Individual Details
Maj Nathaniel 'Eldridge' Scales
(24 Dec 1833 - 27 Dec 1921)
Events
| Birth | 24 Dec 1833 | Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1840 | | |||
| Education | Sep 1849 | joined the Dialetic Society - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1850 | ||||
| Residence | Bef 1855 | Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Graduation | 1855 | with an A.B. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1860 | Charlotte County, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Military | 12 May 1861 | Civil War Major | | ||
| Marriage | 22 May 1861 | Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States - Mary Steele "Minnie, Nanny" Lord | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 20 Oct 1865 | pardon from role of Confederate soldier during the war - Rockingham, North Carolina, United States | |||
| Move | Bet 1869 and 1874 | to Alabama | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1869 | Burke County, North Carolina - Mary Steele "Minnie, Nanny" Lord | | ||
| Census | 1870 | ||||
| Move | Bet 1874 and 1878 | to TN | | ||
| Residence (family) | Abt 1874 | Tennessee - Mary Steele "Minnie, Nanny" Lord | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 11 Jul 1878 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | | ||
| Census | 17 Jun 1880 | 12th Civil District, Knox, Tennessee, United States | | ||
| Education | 1890 | listed as Beta Theta Pi - Tennessee | | ||
| Picture | Abt 1898 | ||||
| Census (family) | 29 Jun 1900 | Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States - Mary Steele "Minnie, Nanny" Lord | | ||
| Occupation | 29 Jun 1900 | farmer - Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Jan 1909 | | |||
| Census | 1910 | North? or South? Main Street, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | 19 Jan 1910 | Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States - Mary Steele "Minnie, Nanny" Lord | | ||
| Occupation | Abt 1914 | civil engineer and contractor - Salisbury, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1920 | 220 Fulton Ave, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Death | 27 Dec 1921 | 520 West Washington Street - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Burial | Aft 27 Dec 1921 | Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Obit | 28 Dec 1921 | listed in the Greensboro Daily news - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Will |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Steele "Minnie, Nanny" Lord (1840 - 1919) |
| Child | Mattie Scales ( - 1921) |
| Child | Mamie Boyd Scales ( - 1876) |
| Child | Fannie Scales ( - 1921) |
| Child | Edmund Scales ( - 1921) |
| Child | Sallie Martin Scales (1864 - 1927) |
| Child | Minnie Lord Scales (1868 - 1948) |
| Child | Corinne Stephen Scales (1869 - 1952) |
| Child | Nathaniel 'Eldridge' Scales (1870 - 1942) |
| Child | Martha Moore "Daisy" Scales (1873 - 1971) |
| Child | Ruth Martin Scales (1878 - 1919) |
| Father | Alfred Moore Scales (1800 - 1878) |
| Mother | Martha Ann Martin (1811 - 1896) |
| Sibling | James 'Martin' Scales (1830 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Robert Hamilton Scales (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha Corinna Scales (1836 - ) |
| Sibling | Edmund M or Edward Scales (1841 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Julius Alfred Scales (1843 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Ann Eliza Scales ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Mrs. Elizabeth Steele Clary Roddey, NSDAR # 354948 - Mrs. Elizabeth Steele Clary Roddey Sep 21 1945.
2. NE Scales find a grave and gravestone.
3. Leonard Wilson, Editor in Chief, Makers of America-Biographies of leading men of thought and action. Volume II 1916.
4. 1880 Census Tenn, Knx, District 12, 166, 31 nathaniel scales.
5. 1910 US Federal Census, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, , enumeration district (ED) 0105, 37, 397, Eldridge Scales; digital images, ancestry.com ( : accessed 12 May 2013).
6. "Revolutionary War Pensions, North Carolina," database, Fold3 (www.fold3.com: accessed 8 July 2013), James Martin file, p55.
7. "Sketches of the History of teh University of North Carolina, Together with a Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1789-1889," database, Mocavo.com (http://www.mocavo.com/Sketches-of-the-History-of-the-University-of-North-Carolina-Together-With-a-Catalogue-of-Officers-and-Students-1789-1889/376425/234: accessed 9 June 2014), short bio - list of many Scales.
8. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 13 June 2022), memorial page for Maj Nathaniel Eldridge Scales, Find A Grave Memorial # 48363187, citing Chestnut Hill Cemetery (Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina), memorial created by Babs Lucy, photograph by Devil Kitty Designs.
9. 1840 US Federal Census, Rockingham, NC, , enumeration district (ED) not stated, 91, Alfred Scales; digital images, ancestry.com ( : accessed 12 May 2013).
10. "Documenting the American South," database, UNC (http://docsouth.unc.edu/global/getBio.html?type=bio&id=pn0001495&name=Scales,%20Nathaniel%20Eldridge: downloaded 8 September 2014), short bio of NE Scales graduate of UNC.
11. "Sketches of the History of teh University of North Carolina, Together with a Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1789-1889," database, Mocavo.com (http://www.mocavo.com/Sketches-of-the-History-of-the-University-of-North-Carolina-Together-With-a-Catalogue-of-Officers-and-Students-1789-1889/376425/234: accessed 9 June 2014), short bio - list of many Scales.
12. "Not Strictly News," The Greensboro Record, 12 April 1867, p B9, N Eldridge Scales graduated from Chapel Hill UNC; genealogybank ( : accessed 5 September 2013).
13. WM Raidmond Baird, ME, LLB - 1914, "Betas of Achievement; Being Brief Biographical records of members of teh Beta Theta Pi Who have achieved Distinction in Various Fields of Endeavor," database, Mocavo (http://www.mocavo.com/Betas-of-Achievement-Being-Brief-Biographical-Records-of-Members-of-the-Beta-Theta-Pi-Who-Have-Achieved-Distinction-in-Various-Fields-of-Endeavor-2/778445/405: accessed 9 June 2014), short bio, includes other Scales.
14. "Documenting the American South," database, UNC (http://docsouth.unc.edu/global/getBio.html?type=bio&id=pn0001495&name=Scales,%20Nathaniel%20Eldridge: downloaded 8 September 2014), short bio of NE Scales graduate of UNC.
15. "U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924," digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 February 2019), Nathaniel Eldridge Scales, A.B., 1855.
16. 1860 U.S. census, Charlotte Co., VA, population schedule, , Nathan E Scales; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing .
17. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 17 March 2014), Obit of Major Nathaniel Eldridge Scales, a civil war veteran.
18. WM Raidmond Baird, ME, LLB - 1914, "Betas of Achievement; Being Brief Biographical records of members of teh Beta Theta Pi Who have achieved Distinction in Various Fields of Endeavor," database, Mocavo (http://www.mocavo.com/Betas-of-Achievement-Being-Brief-Biographical-Records-of-Members-of-the-Beta-Theta-Pi-Who-Have-Achieved-Distinction-in-Various-Fields-of-Endeavor-2/778445/405: accessed 9 June 2014), short bio.
19. Mrs. Elizabeth Steele Clary Roddey, NSDAR # 354948 - Mrs. Elizabeth Steele Clary Roddey Sep 21 1945.
20. Fayetteville Observer (NC), MOnday June 3, 1861.
21. "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970, Rowan, Wills, 1915-1921, Vol 06," database, (familysearch.org: accessed 12 May 2013), Minnie L Scales, images 490-494.
22. "North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21379-28130-87?cc=1911121&wc=93LK-WQP:184173301,183304101,193556101 : accessed 17 Jun 2014), Rowan County > H > Haughton, Ann (1869) > image 1 of 83; citing State Archives, Raleigh..
23. 1880 Census Tenn, Knx, District 12, 166, 31 nathaniel scales.
24. "North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21379-28130-87?cc=1911121&wc=93LK-WQP:184173301,183304101,193556101 : accessed 17 Jun 2014), Rowan County > H > Haughton, Ann (1869) > image 1 of 83; citing State Archives, Raleigh..
25. 1880 Census Tenn, Knx, District 12, 166, 31 nathaniel scales.
26. 1880 Census Tenn, Knx, District 12, 166, 31 nathaniel scales.
27. "Knoxville Daily Chronicle (Knoxville, TN)," digital images, Newspapers (www.newspapers.com: accessed 12 August 2020), Personal, Dr. Robt H Scales of NC, 11 Jul 1878.
28. 1880 Census Tenn, Knx, District 12, 166, 31 nathaniel scales.
29. "U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935," digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 10 August 2018), Nathaniel Eldridge Scales; II, Beta Theta Pi, TN, 1890.
30. 1900 US Federal, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, , enumeration district (ED) District 0113, image 41, Eldridge Scales ; digital images, ancestry.com ( : accessed 13 February 2013).
31. 1900 US Federal, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, , enumeration district (ED) District 0113, image 41, Eldridge Scales ; digital images, ancestry.com ( : accessed 13 February 2013).
32. "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970, Rowan, Wills, 1915-1921, Vol 06," database, (familysearch.org: accessed 12 May 2013), Minnie L Scales, images 490-494.
33. 1910 US Federal Census, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, , enumeration district (ED) 0105, 37, 397, Eldridge Scales; digital images, ancestry.com ( : accessed 12 May 2013).
34. 1910 US Federal, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, , enumeration district (ED) 0024, image 2, Ruth M Brimson; ancestry.com, ( : accessed 13 February 2013).
35. WM Raidmond Baird, ME, LLB - 1914, "Betas of Achievement; Being Brief Biographical records of members of teh Beta Theta Pi Who have achieved Distinction in Various Fields of Endeavor," database, Mocavo (http://www.mocavo.com/Betas-of-Achievement-Being-Brief-Biographical-Records-of-Members-of-the-Beta-Theta-Pi-Who-Have-Achieved-Distinction-in-Various-Fields-of-Endeavor-2/778445/405: accessed 9 June 2014), short bio-.
36. 1920 Federal Census, Salisbury, Rowan, NC, , enumeration district (ED) District 0129, image 42 and 43, 396/424, Scales, Elrich; digital images, ancestry.com ( : accessed 10 March 2014).
37. Mrs. Elizabeth Steele Clary Roddey, NSDAR # 354948 - Mrs. Elizabeth Steele Clary Roddey Sep 21 1945.
38. NE Scales find a grave and gravestone.
39. "North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930," digital image of death certificates, FamilySearch (familysearch.org: downloaded 17 June 2020), Maj N.E. Scales, 27 Dec 1921; citing FHL 4217893.
40. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 13 June 2022), memorial page for Maj Nathaniel Eldridge Scales, Find A Grave Memorial # 48363187, citing Chestnut Hill Cemetery (Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina), memorial created by Babs Lucy, photograph by Devil Kitty Designs.
41. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 13 June 2022), memorial page for Maj Nathaniel Eldridge Scales, Find A Grave Memorial # 48363187, citing Chestnut Hill Cemetery (Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina), memorial created by Babs Lucy, photograph by Devil Kitty Designs.
42. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 17 March 2014), Obit of Major Nathaniel Eldridge Scales, a civil war veteran.