Parents are Alexander Scobey & Sarepta (Boss) Scobey
Hushand of Sophia Anna Bensley
(Married: Oct. 18, 1863, NY)
Four known children are:
Mark Clayton (living in Chicago)
Gladys V.
Herbert "Bertie", (died in infancy in Kansas)
Son, (died in infancy in Kansas)
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Obituary
Herbert Delos Scobey, son of Alexander and Sarepta Boss Scobey, was born July 27, 1842, at Springville, Erie County, New York. He is the last member of a family of nine brothers and a sister. In his young manhood he helped his father in the grist and saw mill along the Cattaraugus Creek in western New York.
He enlisted for service with the northern army and was rejected. In 1863 he was drafted and again rejected on account of a crooked limb, it having been broken in youth.
On October 18, 1863. he was married to Sophia Bansley and in 1871 moved to Kansan where they lived until 1886 when they moved to Chicago. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Scobey came to live with their daughter and her husband in this vicinity.
Besides his wife, son Mark of Chicago, and daughter, Mrs. C. Martens, he leaves eight grand children, three grandsons and one granddaughter, two baby son having died in infancy.
He was a patient and uncomplaining sufferer thru many years of affliction. After five days of severe illness he passed away at his daughter's home in Emmet township, Emmet County, on Sunday morning, May 22, 1921.
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know i cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
- J. G. Whittier.
*Obituary is published in the Spirit Lake Beacon, June 2, 1921.
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Below letter added Oct 2, 2015 by Joanne Scobee Morgan:
Bio:
written by Herbert to his father, Alexander Scobey, Dec. 4, 1873, from Uniontown, Kansas.
Well, father, Sophia has wrote a few lines so I thought that I could write a letter. Well, the folks all well. I am feeling well for the first time in this year. I guess that I got shed of the ague and I hope that I never will have it again. Well, Father, I could not pay you that interest when it was due but I will pay it just as soon as I sell my steers. The price was so low last fall that I thought I would hold them. So I shall not sell them until spring. I am feeding 32 head of hogs. Mad * sold 26 the other day for 5 cents gross. They come to $400.00. I guess that I will stay in Kansas one more year and if I don't have better luck I will get out of this. I am glad to hear that you're enjoying good health. Mad is going to chicago in the spring. He is going in business with John Bensley in the stockyards. Times are hard and not much doing here now. Corn is worth 20 cents per bushel. The corn was light here this year. I will have 500 bushels. Not much like the crop last year. Well, Father, write me as soon as you can and tell Marsh to write me. Good night. H.D. Scobey.
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Hushand of Sophia Anna Bensley
(Married: Oct. 18, 1863, NY)
Four known children are:
Mark Clayton (living in Chicago)
Gladys V.
Herbert "Bertie", (died in infancy in Kansas)
Son, (died in infancy in Kansas)
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Obituary
Herbert Delos Scobey, son of Alexander and Sarepta Boss Scobey, was born July 27, 1842, at Springville, Erie County, New York. He is the last member of a family of nine brothers and a sister. In his young manhood he helped his father in the grist and saw mill along the Cattaraugus Creek in western New York.
He enlisted for service with the northern army and was rejected. In 1863 he was drafted and again rejected on account of a crooked limb, it having been broken in youth.
On October 18, 1863. he was married to Sophia Bansley and in 1871 moved to Kansan where they lived until 1886 when they moved to Chicago. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Scobey came to live with their daughter and her husband in this vicinity.
Besides his wife, son Mark of Chicago, and daughter, Mrs. C. Martens, he leaves eight grand children, three grandsons and one granddaughter, two baby son having died in infancy.
He was a patient and uncomplaining sufferer thru many years of affliction. After five days of severe illness he passed away at his daughter's home in Emmet township, Emmet County, on Sunday morning, May 22, 1921.
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know i cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
- J. G. Whittier.
*Obituary is published in the Spirit Lake Beacon, June 2, 1921.
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Below letter added Oct 2, 2015 by Joanne Scobee Morgan:
Bio:
written by Herbert to his father, Alexander Scobey, Dec. 4, 1873, from Uniontown, Kansas.
Well, father, Sophia has wrote a few lines so I thought that I could write a letter. Well, the folks all well. I am feeling well for the first time in this year. I guess that I got shed of the ague and I hope that I never will have it again. Well, Father, I could not pay you that interest when it was due but I will pay it just as soon as I sell my steers. The price was so low last fall that I thought I would hold them. So I shall not sell them until spring. I am feeding 32 head of hogs. Mad * sold 26 the other day for 5 cents gross. They come to $400.00. I guess that I will stay in Kansas one more year and if I don't have better luck I will get out of this. I am glad to hear that you're enjoying good health. Mad is going to chicago in the spring. He is going in business with John Bensley in the stockyards. Times are hard and not much doing here now. Corn is worth 20 cents per bushel. The corn was light here this year. I will have 500 bushels. Not much like the crop last year. Well, Father, write me as soon as you can and tell Marsh to write me. Good night. H.D. Scobey.
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Parents are Alexander Scobey & Sarepta (Boss) Scobey
Hushand of Sophia Anna Bensley
(Married: Oct. 18, 1863, NY)
Four known children are:
Mark Clayton (living in Chicago)
Gladys V.
Herbert "Bertie", (died in infancy in Kansas)
Son, (died in infancy in Kansas)
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Obituary
Herbert Delos Scobey, son of Alexander and Sarepta Boss Scobey, was born July 27, 1842, at Springville, Erie County, New York. He is the last member of a family of nine brothers and a sister. In his young manhood he helped his father in the grist and saw mill along the Cattaraugus Creek in western New York.
He enlisted for service with the northern army and was rejected. In 1863 he was drafted and again rejected on account of a crooked limb, it having been broken in youth.
On October 18, 1863. he was married to Sophia Bansley and in 1871 moved to Kansan where they lived until 1886 when they moved to Chicago. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Scobey came to live with their daughter and her husband in this vicinity.
Besides his wife, son Mark of Chicago, and daughter, Mrs. C. Martens, he leaves eight grand children, three grandsons and one granddaughter, two baby son having died in infancy.
He was a patient and uncomplaining sufferer thru many years of affliction. After five days of severe illness he passed away at his daughter's home in Emmet township, Emmet County, on Sunday morning, May 22, 1921.
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know i cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
- J. G. Whittier.
*Obituary is published in the Spirit Lake Beacon, June 2, 1921.
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Below letter added Oct 2, 2015 by Joanne Scobee Morgan:
Bio:
written by Herbert to his father, Alexander Scobey, Dec. 4, 1873, from Uniontown, Kansas.
Well, father, Sophia has wrote a few lines so I thought that I could write a letter. Well, the folks all well. I am feeling well for the first time in this year. I guess that I got shed of the ague and I hope that I never will have it again. Well, Father, I could not pay you that interest when it was due but I will pay it just as soon as I sell my steers. The price was so low last fall that I thought I would hold them. So I shall not sell them until spring. I am feeding 32 head of hogs. Mad * sold 26 the other day for 5 cents gross. They come to $400.00. I guess that I will stay in Kansas one more year and if I don't have better luck I will get out of this. I am glad to hear that you're enjoying good health. Mad is going to chicago in the spring. He is going in business with John Bensley in the stockyards. Times are hard and not much doing here now. Corn is worth 20 cents per bushel. The corn was light here this year. I will have 500 bushels. Not much like the crop last year. Well, Father, write me as soon as you can and tell Marsh to write me. Good night. H.D. Scobey.
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Hushand of Sophia Anna Bensley
(Married: Oct. 18, 1863, NY)
Four known children are:
Mark Clayton (living in Chicago)
Gladys V.
Herbert "Bertie", (died in infancy in Kansas)
Son, (died in infancy in Kansas)
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Obituary
Herbert Delos Scobey, son of Alexander and Sarepta Boss Scobey, was born July 27, 1842, at Springville, Erie County, New York. He is the last member of a family of nine brothers and a sister. In his young manhood he helped his father in the grist and saw mill along the Cattaraugus Creek in western New York.
He enlisted for service with the northern army and was rejected. In 1863 he was drafted and again rejected on account of a crooked limb, it having been broken in youth.
On October 18, 1863. he was married to Sophia Bansley and in 1871 moved to Kansan where they lived until 1886 when they moved to Chicago. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Scobey came to live with their daughter and her husband in this vicinity.
Besides his wife, son Mark of Chicago, and daughter, Mrs. C. Martens, he leaves eight grand children, three grandsons and one granddaughter, two baby son having died in infancy.
He was a patient and uncomplaining sufferer thru many years of affliction. After five days of severe illness he passed away at his daughter's home in Emmet township, Emmet County, on Sunday morning, May 22, 1921.
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know i cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
- J. G. Whittier.
*Obituary is published in the Spirit Lake Beacon, June 2, 1921.
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Below letter added Oct 2, 2015 by Joanne Scobee Morgan:
Bio:
written by Herbert to his father, Alexander Scobey, Dec. 4, 1873, from Uniontown, Kansas.
Well, father, Sophia has wrote a few lines so I thought that I could write a letter. Well, the folks all well. I am feeling well for the first time in this year. I guess that I got shed of the ague and I hope that I never will have it again. Well, Father, I could not pay you that interest when it was due but I will pay it just as soon as I sell my steers. The price was so low last fall that I thought I would hold them. So I shall not sell them until spring. I am feeding 32 head of hogs. Mad * sold 26 the other day for 5 cents gross. They come to $400.00. I guess that I will stay in Kansas one more year and if I don't have better luck I will get out of this. I am glad to hear that you're enjoying good health. Mad is going to chicago in the spring. He is going in business with John Bensley in the stockyards. Times are hard and not much doing here now. Corn is worth 20 cents per bushel. The corn was light here this year. I will have 500 bushels. Not much like the crop last year. Well, Father, write me as soon as you can and tell Marsh to write me. Good night. H.D. Scobey.
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