Scarborough Genealogy
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Lamar, South Carolina
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Nothing is known about the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at this time. It is assumed that a church may have been located nearby to explain why the cemetery is located all to itself today. Additional information will be added when available.

Photos of the tombstones of family members:
John Zimmerman Scarborough
(November 19, 1801 - November 10, 1873)
and wife,
Elizabeth Crosswell Scarborough
(October 1, 1808 - November 2, 1887)

John Zimmerman Scarborough is the son of Henry Scarborough and Frances Stuckey Scarborough who are buried in the Henry Scarborough Cemetery not too far from here. John Zimmerman is in the first of several generations of Scarboroughs that are buried in this cemetery.
John James Scarborough
(May 6, 1830 - December 11, 1870)
and wife, Mary Jane Reynolds
(December 25, 1841 - October 29, 1920)

John James Scarborough is the son of John Zimmerman Scarborough and is in the second generation of Scarboroughs buried here.
Henry Yancey Scarborough
(January 21, 1861 - October 30, 1930)
Henry Yancey Scarborough is the son of John James Scarborough and Mary Jane Scarborough and is the eldest of three brothers in the third generation of Scarboroughs buried here.

John Chapel Scarborough
(April 18, 1865 - January 20, 1944)
and wife, Theodosia Eleanor Huggins (July 27, 1874 - March 19, 1955)
and his three children.

John Chapel Scarborough is the son of John James Scarborough and Mary Jane Scarborough and is the next of three brothers in the third generation of Scarboroughs buried here.
David Columbus Scarborough
(March 13, 1869 - February 16, 1956)
and wife, Bannie Malella Carter
(March 27, 1870 - January 7, 1938)

David Columbus Scarborough is the son of John James Scarborough and Mary Jane Scarborough and is the last of three brothers in the third generation of Scarboroughs buried here.

Also located in this plot is Doris Scarborough, wife of George Haynes Scarborough who is a son of David Columbus Scarborough and Bannie Carter Scarborough.