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