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Robert SCRUGGS

Male 1844 - 1877  (33 years)


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  • Name Robert SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 1844  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 124 
    Death 20 Aug 1877  Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Cause: lynching 
    • Burial in Branscom Cemetery, Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, Kansas. [Findagrave Memorial# 86311844
    Person ID I124  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Simeon SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1808, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1884 (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1830  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Frances OLIPHANT,   b. 14 Dec 1853, Platte City, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1924, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 18 Apr 1874  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Buena Vista SCRUGGS,   b. 22 Feb 1876, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1959, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F51  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Frances GROFF,   b. Abt 1849, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1867  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert SCRUGGS,   b. 1868, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 3 Huldah DONAHOO,   b. 1845, Pioneer, Cedar, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1918, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1863 
    Children 
     1. Henry Curtis SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1864, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1844 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1867 - Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Apr 1874 - Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: lynching - 20 Aug 1877 - Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • It seems that Robert had one child with each of his 3 wives: Henry (with Huldah), Robert (with Frances), and Buena Vista (with Mary Frances).

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

      CENSUS 1860: on ancestry.com. Robert Scruggs, 16; b. in Missouri [likely an error]; living with Simeon no age given; Elvira no age given; Henry 14; Joseph 10 Scruggs. Location: Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas

      CENSUS: (Kansas) 1865: on ancestry.com. Robt M Scruggs, 22, b. in Kentucky, occupation:farm laborer, living with parents: S.56/Mrs,52; and siblings: Henry18, Joseph16, Emmett Emory 27, Eliza Emory 7 Scruggs. Location: Stuben township, Leavenworth, Kansas (note: the census is difficult to read for "Emmett's" name; it is likely the daughter Emma, who married F.Emory.)

      CENSUS 1870: on ancestry.com. Robert Scruggs, 26, b. in Kentucky, occupation: laborer, living with wife#2 Francies[sic] 21, and son Robert2 Scruggs. Location: Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth, Kansas

      MARRIAGE 1874: on ancestry.com. Robert Scruggs married Mary Frances Oliphint in 1874 in Kansas. (US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900)

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1875: on ancestry.com. Robert Scruggs, 32, b. in Kentucky, occupation:farmer, living with wife#3 Mary21 Scruggs. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas (from the index)

      BURIAL 1877: findagrave.com. Robert W. Scruggs, buried in Branscom Cemetery, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial# 86311844

  • 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. [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.

    3. [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.

    4. [S14] 1875 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-20. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    5. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas; Roll: M593_437; Page: 243B; Image: 234; Family History Library Film: 545936. Found on Ancestry.com.

    6. [S44] The Leavenworth Weekly Times, 23 Aug. 1877. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84027691/1877-08-23/ed-1/seq -3/.

    7. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Kickapoo Memorial Cemetery, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA. Found on findagrave.com.

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

    9. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 4168.000; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PHR. Found on Ancestry.com.


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