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Frances SCRUGGS

Female Abt 1807 - 1880  (~ 73 years)


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  • Name Frances SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Birth Abt 1807  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 432 
    Death 30 Nov 1880  McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Burial in McPherson Cemetery, Blk 4, Lot 11-9. Findagrave says the death may be 1879 or 1880, but Frances appears on the 1880 US census so we'll prefer the 1880 date. Findagrave Memorial# 54222193.
    Person ID I432  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 1 Abraham SCRUGGS,   b. 1803   d. 16 Jun 1888, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 James RITCHIE 
    Family ID F172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1807 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Nov 1880 - McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • HISTORY: Dunklin (p.71) says "Abraham Scruggs (Ref. 1.4.3.3.4) ... married twice; ... at Elizabeth's death, he married Frances Scruggs Ritchie, the widow of James RItchie and a sister of his first wife."

      CENSUS 1850: on familysearch.org. Frances Scruggs, 41, living with Abram 47, and (stepson, not indicated on census) James V 21 Scruggs. location: Gallatin County, Kentucky

      CENSUS 1860: on familysearch.org. Frances Scruggs, 55, b. in Kentucky, living with husband A.57 and Henry Scruggs15. location: Shoal Township, Clinton County, Missouri (Henry is a nephew.)

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1865: on ancestry.com. Frances Scruggs, 60, b in Kentucky, living with husband Abraham62 Scruggs. location: Atchison, Kansas

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Frances Scruggs, 65, b. in Kentucky, occupation: keeping house, living with husband: Abraham67 and Mary Scruggs. location: Washington Township, Clay County, Missouri (Mary is a servant, mulatto.)

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Frances, 75, b. in Kentucky, occupation: keeping house, living with husband Abrham77 and the Maufner family. location: Kearney Township, Clay County, Missouri

      BURIAL 1880: findagrave.com. Burial in McPherson Cemetery, Blk 4, Lot 11-9. Findagrave says the death may be 1879 or 1880, but Frances appears on the 1880 US census (enumerated June 9-10, 1880) so we'll prefer the 1880 date. Findagrave Memorial# 54222193.

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] 1850 US Federal Census, Location: Gallatin county, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States; citing family 659, NARA microfilm publication M432 Found on familysearch.org.

    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. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Missouri, United States; citing p. 31, family 232, NARA microfilm publication M593; FHL microfilm 552,269. Found on familysearch.org.

    4. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Kearney, Clay, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 116, sheet 290A, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 0681; FHL microfilm 1,254,681. Found on familysearch.org.

    5. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Shoal Township, Clinton, Missouri, United States. . Publication M653, household 38, GS Film no. 803615. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH8S-W2W : 30 December 2015) Found on familysearch.org.

    6. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.42.

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

    8. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.


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