, the wife of John Scarborough (the three times great-uncle of Jay Hannah), was born in Salem, Henry Co., IA on Jan 15, 1857 and married John (with whom she had 2 children: Raymond John and Fred) on Jan 17, 1878.
She died on May 10, 1931 in Lincoln, NE.
Salem News, June 11, 1931
OBITUARY
Mary Susannah Wilmeth, daughter of William and Esther Wilmeth was bornat Salem, Iowa, January 15, 1857 and died at Lincoln Neb., May 10, 1931,aged 74 years, 3 mos. And 25 days.
Her last illness was of short duration, taken with acute indigestionand her heart wore itself out in the fight.
She was educated in the Salem schools and Whittier college and taughtseveral years in Iowa schools.
Jan. 17, 1878 she was united in marriage to John W. Scarborough andbore him two sons, Fred of Lincoln, Neb. And Ray of Winona, Minn.
The family left Salem in 1884 and lived at Oxford, Neb. Until 1900whenthey moved to Lincoln where Mr. Scarborough died in 1922.
Mrs. Scarborough avowed her christian faith in early life and was anactive member of St. James Methodist church and Chapter 148 O. E. S.
The last rites were given by her old friend and pastor Rev. Chenowithand the Past Matrons club of the Eastern Star.
She rests beside her husband in Wyela cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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