Rosalie Gertrude (Babcock) Scouten 1872-1954
Categories: The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 157, No 8, p 104, Sep. 6, 1954.
R. Gertrude Scouten, daughter of Joel B. and Susan Lippincott Babcock was born at Western, Neb., Oct. 26, 1872, and died at Texarkana, Ark., Aug. 9, 1954.
She was the wife of Elias G. Scouten who died Jan. 20, 1936. They were members of the Long Branch Seventh Day Baptist Church at Humboldt, Neb., later moving to Fouke in 1904 to be near that church and its mission school. Mrs. Scouten is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Ethel Davis and Mrs. Hazel Robertson of Fouke, Ark., Mrs. Neva Jensen of Topeka, Kan., and Mrs. Pansy Green, Milton Junction, Wis.; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Farewell services were conducted from the Fouke Seventh Day Baptist Church with burial in Fouke Cemetery, Rev. Howard L. Wilson officiating. - Hazel Robertson

Census: 1880 Franklin, Richardson Co., Nebraska: age 7

Elias Gilbert Scouten 1865-1936  
Categories: Fouke, Arkansas, Humboldt, Nebraska, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 120, No 6, p 168, Mar. 16, 1936.
  Elias Gilbert Scouten, son of Andrew Scouten, was born March 1, 1865, at Springfield, Ill., and departed this life at his home in Fouke, Ark., January 20, 1936.
  He was married to Miss Gertrude Babcock March 5, 1892, who survives, with five daughters: Mrs. Ethel Davis, Mrs. Neva Jenson, Mrs. Elva Monroe, Mrs. Pansy Green, and Miss Hazel; also by two brothers and a sister: Ed, Fred, and Mrs. Frank Birt; and a half brother and half sister: A. I. Butz, and Mrs. Oscar Boyce.
  In young manhood Brother Scouten united with the Long Branch Seventh Day Baptist Church at Humboldt, Neb.   In 1904, they removed to Arkansas uniting with the Fouke Church.
  Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, W. L. Davis.   The body was laid to rest in the Fouke cemetery.     W. L. D.

Census: 1880 Hiawatha, Brown Co., Kansas: age 15, b IA