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Emma West SCRUGGS

Female 1838 - 1892  (54 years)


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  • Name Emma West SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 1838  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • One Ancestry Family Tree states that her birth date is Sept.22, 1837.
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 195 
    Death 9 Apr 1892  Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Buried in Kickapoo Memorial Cemetery. Findagrave Memorial# 37216518. A family tree on ancestry.com says that she died in St. Jospeh, Buchanon County, Missouri.
    Person ID I195  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  [7] 
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fred EMORY,   b. Abt 1830, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 26 May 1857  Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Married by Rev. Leander Ker (data from Kansas History Quarterly, citing Leavenworth, Kansas Weekly Herald, May 30, 1857).
    Children 
     1. Eliza EMORY,   b. Abt 1858  [natural]
     2. Register EMORY,   b. Mar 1858, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Elvira H. EMORY,   b. 18 Nov 1868, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1911, St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)  [natural]
     4. Emma EMORY,   b. 1871, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1838 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 May 1857 - Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Apr 1892 - Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Emma E. Scruggs, 11; b. in Kentucky, living with parents: Simeon42/ElviraS.39; and siblings: Robt. W. 6; Henry V. 4; Joseph M. Scruggs1. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

      MARRIAGE 1857: on ancestry.com. Emma Scruggs married Fred Emory on May 26, 1857 in Leavenworth, Kansas (Kansas Weekly Herald Leavenworth)

      CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. Emmett Emory 27, b in Kentucky; living with S.56/Mrs.52 Scruggs (her parents?); Robt M 22, Henry18, Joseph 16 Scruggs (her brothers?), and Eliza Emory 7 (her daughter?). Emma's husband is not listed on the census but there is a note to say "Husband Peseshed" -- meaning unknown. Location: Stuben township, Leavenworth, Kansas

      CENSUS: 1870 on ancestry.com. Emma W Ermory, 32, b. in Kentucky, living with Fredrick 40, Register 12, Evira 1 Emory. Location: Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas.

      CENSUS: 1880 on ancestry.com. Emma Emory, 42, keeping house, b. in Kentucky, keeping house, living with husband:Fred, 50, and children:Register22, Elina H 11, Emma 9 Emory. Location: Leavenworth City, Leavenworth, Kansas. (Note: The 1880 US Federal Census lists is very difficult to read and the index transcriber guessed the last name was 'Entor'. The daughter named "Elina" is really "Elvira".)

      BURIAL (1892): findagrave.com Died April 9, 1892. Buried in Kickapoo Memorial Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas, Findagrave Memorial# 37216518.

      A Pedigree Resource File lists several children born to Fred and Emma, but who did not survive, including Mary Shipp Emory, b. April 1859, Walter Herbert B. 1861, Register and Elvira, but not Eliza, or Emma. "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SBLN-RWK : accessed 2014-03-16), entry for Fredrick /Emory/

  • 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. [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.

    3. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas; Roll: 386; Family History Film: 1254386; Page: 274B; Enumeration District: 157; Image: 0152. Found on Ancestry.com.

    4. [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.

    5. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Found on findagrave.com and ancestry.com.
      Kansas, Find a grave, 1854-2012.

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

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

    8. [S10] Kansas Historical Quarterly. Marriage Notices.


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