Ned Scarborough married Beda Thompson on 24 August 1866 in Wilson County.
In the 1870 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: Ned Scarborough, 23; wife Obedience, 18; and children Rufus, 3, and Ida, 1.
In the 1880 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: laborer Ned Scarboro, 35; wife Bedie, 27; and children Rufus, 14, Lida, 11, Jinnie, 8, Polly, 6, Martha, 3, and Penny, 1.
In the 1910 census of Tullahassee township, Wagoner township, Oklahoma: Ned Scarbough, 63; wife Beaty, 60; and children Bessy, 18, and Willie, 15. Willie was born in Arkansas; the others in North Carolina.
Tulsa World, 14 June 1912.
In the 1920 census of Porter township, Wagoner County, Oklahoma: Pat Heron, 46; wife Bessie, 26; sons Henry, 15, and Gabe M., 14; daughter Lady B., 12; stepdaughter Esty Lee, 8; and son Fred, 4.
Tulsa Tribune, 6 April 1925.
Ida James died 2 August 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Per her death certificate, she was 37 years old; was born in Wilson, N.C., to Ned and Beedee Scarborough of Wilson; was married to Henry; and was a housewife.
Per the U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007, Bessie Scarbouth Heron was born 16 May 1897 [sic] in North Carolina to Ned Scarbouth and Bedie Thomas
Thank you is an understatement and this language is inadequate to describe my gratitude. We so appreciate this work as these are my 4X Great Grands. I come down Ida’s line. Ida’s daughter Jennie gave birth to my Grandmother Lydia the year Ida passed (1927). Most Excellent are your efforts.
Fantastic! The whole point of Black Wide-Awake is to connect us with our ancestors, so I’m always thrilled when it “hits”!