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Simeon SCRUGGS

Male Abt 1808 - Aft 1884  (~ 77 years)


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  • Name Simeon SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    • Simeon was the 6th son listed in Dunklin (p. 42-43); there were also 3 daughters. Birth dates given for only first 2 sons.
    Birth Abt 1808  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 4, 5] 
    Reference Number 107 
    Death Aft 1884 
    Person ID I107  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Thomas SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1767, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Scott County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Judith BUFORD,   b. Abt 1767, Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1854, Scott County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1787  Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11] 
    • Viriginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, reference pg 218, FHL micorfilm 30,591.
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elvira S. HERNDON,   b. 1811, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1872, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1830  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Shipp SCRUGGS,   b. 21 Mar 1831, Liberty, Calloway, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1852, Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)  [natural]
     2. Emma West SCRUGGS,   b. 1838, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1892, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [natural]
     3. Robert SCRUGGS,   b. 1844, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1877, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [natural]
     4. Henry V. SCRUGGS,   b. 30 Jun 1846, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1926, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     5. Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS, I,   b. Jan 1849, Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1917, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1808 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1830 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • HISTORY: SIMEON SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3.6), "son of Thomas Scruggs, Jr., by his wife Judith Buford, married Eloise [sic] Herndon, by whom he had issue, Mary Shipp, a noted beauty of Leavenworth, Kansas." (Scruggs Genealogy by Ethel Hastings Scruggs Dunklin; La Plante and Dunklin Printing Co., 1912, p.71)

      HISTORY: "Dec. 18, 1856, Capt. W. S. Murphy, who with Simeon Scruggs, established the pioneer saw mill in Leavenworth that sawed the lumber from which the town was built, died at Weston." from December Events, Scrap (online source) http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/leavenwo/library/Scraps/Scraps10.htm, accessed August 12, 2013

      HISTORY: from Wichita Daily Eagle. 6 Jun 1884 Atchison, KS. Known in Leavenworth, KS as Captain Simeon Scruggs. Simeon Scruggs and William S. Murphy owned a Leavenworth sawmill (1854). After the death of W.S. Murphy, the sawmill closed, about 1859. Simeon them moved to Kickapoo.
      One of the earliest and most valuable institutions of Leavenworth, in the way of buildings, which commenced to flourish at this time, was the saw mill of Murphy & Scruggs, at the mouth of Three-Mills Creek, north side. Capt. W. S. Murphy and Capt. Simeon Scruggs were partners and completed the mill in the fall of 1854, so that they were able to issue the following advertisement in October: "Murphy & Scruggs have erected and have in successful operation at Leavenworth, K. T., a large steam saw mill of the most approved model and with all the recent improvements. They are ready to fill bills for lumber of every description and in quantity at the shortest notice and on favorable terms." This was the first saw mill not only in the county, but in the Territory. Although they made considerable money, the death of Capt. Murphy, and subsequent legal complications, so disarranged and consumed the partnership property that Capt. Scruggs lost nearly all his share in Leavenworth and retired to his farm near Kickapoo.

      CENSUS: 1840. on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, aged 30-40. Location: Gallatin County, Kentucky

      CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, 42, farmer, b. in Kentucky, living with Elvira S. 39; Emma E. 11; Robt. W. 6; Henry V. 4; Joseph M.1 Scruggs. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

      CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, no age given, no occupation b. in Kentucky; living with Elvira no age given; Robert 16; Henry 14; Joseph 10 Scruggs. Location: Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas

      CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. S. Scruggs, 56, b. in Kentucky, occupation: farmer, living with Mrs, 52, Robt M 22, Henry18, Joseph16, Emmett Emory 27, Eliza Emory 7 Scruggs. Location: Stuben township, Leavenworth, Kansas;

      CENSUS; 1870 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, 61, b. in Kentucky; occupation: farmer, living with Elvira 57; Jospeh M 22; H.V. 24; Sarah 17 Scruggs. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

      CENSUS: 1880 on ancestry. Simeon Scruggs, 71, b. in Kentucky; living with his son/daughter-in-law:Joseph 31, Susan 25, and children:Walter B 2, Herndon 1, Martha 1 mo. Scruggs. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

      HISTORY: On Findagrave.com. Memorial of son Joseph Murphy Scruggs gives copies of his obituaries; these mention the father Simeon Scruggs.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S19] 1850 US Federal Census, Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri; Roll: M432_410; Page: 309A; Image: 54. Found on Ancestry.com and familysearch.org.
      (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
      (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDZJ-WVF : accessed 01 Oct 2013).

    2. [S20] 1840 US Federal Census, Location: Gallatin, Kentucky; Roll: 111; Page: 7; Image: 16; Family History Library Film: 0007826. Found on Ancestry.com.
      1840 United States Federal Census (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls).

    3. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Stranger Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory; Roll: M653_350; Page: 895; Image: 447; Family History Library Film: 803350. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Found on Ancestry.com.

    4. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas. Citing p. 14, family 103, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 0545927. Found on FamilySearch.
      familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCJF-BLQ : accessed 01 Oct 2013) and https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCJF-BLH : accessed 23 Oct 2013),


    5. [S21] 1865 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-8. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    6. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas; Roll: 372; Family History Film: 1254372; Page: 509A; Enumeration District: 011; Image: 1023. Found on Ancestry.com.

    7. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.43.

    8. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.71.

    9. [S58] Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, Found on familysearch.org.

    10. [S55] U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, Source number: 774.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 4.

    11. [S194] A genealogy of the Buford family in America, with records of a number of allied families, Written by Marcus Bainbridge Buford. Published in 1903: San Francisco.

    12. [S50] Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988.


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