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Henry Curtis SCRUGGS

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  • Name Henry Curtis SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth Abt 1864  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Name Henry Keller 
    Reference Number 366 
    Person ID I366  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1863 
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Marie THORP,   b. 1882 
    Family ID F457  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Jessie CREIGHTON 
    Family ID F854  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • This person's name is probably Henry Curtis and censuses have him variously listed as Henry, Heny, Curtis, or H.C. Although his birth father was Robert Scruggs, Henry may have taken the name of his mother's 2nd husband (Keller), at least while living at home with his mother.

      CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. Heny (SB Henry) C. Scroggs 1, b. in Kansas, living with his maternal grandparents (Henry47 and Mrs43 Donahoo), his mother's siblings (Haydon J.17, Absalom16, Maranda14, Jas12, Juliet8 Donahoo), his mother Huldah Scruggs 19, as well as George Alexander 34, Mrs Alexander 27 and John Cold 18, Susan James 21. Location: Stranger, Leavenworth County, Kansas

      CENSUS: 1870 on ancestry.com. Curtis 7, b. in Kansas, living with his mother Huldy 24, her 2nd husband Benjamin Keller 28, and sister Sarah 3. Location: Prairie Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas

      CENSUS: 1875 (Ks) on ancestry.com. H C Keller 12, b. in Kansas, living with B J Keller 33, H J Keller 30, S E Keller 7. Location: Prairie, Wyandotte, Kansas

      CENSUS: 1880 on ancestry.com. Henry C Keller (looks like Heller) 16, b. in Kansas, living with grandparents (Henry 62 and Sarah 58 Donahoo), mother Huldah Keller 34, sister Sarah Keller 10, and other relatives of his mother (Julie Donahoo 33, Mary Donahoo 34, Leon Donahoo 11 and Eva W Donahoo 7). Location: Prairie, Wyandotte, Kansas

      NOTE: June 1, 1894, Henry C Scroggs married Jessie Creighton in Logan, Oklahoma. It is possible that this is Huldah and Robert's son, but the marriage certificate does not list his parents' names. A death or divorce record for Jessie has not been located.

      CENSUS: 1900 on ancestry.com. Henry C Scroggs 36, b. Jan. 1864 in Kansas, living with partners William McLusky and John Rabes, all salesmen of groceries and implements. Henry is listed as Widower. (see censuses 1910, 1930). Location: Guelph township, Sumner County, Kansas

      MARRIAGE: 1907 on ancestry.com. Henry C Scruggs30, married Marie Thorp.

      CENSUS: 1910 on ancestry.com. Henry C Scroogs[sic], 45, b. in Kansas, living with wife Marie B Scroogs, 28. Both say this is their first marriage, married 4 years. Location: Strike Axe, Township, Osage County, Oklahoma

      CENSUS: 1920 on ancestry.com. Henry C Scroggs, 53, b. in Kansas, occupation: contractor, carpentry work, living with wife Marie 37 and 2 lodgers Walter Currons, Harry Robinson. Location: Pawhuska City, Osage, Oklahoma

      CENSUS. 1930 on ancestry.com. H C Scroggs, 66, b in Kansas, occupation:building contractor, living with wife Marie 48 Scroggs. Census says they were both in their first marriage, he was 48 and she was 24 when they married. Location: Pawhuska City, Osage, Oklahoma,

      CENSUS: 1940 on ancestry.com. H K Scroggs 76, b. in Kansas, living with wife Marie S Scroggs, 58. Location: Ralston, Pawnee County, Oklahoma,

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Prairie, Wyandotte, Kansas; Roll: M593_443; Page: 514A; Image: 313; Family History Library Film: 545942. Found on ancestry.com.

    3. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Prairie, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district 190, sheet 277D, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 0400; FHL microfilm 1,254,4007. Found on familysearch.org.

    4. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Guelph, Sumner, Kansas; Roll: 502; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0332; FHL microfilm: 1240502. Found on ancestry.com.

    5. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Pawhuska Ward 4, Osage, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1268; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 0166; FHL microfilm: 1375281. Found on ancestry.com.

    6. [S39] 1920 USA Federal Census, Location: Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1479; Page: 40A; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 782. Found on ancestry.com.

    7. [S40] 1930 USA Federal Census, Location: Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma, United States. Found on ancestry.com.

    8. [S41] 1940 USA Federal Census, Location: Ralston, Pawnee, Oklahoma; Roll: T627_3322; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 59-24. Found on ancestry.com.


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