 | Gene Arthur Scattergood aka Scattergood-Moore |  |
| Gene Arthur Scattergood aka Scattergood-Moore | |
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| 1940 |
• November 30: birth of Gene Arthur Scattergood (GAS), Newton MA |
| 1941 | 
• December 1: Death of Mary "Mae" Emily Moore Scattergood, from heart failure following Caesarean section, Newton, MA• Marriage of Elisabeth "Betty" Scattergood and Howard Gardner Rogers; honeymoon in Bermuda. |
| 1941-43 |
• Live with Josephine Moore Orton and Edward H. Orton and their daughter: Joan LaVerne Orton at Oakland Drive, Port Washington, Long Island, NY. |
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| 1942 |
• July 7: Death of Howard A. Baker, Bass River, MA • April 17, 1942: Court proceedings begin between Albert Arthur Scattergood (represented by the lawyers of the Christian Science Church in Boston) and Josephine Moore & Edward H. Orton (represented by Bradley Moore) for the custody of Gene Arthur Scattergood. . . |
| 1943 | • Abducted from the home of Edward and Jo Orton at Port Washington, Long Island, NY most likely during October or November by two representatives from the Christian Science Church, Boston following decision for appeal from The New York Surpreme Court and returned to Albert Arthur Scattergood in Boston, MA |
| 1943-45 | • Live with father, Albert Arther Scattergood, in boarding houses in Boston and Newton from fall of 1943 to spring of 1945, who works night shift at Raytheon on radar tubes for war (WWW2) defense. Visit "May" Scattergood Baker and her family during summers. Drive through forest fire in Plymouth. |
| 1944 | • Death of Howard Gardner Rogers • Birth of Richard "Dick" Orton |
| 1945 |
• Sent to Old Main Street, Bass River, Cape Cod to live with Helen "May" Scattergood Baker and Josephine Baker (daughter). while AAS remains in Boston and visits the Cape occasionally on weekends and during summers. • Pets: "Patty" the Irish setter (killed by auto) and "Blackie" the male black cat. . . • Friends of Miss Helen Berry, Miss Brock, the Eckleys, Bruce Mahaffy, the Wilkensons, Marjorie Hayden, Peter Cooper, etc. • Deliver mail to many of the older women (Miss Brock, Miss Berry, etc.) living on Old Main Road • Margorie Baker and her husband Andy Kelly live at South Yarmouth Library. In 1946 or 1947 they owned a grocery store and house next to John Simson School on Old Main Street, Bass River... |
| 1946 | • Death of grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Dronsfield Scattergood, at Christian Science Benevolent Home, Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 1947 |
• July 13: Birth of Howard Baker Kelly, South Yarmouth, MA AAS moves from Boston to Bass River, Cape Cod and moves in with his older step-sister "May" Scattergood Baker; works as independent taxi driver until ca. 1950 when he was hired as a "steak cook" for The Peter Pond Club in Barnstable; refused membership in the Christian Science Church of Hyannis - the only time I ever saw my father cry - but later admitted into the church as a regular member. • Attend sunday school at the Christian Science Church in Hyannis until junior high school. |
| 1948 | • November 28: Birth of Joan Angell, South Yarmouth, MA
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| 1949 | • March 4: Birth of Betsy Ross Kelly, South Yarmouth, MA |
| 1950 | • Sale (foreclosure) of The Baker Family Homestead (ca. 1670); AAS and GAS move into new house on Geneva Road, (near Long Pond) South Yarmouth, MA. nbsp; MSB moves into nursing home. • September 14: Birth of Robert Angell, South Yarmouth, MA |
| 1951 | • Begin paying AAS rent; work weekends and summers as a caddy, stockboy, dish washer, short order cook, waiter, etc. . . |
| 1952-54 |
| 1955 |
• Elisabeth S. Rogers moves into Geneva Road house with GAS and AAS following manic-depression "breakdowns" in Philadelphia, PA and a couple of hospitalizations in RI. • Mary Emily Moore Scattergood's ashes scattered somewhere on Cape Cod by AAS. |
| 1956 | • Attended Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School • Friendship with Mrs Irma Zigarmi, Drea and Irma (Yolanda); art student of Mrs. Pauline Hopkins • October 19: Death of Helen May Scattergood Baker, Bass River, S. Yarmouth. |
| 1957 |
| 1958 |
| 1958-59 | Live with Elisabeth "Betty" S. Rogers, at her home on Lakeview Road, S. Yarmouth, MA. |
| 1959 | 
• June: Graduate from Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, South Yarmouth, MA• September: attend the Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA • Begin using the name: "Scattergood-Moore" as signature on art work. • Spent a week with Bradley & Helen Moore at Freeport and visit Jo & Ed Orton at Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY over winter break. |
| 1960 |
• (date ?) Suicide of Elisabeth Scattergood Rogers.Self Portrait, age 20, pencil on paper from sketchbook >
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| 1961 | 
• November 30th: 21st surprise birthday party by Swain School of Design students and faculty.Hanging Doll, 1961, oil on canvas, (destroyed) >
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| 1962 | 
• (date ?) Death of Andrew "Andy" Kelly, South Yarmouth, MA• Live in chicken coup on Litter River Farm (with Sigmund and Gina Abeles), South Dartmouth, MA; art teacher to Katherine C. Bullard at her studio in Nonquit. Cam Talley, 1963, oil on canvas, private collection > |
| 1963 |
• June: Graduate from Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA (diploma in Drawing & Painting) Student of: Sigmund Abeles, Peter Busa, Douglas Couper, Joyce Reopel, David L. Smith, Melvin Zabarsky. • Accepted into Boston University, School of Fine Arts - but must attended summer school and receive a minimum of C+ grades. • Rent room in boarding house on Joy Street (Beacon Hill) for summer than moved to Hemingway Street with Mykonos (the cat). |
| 1964 |
| 1964-65 |
• Work for Boris Mirski and as framer at Bunuell Frame Shop. • Live in North End, co-founder of The Realist Gallery with Jonathan Shahn, Cathy Unger, Eli, etc... • During summer work as waiter and live at the "The Country Club" in Brookline. 
• LSD. Cam and Caroline and 'The Emerald City' of Cambridge• Become friends with PAR on trip to Provincetown with Susan, Evan, and Wila. . . Walking on Dunes, Trueo, Cape Cod, photographic silkscreen >
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| 1965 | 
North St Apartment, North End, Boston, photographic silkscreen > |
| 1966 |
• June: Graduation from Boston University, Boston, MA (Bachelor of Fine Arts degree)Student of: Jack Kramer and Reed Kay. • June 18: Marriage of GAS and Phyllis Ann Rosen, Rowayton, CT Honeymoon on Nauset Beach, Chatham, Cape Cod at Jo and Bill's cabin. Summer spent at Bell Island, CT before moving to Cincinnati for graduate school in late summer. |
| 1967 |
| 1968 |
• May 11: Death of Albert Arthur Scattergood from cardiovascular disease, S. Yarmouth, MA (cremated).
• March Death of Noel Wright the day following the death Martin Luther King Jr.PAR and GAS in Wellesley MA for interview with Edith B. Phelps at DHS. Self Portrait w Cigarette, 1967, acrylic on canvas, Un. of Cincinnati Thesis Painting >
• Graduate from Unversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (Master of Fine Arts degree) Student of: Herbert Barnett (Art Academy of Cincinnati) and Joseph Gutman (Hebrew Seminary). • Hired as Head of Art Department, DHS, Wellesley, MA • August 13: Birth of Anna Moore Scattergood, South Norwalk, CT |
| 1969 |  PAR on beach, Bonaire, from S-M's sketchbook > |
| 1970 |
• (date ?): Death of Marjorie Baker Kelly Perkins, South Yarmouth, MA |
| 1971 | 
• Purchase cabin from Frank Fritzgerald, White Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, CanadaSelf Portrait, White Point, Cape Breton, NS oil on canvas, collection of Anne Leone > |
| 197? | • (date ?): Death of Josephine Baker Angell, S. Yarmouth, MA |
| 1972 | • January 18: Birth of Emily Dronsfield Scattergood, Newton-Wellesly Hospital, Newton, MA |
| 1973-82 |
 Self Portrait, charcoal on rice paper, collection of Frank Lawerance > |
| 1983 |
• KS expelled from DHS; moves into Oakland Street house... |
| 1984 |
• Move into Artists' West Association studio, Moody St, Waltham, MA• Acquire abused Maine Coon cat... Self Portrait w Tears, oil on museum board >
Private collection, New Hampshire |
Selected Self Portraits (1980s):
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| 1985 |
• June: Divorced from PAR.Self Portrait with Maine Coon Cat, Ebony pencil on paper >
Collection of Dr. Emily D. Scattergood |
| 1986 |
| 1987 |
| 1988 |
• PAR buys my interest in Oakland Street house. • Purchase studio Unit #13 at Claflin School Studios, Newtonville, MA. • AMS graduates from New England Law School, Boston MA |
| 1989 |
• PRS awarded Intellectual Freedom Award |
| 1990-96 |  Based on photograph by Barhrach Photographers for 100 citizens of Newton exhibit, Newton Free Library > |
| 1997 | • November 22: marriage of AMS and ELS |
| 1998 |
| 1999 | • October 12: birth of SAS (granddaughter) • EDS graduates from Temple Medical School, PA |
| 2000 |
• June 4: marrige of EDS and WDS • July: Hospitalized for two weeks at St. Elizabeth Hospital (SECAP). |
| 2001 |
| 2002 |
| 2003 |
 Scattered Dreams (2003) directed/edited by Scattergood-Moore photographed by Michael Frassinelli Internet Archive |
| 2004 |
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| 2005 |
| 2006 |
• PRS sells Oakland Street house in Wellesley Hills.• June: GAS resigns from DHSchool after 38 years as art teacher, including 10 as department head. T-shirt design by my students/friends "The "Gang of Four" (Allison, Nadine, Annie, Rhys) > • November: Caroline Collins dies at 70. |
| 2007 |
 
• May 7 - June 10 exhibition: SCATTERGOOD: Living a LIfe of Art,DHS Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA • June 26 to July 8 Safari to Tanzania - gift of DHS faculty. • End therapy with Dr. Lyle Miller of Biobehavioral Institute of Boston. (left) photograph by Dr. Lyle Miller (right) Tanzania (press image to enlarge) |
| 2008 |
| 2009 | • April 15, 2009 Edith Blakeslee Phelps (b. June 23, 1917) mentor, colleague and friend - dies. |
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