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Elvira S. HERNDON

Female 1811 - 1872  (61 years)


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  • Name Elvira S. HERNDON  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 1811  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 196 
    Death 1 Dec 1872  Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Buried in Kickapoo Cemetery, Kickapoo Cemetery, Kickapoo, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial #37216754.
    Person ID I196  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Richard Wyatt HERNDON,   b. 1788, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1820, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherine BRANHAM,   b. 1792, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1856, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Simeon SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1808, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1884 (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1830  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    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 - 1811 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1830 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Dec 1872 - Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Elvira S. Scruggs, 39; b. in Kentucky, living with Simeon, 42; Emma E. 11; Robt. W. 6; Henry V. 4; Joseph M. 1 Scruggs. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri.

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

      CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. Mrs Scruggs, 54, b. in Kentucky; living with S. 56; Robt M 22, Henry18, Joseph16, Emmett Emory 27, Eliza Emory 7 Scruggs. Location: Stuben Township, Leavenworth, Kansas

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

      BURIAL: findagrave.com. Died Dec. 1, 1872. Buried in Kickapoo Memorial Cemetery, Kickapoo, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial #37216754.

  • 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. [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),


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

    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. [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.


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