J.A. Scarboro ~ the Injury that almost killed him.

J. A. Scarboro was a man of vigor almost amounting to genius. He had no lazy bone in his body. Ambitious to do things, he labored with all his might and at things which he understood. More than thirty years ago (1901) he undertook the establishment of a brick mill on the Ogeechee River near Dover. While personally engaged in adjusting some of the machinery, the mill was placed in operation and his feet and legs were almost ground off. It was a hard fight against almost hopeless odds, but he won the fight for life. To the end of his days, he was a cripple as a result of that accident but his energy was unbated.

From: Early Churches in Bulloch County written by Dorothy Brannen (pg. 100) and The Bulloch Times written by Rev. J. A. Scarboro (Jr.)  March 10, 1932