THE EIGHT CHILDREN OF ABSALOM G. SCALES AND MARTHA E. LAVENDER WERE:
1. WILLIAM N. SCALES, born 1848. He married a BETTY.
2. FLETCHER A. SCALES, born 1849.
3. LAURA M. SCALES, born in 1852. She married WM. B. MCGOWAN 12 MAY 1868 in Williamson CO. Tn.
4. JAMES A. SCALES, born 1854.
5. ALICE A. SCALES, born 1856.
6. JOSEPH D. SCALES, born 1858.
7. CHARLES E. SCALES, born 1860.
8. SAMUEL W. SCALES, born 1863.