by Bill Wrentz. True to the barbering tradition, of combining another profession with barbering, Wrenz treated ingrown toenails and other foot ailments and was called "Dr. Wrentz.''

The SCAIFE brothers had a large gym and boxing ring in the back of the Lake City Barber Shop, where many early Lake Charles champions got their start.

"I was in my dad's gym,'' recalls Will's son, Harold, "that men like Cecil Como, Tom Hestan, Kid Boulevard (Henry Chatman,) Tommy DiGiovanni, Spud Virgadamo, Charlie Hearn, Jeal Fazzio and Tim Dugas trained. Jack Dempsey visited the shop several times.

"My father's barber shop was also a gathering place for many politicians in the '30s and '40s. I remember Huey and Earl Long coming by. Most of us thought Earl was the best politician of the two. Bill Dodd and Allen Ellender also came to the shop, as did many prominent Lake Charles citizens.''

Barbers such as Tony and Albert Neil, Monroe Spencer and E. J. Brignac got their start in the Lake City Barber Shop.

In 1948, the shop was purchased by Claude and Otto Barnhill, who operated it on Broad Street. Today, it is operated at a different Broad Street location by their nephew, Glenn Barnhill.

"I have the original Lake City Barber Shop's solid Honduras mahogany backstand with its six-sectioned mirrors,'' says Glenn Barnhill. "I remember there was a back room in the old Lake City Shop on Ryan Street where, for a quarter, a patron could take a bath. The shop furnished the soap and towel.''

Claude Barnhill was one of three Lake Charles barbers who have served the Louisiana State Board of Barber Examiners. Barnhill was appointed executive secretary of the board by Gov. Sam Jones. The others were Monroe Spencer, appointed by Gov. Earl Long, and Bert Rodrigue, appointed by Gov. Edwin Edwards. Rodrigue was also vice president of the Barber's International Union.

When the Majestic Hotel opened in the early 1900s, Charles Rouyer, father of James Rouyer of Lake Charles, was the first owner-operator of the hotel barber shop.

''The Majestic Barber Shop was the first shop in town to cut women's hair,'' recalls James Rouyer. "The first female customer to get her hair cut there was Zena Thomson.''

Mrs. Pat Castaine of Lake Charles recalls that her father, John Wilson, was also one of the first Majestic barbers. Others were Morris Scimemi, Phamon Derouen, Claude Barnhill and Adolph Myers.

The Majestic Barber Shop was one of the first shops in Lake Charles to take appointments. It has been in continuous operation since it opened and is now located at 322 Pujo St. It is now operated by George Roy, who has been barbering for 34 years, and Ronald Guillory, a barber of 22 years.

Roy and Guillory still have much of the original Majestic equipment, and the shop is one of a very few in Lake Charles which still has a red-and-white barber pole in front.

The barber pole originated when barbers were also surgeons. The red part of the pole represented the blood from surgical work and the white represented the bandages. The red and white pole became a barber's trademark and, in later days, the poles were motorized to revolve.

Stelly's Barber Shop was operated by A.M. Stelly until he bought a farm near Sulphur. Stelly tnen rented the shop to Harry Hebert, who later became chief of police, and Mayo Boone. Athan and Melvin Coe worked there, along with Harry Hebert's brother, Allen Hebert.

"After my brother became chief of police,'' recalls Allen Hebert, "I moved to Frank DeRosier's shop, in the 900 block of Ryan. DeRosier was a one-eyed barber and was especially good at cutting ladies' hair. He had quite a female following.

"Then, when Mayo Boone moved his shop to Kirby Street, between Hammer Funeral Home and the Pure Food Store, I moved there. When Boone died, Red Davis bought the shop. I stayed with him after he moved to Prien Lake Road.''

All of the early barbers used straight razors. A strop to sharpen the razors hung by each chair. Today, these have been replaced by razors with injector blades.

And nearly all of the barber shops had racks on the walls where customers' shaving mugs were stored, each containing a round bar of soap and a brush. Some of these mugs were quite fancy. They were usually monogrammed and were a status symbol, with each customer trying to make his mug the fanciest.

The Dixie, in the 900 block of Ryan Street, was supposedly opened in 1916 by John Hall. A Mr. Martin was the next owner.

Then Albert Trammel, known as "the one-legged barber'' because he had lost one leg in an auto accident at age 18, bought the Dixie Barber Shop with Delmar Gordon. Melvin and Athan Coe came to work here, as did Harvey Aulds, Jim Self, Oscar David and many other well-known barbers.

Most of these shops had a bootblack or shoeshine boy who kept shoes shined and the shops swept.

The number of barber shops in Lake Charles grew to over 100 at one time. Now, there are about 50.

The Charleston Barber Shop opened in 1929 when the hotel was built, and Anthony Milazzo was the first operator. Among barbers who worked for Milazzo were Frenchy Miller, Wilson Poimbouef and Anthony Rodrigue.

Rodrigue began his barbering career in Italy. After coming to the U.S. in 1948, he worked for the Charleston, Dixie and Majestic barber shops and then went into partnership with Pete Cretini at Pete and Rod's, in the 400 block of Ryan Street.

In September, 1951, he opened, Rodrigues on Kirkman Street where he barbered until his retirement. Rodrigue was known as a progressive barber who kept pace with changing times, and sons, Bert and Jerry, have carried on the family name.

Another well-known early barber was R. E. (Red) Davis. He barbered at the Dixie Barber Shop until 1955, then moved into his own shop on Prien Lake Road and Oak Park Boulevard. Allen Hebert was in both shops with Davis.

J. Albert Hodges began his barbering career in lumber camps at Longville, then came to Lake Charles and opened a barber shop and grocery at 18th and Creole streets. His son, J.R. Hodges, is also a barber.

Ned and Morgan Gossett began their careers on North Ryan Street, in the Assunto Cleaners building, and then moved to Broad Street and Enterprise Boulevard where they barbered with Kermit Davis until retirement.

Billy Wayne Gossett, son of Ned Gossett, remembers going to meet his father on Saturday evenings. During World War II, when the town was crowded, they might not close the shop until midnight.''

T. A. (Adolph) Myers had a barber shop on Ernest Street with a room where he gave chiropractic adjustments.

Claby J. Hanks began his barbering career in Lake Arthur, and came to Lake Charles in 1940 to work at the Lake City Barber Shop. Soon, Hanks bought his own shop in Cormier's Grocery on Broad Street. Today, sons Leteel and Claby John Hanks, and granddaughter Sandra Hanks Conner, operate Hanks Barber Shop at the corner of Armstrong and Broad.

Leteel Hanks has on display in the shop an unusual hand-carved miniature barber shop, complete with chair and a customer having his hair cut, his nails manicured and his shoes shined.

Among other early Lake Charles barbers were Graham, Henry Ohlmyer, Cleve Bernard, a left-handed man named Emert, Harvey Anderson, Joe Frederick and D. J. Gennuso.

Cleve Hebert had a shop at Miller Avenue (now Seventh Street) and Ryan Streets which was popular with children. A. M. Purdy had a shop on Boulevard, and Harvey Gilliam owned a shop in Brownsville. Helen Fitzgerald was one of the first women in Lake Charles barber shops.`

E. J. Brignac and partner H. S. Hortman had a shop on Ryan Street by Love's and then moved on Ryan Street, near Gayle Hardware. Brignac barbered for about 50 years.

During World War II, there was a price freeze which kept prices for haircuts low. But, in 1948, prices jumped to $1 and have gradually gone up.

Fashions have changed, and styling has created new concerns. But barbers are still in demand, although their techniques and surroundings would hardly be recognized by their early predecessors.

Note 2: LAKE CHARLES AMERICAN PRESS, 7 June 1944:

"The Lake City Barber Shop, operated in the same building on Ryan Street for the past 27 years by Will S. SCAIFE and C. A. "Gus'' SCAIFE, has changed hands, the business having been purchased by Marion Johnson. Manager of the shop, which will retain the same name, will be Morris Scimemi, who has been employed by the SCAIFE brothers for a period of 14 years."

Note 3: The decision, on 25 March 1935, of the First Circuit Court of Appeal, Louisiana, in the case of SCAIFE v. Clifton, recalls an accident in the life of William Stonewall SCAIFE. The street referred to in this document as "Prien Lake Road" was also known as "Scaife Road."

SCAIFE v. CLIFTON et al.
No. 1452
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
160 So. 142; 1935 La. App. LEXIS 197
March 25, 1935, Decided
COUNSEL: [**1]

Pujo, Bell & Hardin, of Lake Charles, for appellant.

Spearing & McClendon, of New Orleans, and Edwin F. Gayle¹ and Robert R. Stone, both of Lake Charles, for appellees.

JUDGES: LE BLANC, Judge.

OPINION:

[*142] This is a suit for damages arising out of an automobile collision which took place about 1 mile south of the city limits of the city of Lake Charles on the evening of January 9, 1933. The site of the collision is at a point where a graveled road known as South street road is intersected by a shell road which leads to Prien Lake. South Street road is an important highway leading out of the city of Lake Charles towards the south. The intersecting road which runs east and west is a narrower and far less traveled road, and until a short time before this accident the surface was not even shelled.

The residence of Mr. Scaife, plaintiff in the case, is situated on the northeast corner that is formed by the intersection of these two roads. The gate, or one of the gates through which he enters his yard to go to his automobile garage, is on that line of his property on the north side of the shell road, and therefore coming to his home on the South Street road it is necessary [**2] for him to make a left-hand turn to the east into the shell road at the intersection.

On the evening of the accident, he was coming home from work in Lake Charles, where he is engaged in his trade as a barber, between 6:30 and 7 o'clock, and while in the act of making the turn into the shell road, his car, a Chrysler sedan, was run into by a Dodge coupe, owned and operated at the time by Robert Clifton, one of the defendants herein.

Clifton, who is a negro, works at the Lake Charles Country Club situated about 3 miles south or southwest of the place where the accident occurred. He has been working there for thirteen or fourteen years. His home is in the city of Lake Charles and he drives to and from his work in his automobile. On the evening of the accident, he left the Country Club at his usual knocking off hour, about 6:30. He stopped at his mother's who lives on the South Street road, and visited there for about ten or fifteen minutes, and then continued on his way north to Lake Charles, and it was on arriving at the intersection of the highway with the shell road that his car collided with that of Mr. Scaife's giving rise to this suit for damages against him.

[*143] [**3] Clifton carried public liability insurance on his car with the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, and that company is impleaded as a party defendant for the full amount of the damages claimed, that is, $ 10,000.

It is the plaintiff's contention that he had completed the turn from South Street road and that his car had entirely cleared the extreme east intersecting edge of that road when it was struck. He charges Clifton with negligence in driving his car at a reckless and excessive rate of speed of between 55 and 60 miles per hour and of having so lost control of it that he entered the shell road east of the east line of South Street road and crashed into his car.

The defendants filed a joint answer in which it is denied that Clifton was driving at a reckless speed, and it is averred, on the contrary, that he was driving at a moderate speed on his right-hand side of the road. It is further alleged that plaintiff was driving his car carelessly, and that he was grossly negligent in making a left-hand turn in the intersection while Clifton's car was approaching from the opposite direction. It is also averred that when Clifton saw that the plaintiff was going to make the [**4] turn, that he was unable to avoid the collision. In the alternative, defendants plead contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff.

In a supplemental answer filed by him individually, Clifton reconvenes for the sum of $ 344.60 alleged by him to be the amount of damage done to his automobile by reason of the collision.

The lower court rendered judgment against the plaintiff, rejecting his demand and in favor of the defendant Clifton on his reconventional demand as prayed for, and plaintiff has appealed.

The exact, or near exact spot in the intersection at which the impact between the cars took place is the most important factor in determining the negligence of the defendant Clifton, and inasmuch as the testimony of the latter and that of the plaintiff, the only eyewitnesses to the accident, is in direct and positive conflict on this point, it is necessary to consult some of the physical facts in order to arrive at a satisfactory solution of that issue.

On the eastern edge of the South Street gravel road right where it is intersected by the shell road, there is a culvert in line with the ditch running north and south and which takes care of the drainage on that [**5] side of the road. This culvert, as we understand, is embedded in the ground and made fast with concrete at both ends. The concrete part is finished with a head wall or bulkhead which projects above the surface of the road perpendicularly with the ends of the culvert. The head walls therefore run east and west. The one on the northeast side of the intersection, with which we are particularly concerned in this case, was, at the time of the accident, 12 to 14 inches high. It has since been reduced some 6 to 8 inches and now stands 6 inches above the level of the road.

The measurements made by engineers indicate that South Street road, at the intersection, is 45 feet wide from shoulder to shoulder, but the gravel or usual traffic surface is 29 feet. The shell road which crosses it is shown to be about 25 feet in width.

After the collision, when the cars came to a rest, the weight of the evidence shows that the plaintiff's car had been forced around the extreme northeast corner formed by the joining of the two roads. The front end was hanging by the bumper, over the head wall above the culvert, and it was facing southwest. The rear end was in the ditch along the shell road. Clifton's [**6] car came to a final stop on the gravel road, some 2 or 3 feet west of the culvert header, the front end facing northeast. The front ends of the two cars were therefore facing each other some 21/2 feet apart.

Photographs of the two automobiles, in their damaged conditions, indicate beyond doubt that the force of the impact against the plaintiff's car was all to the left side, the blow appearing to be a glancing one starting somewhere about the middle of the running board. The damage to the Clifton car, on the other hand, was all to the right front end, including the bumper, the lamp, and fender and wheel. The top of the hood appears to be out of place, but that must have been caused by the crushing of the lamp and fender against its side.

The same night, maybe an hour or so after the accident, it was observed by some witnesses that there was a track, resembling the skid mark of an automobile, on the shoulder on the east side of the South Street road, leading from a point about 130 feet south of the intersection to a point east of the east edge of the South Street road in the intersection, which led these witnesses to believe that it was a skid mark made by Clifton's car. This [**7] mark, according to some of these witnesses, was very pronounced and was irregular, tending to show, as they say, that he must have been driving at a furious rate of speed and [*144] evidently did not have his car under control. Some say that the mark was lost for a distance of about 15 feet at one place and then was easily traceable again and extended up to the point where the impact no doubt took place. Others refer to the track as being unbroken all the way. Of course, not one of these many witnesses was able to state that the mark had been made by the Clifton car and their testimony after all amounts to opinion evidence based on the circumstances which they say connect the track with the Clifton car and which they say he had lost control of, and as the track came to a stop at a point east of the eastern edge of the South Street road and into the shell road itself, the impact necessarily took place after Mr. Scaife had completed the turn into the shell road.

As honest as we believe these witnesses to be in their convictions resulting from this circumstantial evidence, we find it impossible for us to make our views coincide with theirs. For an automobile to make an impression [**8] on the surface of the road such as they describe, a rather powerful application of the brakes is necessary. It is shown that the brakes on Clifton's car were in good condition. Conceding therefore that he was traveling as fast as 55 or 60 miles an hour as alleged in plaintiff's petition, and that he applied his brakes at a point 130 feet from the place of collision, it seems hardly possible that his car would have continued in motion at such speed, as it must still have been going, at the point of impact, to cause the damage it did.

At most, there is only a probability that the track seen by these witnesses was a skid mark made by Clifton's car and from which results the physical fact so strongly relied on by the plaintiff. On the other hand, the relative positions of the two automobiles after they came to a rest following the impact, and the damage appearing on each, are physical facts which cannot be disputed and to which the mere probabilities arising from the other must yield. It is impossible to explain how both cars could have come to a stop on the gravel road after the accident, if, as some of the witnesses would have the court believe, the impact took place after Mr. Scaife [**9] had entirely cleared the intersection and his car was some feet beyond the east line of South Street road into the shell road. Counsel for plaintiff themselves offer no explanation and certainly we cannot supply any. Besides, it would seem to us that if the collision took place at the point they say it did, after the two cars had entered the shell road, it is hardly probable that the right front end of Clifton's car would have struck plaintiff's. And still, from an examination of the photographs of the two cars, it cannot be disputed that it was that end of his car that crashed into the Scaife car and that the blow was one that glanced toward the rear of the latter car.

Our conclusion, as was that reached by the district judge, is that the physical facts in the case corroborate the testimony of the defendant Clifton to the effect that the collision took place at a point between the center of the intersection and the east line of South Street road, and not after the plaintiff's car had already completely negotiated the left-hand turn into the shell road.

Mr. Scaife was bound to have seen the Clifton car coming from the opposite direction at a considerable distance, because [**10] according to his own version it was still about 250 feet from him when he started to make the turn into the shell road. Under his own estimate of that distance and of its speed at 60 miles per hour, he had less than three seconds in which to make this left-hand turn and clear the intersection before the other car would have been upon him. No prudent and careful automobile driver, we believe, would have attempted this dangerous maneuver under the circumstances which confronted him, and in our opinion he was guilty of negligence.

But the testimony is by no means convincing that Clifton was driving at 60 miles. He admits that he was going about 45 miles, which in itself is not reckless or excessive. True, he was approaching an intersection and had full view of the approaching car, but he looked for traffic from either side of the intersecting road and saw none coming from either direction, so he continued, having no reason to expect that the Scaife car would attempt a left-hand turn in the face of his oncoming car. Under the condition that existed, it was Scaife's duty to slow down sufficiently or even to stop, if necessary, to let Clifton's car pass over the intersection before attempting [**11] to turn, and this Clifton had the right to assume he would do. He says that he was 25 or 30 feet from the Scaife car when it started to make the turn, and, despite his strongest effort to get around it, he could not possibly avoid striking it. We believe the facts bear him out and agree with the learned trial judge that he was not to blame for the accident and that he is entitled to recover on his reconventional demand for the damage to his car which is shown to be the amount claimed by him.

The judgment appealed from is correct and it is accordingly affirmed.

Editorial Note:

1. Edwin F. Gale: Edwin F. Gayle (18 August 1875 - May 1976) was, in southwest Louisiana, an attorney of the very highest repute.

Note 4: Lake Charles American Press, 11 September 1944:

"C. A. "Gus" SCAIFE, 60, well known barber of Lake Charles, died suddenly Monday morning from a heart attack in Nocona, Texas. Born in Gibsland, Louisiana, he came to Lake Charles at the age of 18 and engaged in the barber business with his brother, W. S. SCAIFE, in the Lake City Barber Shop and followed his profession for 37 years. He retired recently. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and was an active member of the First Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. SCAIFE left Lake Charles several days ago for a visit to Mrs. John MARTIN, Mrs. SCAIFE's sister, and he seemed in usual health. He suffered a heart attack early this morning from which he failed to rally."

Note 5: Eleanor May SCAIFE graduated from Louisiana State University in 1936 and later took her Master's degree from the University of Texas. She was, at Marion High School, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the instructor of French and English.

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Apart from such of the Scaife family papers as are the personal possessions of the author of this Web site, the following printed works have been consulted:

Muriel M. C. Scaife. The Scaife Family: Notes Historical and Traditional (Exeter, England: 1925).
William R. Scaife. The Family Scaife (Atlanta: 1980).
William R. Scaife. The Scaife Story (1st edition, Atlanta: 1990).
William R. Scaife. The Scaife Story (2nd edition, Atlanta: 1994).

Also see: Scaife Study Group

Valuable information has been contributed by Ms. Pattie Howard Reeves and Mr. Harold Shields Blackmon.

RETURN: William Scaife of Virginia: Tobacco Plantation, Henry County, Virginia and Surry County, North Carolina

RETURN: William Scaife, Sr. of South Carolina: Plantation, Chester District, South Carolina

RETURN: Charner Poole Scaife (21 March 1830 - 2 April 1895): Family

RETURN: Charner Poole Scaife (21 March 1830 - 2 April 1895): Real Estate Patents and Transactions in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

RETURN: Scaife et al. vs. Jones et al.: Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, 31 March 1924

RETURN: Charner Augustus Scaife, M. D. (18 March 1856 - 26 March 1900): Louisville Medical College

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The Franklin Sun June 9, 1960 Mrs. Nevada Gibbs Scaife Funeral services for Mrs. Nevada Gibbs Scaife, 81 were conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Mulhearn Funeral home chapel, Winnsboro, The Rev. Jimmy Hipp officiated. Born December 25, 1878, Mrs. Scaife died June 2 at Winnsboro. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Aldina S. Gates and Mrs. Roy Gianelloni, both of Baton Rouge, a son Dayton Scaife, Bossier City, and a brother F. C. Gibbs, Winnsboro. Pallbearers were Lynn Eubanks, George A. Faulk, Thomas Higginbotham, James Searcy, Floyd Warner and O. S. Welch. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston.