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Susan SCRUGGS

Female 1890 - 1978  (88 years)


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  • Name Susan SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • Communication with Ruth Scruggs Ladan indicates that there might have been 3 children, 2 girls plus 1 boy. Then the girls were given up for adoption when the parents divorced. None of this is documented. Aunt Virginia's letters to Ruth mention only Howard (and his wife Jacqueline).
    Birth 2 Mar 1890  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Virginia or Susie  [5, 7] 
    Reference Number 4 
    Death Apr 1978  Ottawa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Buried in Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, plot: Garden of Prayer Block 9, Lot 12, Row0, Grave5. Findagrave Memorial# 161033365.
    Person ID I4  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Susan BAKER,   b. 18 Oct 1855, Mount Joy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1927, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 8 Nov 1876  Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Don E WOODS,   b. 13 Dec 1882, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1942, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1907  Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    • Marriage record says that it occurred in Western District, Indian Territory, USA.
    Divorce Between 1911 and 1919 
    Children 
     1. Howard J. WOODS,   b. 7 Nov 1907, Mounds, Creek, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1995, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F41  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Elvin Vincent WILLEY,   b. 17 Dec 1883, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1971, Ottawa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1933  Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F42  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 3 Charles W. JOHNSON,   b. 1878, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Between 1911 and 1919  [9] 
    Divorce Between 1921 and 1929 
    Family ID F121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Mar 1890 - Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Jan 1907 - Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Dec 1933 - Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Apr 1978 - Ottawa, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • CENSUS (Kansas) 1895: on ancestry.com. Susan Scruggs, 5, b in Kansas, living with Joseph46, Susan39, Walter17, Lawreax11, Joseph6, Edward3, Simion1 Scruggs . location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Susan Scrugs[sic], 10, b March 1890 in Kansas, living with Joseph51, Susan44, WalterW22, Lawrence16, Joseph32 [should be 12], Edward8, Simmeon6, EdithE2 Scrugs. location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1905: Susie Scruggs, 15, b in Kansas, living with JM56, Suson48, L21, Josie17, Edward13, Simeon11, Edith7 Scruggs. location: not mentioned on census form.

      MARRIAGE 1907: on ancestry.com. Susie Virginia Scruggs, 18, married Donald E Woods on Jan.1, 1907, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. (Oklahoma, County Marriage Records)

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Susie V Woods, 20, b. in Kansas, first marriage, married 3 years, had 1 child/still living, living with husband Don E. Woods 27 and son Howard 2 Woods . location: Pekin Tonwship, Tazewell County, Illinois.

      CENSUS 1920: familysearch.org. Virginia S Johnson., 29, b. in Kansas. living with husband#2 Charles W Johnson 31 and son Howard J Wood 12. location: Muskogee City, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

      CENSUS 1930: on familysearch.org. Virginia Woods, 39, b. in Kansas, living with son Howard J. Woods,22. location: Tulsa City, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

      MARRIAGE 1933: on familysearch.org. Virginia Susan Woods married E V Willey on December 23, 1933 in the presence of Ione Standeven and Howard J Woods. (Oklahoma, County Marriages)

      DEATH 1978: on familysearch.org. Virigina Willey, 88, d April 1978, possibly in Ottawa, Oklahoma. (from U.S. Social Security Death Index)

      BURIAL: findagrave.dom. Buried in Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, plot: Garden of Prayer Block 9, Lot 12, Row0, Grave5. Findagrave Memorial# 161033365.

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] 1895 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-169. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    2. [S16] 1905 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 - K-181. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    3. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas; Roll: 486; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1240486. Found on Ancestry.com and on familysearch.org.

    4. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Pekin Ward 5, Tazewell, Illinois; Roll: T624_328; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0149; FHL microfilm: 1374341. Found on Ancestry.com familysearch.org.
      NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Also found on /pal:/MM9.1.1/MKXT-YV3 : accessed 10 Nov 2.
      013), Howard J Woods in household of Don E Woods, Pekin Ward 5, Tazewell, Illinois, United States; citing sheet , family 105, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374341.

    5. [S39] 1920 USA Federal Census, Location: Muskogee Ward 3, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1477; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 85; Image: 1032. Found on Ancestry.com.
      NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

    6. [S40] 1930 USA Federal Census, Location: Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Roll: 1935; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 0084; Image: 283.0; FHL microfilm: 2341669. Found on Ancestry.com and familylsearch.org.
      T626, 2,667 rolls.
      //familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XC45-DQJ : accessed 10 Nov 2013), Howard J Woods in household of Virginia Woods, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0084, sheet , family 735, NARA microfilm publication.

    7. [S30] Personal Information, Handwritten Note by Clarise Ruth Hovis Scruggs and further notes by Marjorie Hockley Scruggs.

    8. [S18] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current, citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing. Found on Familysearch.org.

    9. [S49] Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995, page 605, GS Film Number: 001021150 , Digital Folder Number: 005683010 , Image Number: 00755 .
      Found on familysearch.org

    10. [S174] Oklahoma State Vital Records index, Found on ancestry.com.


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