Fifth Generation


163. Mary C. Oliver59,74.
Birth: about 1858, [Anderson County], Tennessee.
Parents: Alva A. Oliver and Susan Emily (Emily) Peters.
Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee. Mary 2 f TN
Birth of Child: 1878, Alva (Alvy) Scarbrough, parent age: 20.
Birth of Child: January 1880, Mittie (Millie) Scarbrough, parent age: 22.
Death: January 1880, age 22. Mortality tables for 1880 list Mary's death due to dropsy. It is likely that she died from complications due to Mitty's birth. The marriage record lists her name as Mary P. Oliver.

Mortality tables for 1880 lists Mary's death as due to dropsy. It is likely that she died of complications dut to Mittie's birth.

Mary C. Oliver and Robert Houston Scarbrough.
Marriage: 1 September 1876, Anderson County, Tennessee, Mary C. Oliver, to Robert Houston Scarbrough. R.H. Scarbro and Mary Oliver had two children.

Robert Houston Scarbrough59,74,194, son of Chesley J. Scarbrough and Sarah Yarnell,.
Birth: May 1855, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Parents: Chesley J. Scarbrough and Sarah Yarnell.
Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee. Robert H. 6 m w TN.
Census: 1870, Anderson County, Tennessee. Robert 15 m w farm laborer TN.
Birth of Child: 1878, Alva (Alvy) Scarbrough, parent age: 23.
Birth of Child: January 1880, Mittie (Millie) Scarbrough, parent age: 24.
Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Robert 25 son, male, single, white, farmer, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, enumerated household of his brother Joel. Robert was listed as son rather than brother because their parents Chesley J. Scarbrough and Sarah Yarnell were also living in the household, and Robert was listed immediately after his parents.
Birth of Child: 15 July 1881, Charles Scarbrough, parent age: 26.
Birth of Child: 22 April 1883, Pauline Scarbrough, parent age: 27.
Birth of Child: 1886, William Douglas Scarbrough, parent age: 31.
Birth of Child: 1888, Josephine Scarbrough, parent age: 33.
Birth of Child: 1889, Julius Wilburn Harvey Clark Scarbrough, parent age: 34.
Birth of Child: 1891, Earl Joel Scarbrough, parent age: 36.
Birth of Child: 10 April 1893, Jenetta Mae (Mae) Scarbrough, parent age: 37.
Birth of Child: 19 June 1896, Henry Hattie Scarbrough, parent age: 41.
Birth of Child: 27 June 1897, Floyd Chesley Scarbrough, parent age: 42.
Birth of Child: February 1899, Callie E. Scarbrough, parent age: 43.
Death: January 1947, age 91. R.H. Scarbro was Wallace Smith's grandfather. R.H. Scarbro lived in the household until he was 92, and passed much information down by word of mouth.

Mary C. Oliver-6180 and Robert Houston Scarbrough-6823 had the following children:

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Alva (Alvy) Scarbrough74.
Birth: 1878.
Parents: Robert Houston Scarbrough and Mary C. Oliver.
Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Alvy 2 Gson, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN. Alva was listed as grandson rather than nephew because his grandfather Chesley J. Scarbrough was also living in the household, and Alva was listed immediately after his grandfather.
Death: 1956, age 78. Namesake: Alva A. Oliver.

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Mittie (Millie) Scarbrough74.
Birth: January 1880.
Parents: Robert Houston Scarbrough and Mary C. Oliver.
Death: June 1880, age 0.