Sarah Almeda Scott and James Randolph Wellborn

JAMES RANDOLPH WELLBORN was born in January, 1852 in North Carolina, and died September 30, 1928 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California.^{3893, 8063}

He married SARAH ALMEDA SCOTT on June 28, 1882 in Dallas County, Iowa,⁴²⁹ daughter of LAURA MATILDA MAULSBY and THOMAS LOGAN SCOTT. She was born June 29, 1855 in Winchester, Randolph, Indiana,^{334, 6331} and died August 29, 1940 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California.⁶³³¹ She is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California.⁶³³¹

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Sarah A. Scott)

Children of SARAH ALMEDA SCOTT and JAMES RANDOLPH WELLBORN:

1. MILDRED WELLBORN, b. August 26, 1891, Page County, Iowa;³²⁸ d. October 8, 1994.
2. MAIDA WELLBORN, b. January 8, 1893, Adams County, Iowa;^{95, 250} m. HARRY HUMMER ROETHER on July 16, 1924 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California^{3541, 8062}; d. May 16, 1988, Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰



Personal Information

• James Randolph Wellborn was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, California. ⁸⁰⁶³

• Sarah Almeda Scott was a member of the First Methodist Church, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. ⁸⁹²⁷

Education

Work History

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Obituaries

Pasadena Evening Post, October 1, 1928⁸⁰⁶³

VETERAN MINISTER TAKEN BY DEATH

Rev. James Randolph Wellborn, prominent member of the Des Moines conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, died late last night at his home, 116 Meredith street, following a protracted illness. He was 76 years old.

Rev. Wellborn was born in North Carolina. He attended Tusculum and Greenville college in Tennessee. Following graduation, he attended the theological seminary of Evanston, Ill. He became a member of the Des Moines conference after his confirmation.

The minister had been a resident of California for the past 24 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. ALmeda Wellborn, and two daughters, Mildred Wellborn of the Pasadena junior college history department, and Mrs. Harry Roether,

Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Turner & Stevens mortuary.

Pasadena Post, August 30, 1940⁸⁹²⁷

Widow Passes In Home Here

Mrs. Almeda Wellborn Resident 23 Years

Mrs. Almeda Scott Wellborn, 116 North Meredith Avenue, widow of Rev. James Randolph Wellborn, died yesterday at her home. A resident of Pasadena since 1917, she was a native of Winchester, Ind. She lived in Long Beach from 1904 to 1917 and was high school and city schools librarian there from 1905 to 1913. Earlier she taught school in Des Moines, Ia., where Rev. Mr. Wellborn was a Methodist minister.

Two of her daughters, Mildred Wellborn and Mrs. Maida Wellborn Roether, are teachers in the Pasadena schools. Mrs. Wellborn was a member of the First Methodist Church and of the Shakespeare Club.

In addition to her daughters, she is survived by a grandson, Richard Wellborn Roether, two sisters, Mrs. James Alden Miller and Mrs. Webster Bishop, all of Pasadena; and a brother, Harry L. Scott, Los Angeles.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Turner & Stevens Company.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
August 2, 1860327	White River, Randolph, Indiana	Thomas Logan Scott Laura Matilda Maulsby Nora Delle Scott Inez Mary Scott Sarah Almeda Scott
June 15, 1870326	Redfield, Dallas, Iowa	Thomas Logan Scott Laura Matilda Maulsby Nora Delle Scott Blanche Scott William Douglass Scott Inez Mary Scott Olena Scott Sarah Almeda Scott
January 1, 189595	Corydon, Wayne, Iowa	James Randolph Wellborn Sarah Almeda Scott Maida Wellborn Mildred Wellborn
June 20, 1900351	Cranberry, Mitchell, North Carolina	James Randolph Wellborn Sarah Almeda Scott Maida Wellborn Mildred Wellborn
April 19, 1910352	Long Beach, Los Angeles, California	James Randolph Wellborn Sarah Almeda Scott Maida Wellborn Mildred Wellborn
January 9, 1920353	Pasadena, Los Angeles, California	James Randolph Wellborn Sarah Almeda Scott Maida Wellborn Mildred Wellborn
April 2, 1930337	Pasadena, Los Angeles, California	Sarah Almeda Scott Mildred Wellborn Maida Wellborn Harry Hummer Roether Richard Wellborn Roether
April 19, 19402537	Pasadena, Los Angeles, California	Sarah Almeda Scott Mildred Wellborn