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REZIN A. SCOBEE, a prominent and successful farmer and stock-raiser of Clark county, Ky., was born in that county, September 9, 1839, and is a son of Robert and Emily (Pendleton) Scobee. He was educated in the common schools, and, with the exception of five years spent in Montgomery county, has been engaged in farming and stock-raising in his native county. He was formerly a stock-trader, shipping cattle and driving mules south.
He still deals in stock to some extent. October. 31, 1861, he married Miss Sarah R. King, of Clark County, daughter of John P. and Mary (Taul) King. One child has blessed this union, viz: Anna J., who married Frank Miller, and had three children, of whom two are living Rezin S. and Lizzie. Mrs. Sarah R. Scobee, born March 26, 1844, died at four o'clock Sunday morning, July 22, 1877, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church South.
Grandfather Rice Pendleton was born in Clark County, KY., in 1792. His father was named Rice Pendleton, and came to Kentucky from Virginia in 1790 or 1791, and was among the earliest settlers of Clark County'; his wife was a Quisenbery. Grandmother Pendleton was a Judy, a daughter of Martin Judy, who was one of the early settlers of Clark County. Grandfather Rice Pendleton had four children born to him, viz: Elizabeth, wife of George Hardman, was born October 26, 1817, and died May 7, 1866; Emily, wife of Robert Scobee, was born November 7, 1819, married October 20, 1836, and died August 6, 1845; Lucy Ann was born August 14, 1827, and May 14, 1846, married Robert Scobee; she died December 22, 1854; D. J. Pendleton is now county surveyor of Clark County, which office he has held seventeen years. Rice Pendleton was married three times. His first wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Constant, nee Judy, who died January 27, 1844, in the fifty-seventh year of her age. She had two children by her former husband, viz: Rezin Constant and Ann Constant, the latter of whom married a Strode. Rice Pendleton's second wife was Miss Kate Ragan, who had no children, and died august 19, 1861, in her sixty-fifth year.
Rice Pendleton married his third wife, Mrs. Betsey Mitchell, in December, 1861. She had two children previous to her marriage to Mr. Pendleton, viz: Benjamin and Will, and is still living. Rice Pendleton died January 17, 1867, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. Robert Scobee, father of Rezin A. was born November 29, 1816, and died April 26, 1882, aged sixty-five years, four months and twenty-seven days. He was married three times; his first wife was Emily Pendleton, to whom he was married October 20, 1836, and by whom were born to him one son and one daughter, viz: Elizabeth Ann, born December 28, 1837, and Rezin A. Elizabeth Ann was twice married; first to H. J. Benton, January 8, 1856, by whom he had four children, Susan Ann, Cleo, Willie H., and Emma. She next married Rev. J. W. Fitch, by whom she had four children, viz: Robert Owen, Ross, Edward and Joseph. Robert Scobee was married to his second wife, Lucy Ann Pendleton, a sister of his first wife, May 14, 1846, by whom he had five children, three sons and two daughters, viz: Rice P. T. Scobee, born June 23, 1847; Kate Scobee, now the wife of J. G. Morris, of Missouri, born March 25, 1849; Emma A. Scobee, wife of J. W. Barnhill of Marshall, MO., was born February 25, 1851; James W. Scobee, born December 24, 1852; Robert S. Scobee was born December 10, 1854. Robert Scobee's third wife was Mrs. Sarah H. Tanner, nee Hedric, to whom he was married December 8, 1857; they had no children.
Robert Scobee, grandfather of Rezin A., came from Virginia at an early day; he died October 30, 1835, being sixty years and eight months old at the time of his death. He was a farmer, a merchant, operated a distillery, and raised a large family of children, sons and daughters, viz: William, the only son now living; Stephen, who died in Missouri several years ago, leaving a large family; John, who preached some, also died in Missouri, leaving a large family; George, who died in St. Louis, having married a Dooley; he left one son and several daughters; Christee, who died in Henry County, KY., in 1885, leaving two daughters and five sons; Robert Samuel, the youngest, died in Shelby County, Ky., in 1885 or 1886; Hannah, who married a Mr. Grimes, of Bourbon County, KY.,; Kitty married Jeff Grimes, of Bourbon County, KY.; Becca married Jabez Dooley, of Clark county, KY.; and James, who died when he was just grown, some sixty years ago, or more.
The mother of this large family and wife of Robert Scobee, grandfather of our subject, was a Dutch woman, whose father was killed in Bonaparte's army.. the great-grandfather of Rezin A. Scobee was a weaver by trade, and came to this country from Scotland or Wales, and wove three years for his passage across the ocean. Grandmother Scobee died January 1, 1864, aged sixty nine years. October 30, 1883, Rezin A. Scobee married Miss Mollie Evans of Clark county, a daughter of Oliver P. and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Evans. Mrs. Scobee is a member of the Baptist Church, while Mr. Scobee is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church South. He owns 200 acres of fine land, and is a Democrat in politics.
RICE P. SCOBEE, a native of Clark County, KY., was born June 23, 1847, and is a son of Robert and Lucy (Pendleton) Scobee. Robert Scobee, also a native of Clark County, was a farmer by occupation, a popular citizen in the community in which he lived, and died in April, 1882, a son of Robert Scobee, who was a farmer, distiller and miller. Mrs. Lucy Scobee was born in Clark County, and was a daughter of Rice Pendleton. Rice P. Scobee was reared on his father's farm and educated at the common schools. In 1862 he enlisted in the confederate army, in the company commanded by Capt. Bedford, under Col. Clay, but during the latter part of the war he was under Gen. Morgan. He received a gunshot wound at Cynthiana, KY., was taken prisoner and confined at Camp Douglas for nine months. At the close of the war he returned to Clark County and resumed farming, in which occupation he is still engaged, and of late has been devoting considerable attention to breeding and raising Shorthorn cattle. March 13, 1868, he married Miss Martha Chorn, of Clark County, daughter of Josiah and M. (Thompson) Chorn. Five children have been born to this union, viz: James C., Rezin, Columbus, Robert and Nannie Lu.
Mr. and Mrs. Scobee are strict members of the Primitive Baptist church, and Mr. Scobee owns 385 acres of fine farming land. Politically, he is a Democrat.
R. S. SCOBEE, a native of Clark County, KY., was born December 10, 1854, and is the youngest of a family of five children born to Robert and Lucy (Pendleton) Scobee. Robert Scobee, also a native of Clark county, was an enterprising farmer who devoted the whole of his life to agricultural pursuits; he was a son of Robert Scobee, who was a miller, distiller and farmer. Mrs. Lucy Scobee was born in Clark county, KY., a daughter of Rice Pendleton. R. S. Scobee was reared on a farm and received a common school education; he chose farming for an occupation and has always been engaged in that pursuit, devoting considerable time to stock-raising. He is largely interested in threshing machines, and threshes more wheat every year than any other one man in the state of Kentucky, having a reputation for honesty and fair dealing with his patrons. In farming he makes a specialty of raising wheat. December 14, 1876, he married Miss Dee Bratton, of Clark county, a daughter of David and Sallie A. (Evans) Bratton. to this union have been born two children: Davis S., born October 10, 1877, and Robert H., born June 19, 1879. Mr. Scobee and his wife are strict members of the Methodist Episcopal Church south. He owns 250 acres of fine land, and is a Democrat in politics. Mr. Scobee is held in high esteem at home and by those who know him most intimately throughout the state.
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