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Marcellus SCRUGGS

Male 1840 - 1918  (77 years)


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  • Name Marcellus SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 27 Oct 1840  Scott County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 440 
    Death 29 Jul 1918  Shelby, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9] 
    • Buried in Dutch Tract Cemetery, North Pleasureville, Henry County, Kentucky. Findagrave Memorial# 90747546
    Person ID I440  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Henry Valentine SCRUGGS,   b. 1806, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Elizabeth TRIPETT-SINCLAIR,   b. Abt 1810   d. Bef 1860 (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 29 Aug 1839  Scott, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amanda HARLOW,   b. 16 Apr 1851, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1947, Henry, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 18 Aug 1869  Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Leslie SCRUGGS,   b. 1875, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Marcellus SCRUGGS, Jr,   b. 1883, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1971, Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     3. Flournoy SCRUGGS,   b. 24 Oct 1870, Henry, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1953, Shelby, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     4. Edbert SCRUGGS,   b. 17 Mar 1878, Henry, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Oct 1840 - Scott County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Aug 1869 - Owen, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Jul 1918 - Shelby, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1860: on familysearch.org. Marcellus, 19, b in Kentucky, occupation: farmer, living with father H.V.52. location: District no.1, Owen County, Kentucky

      MARRIAGE 1869: on ancestry.com (Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979). Marcellus Scruggs married Amanda Harlow on Aug. 18, 1869 in Owen Kentucky

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Marcellus [looks like Warullus on census], 29, b in Kenucky, occupation: farm laborer, living with his wife18 and his father Henry64. location: Bethlehem Precinct Subdivision 63, Henry(?) County, Kentucky

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Marcellies, 39, b. in Kentucky, occupation: farmer, living with Amanda and their 3 sons Flournoy 9, Leslie 7, Edbert 2. location: Christiansburg, Shelby, Kentucky

      CENSUS 1900: on ancestry.com. Amanda Scrubbs[sic], 49, b in Kentucky, married 30 years, had 4 children/4still living, living with husband49 and 3 children: Flournary27, Edvert22, Marcellus17. location: Christianburg, Shelby, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. M., 69, b. in Kentucky, married 40 years, occupation: farmer, living with wife59 + 2 sons Floyed39 farmer and E.B.29 farmer and 2 grandchildren Ethel13 and Jesse M 11. location: Christiansburg, Shelby, Kentucky. (note: Scruggs spelled with only 1 'g' on this census. And his age is more likely 59, than 69.)

      BURIAL 1918: findagrave.com. Marcellus, d. July 30, 1918. Buried in Dutch Tract Cemetery, North Pleasureville, Henry County, Kentucky. Findagrave Memorial# 90747546

  • Sources 
    1. [S67] Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979.

    2. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Christiansburg, Shelby, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 184, sheet 203B, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 0441; FHL microfilm 1,254,441. Found on familysearch.org.

    3. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: District 1, Owen, Kentucky, United States; Roll: M653_391; Page: 895; Image: 00082; GS Film Number: 803391. Found on familysearch.org.

    4. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Kentucky, United States; citing p. 140, family 1165, NARA microfilm publication M593; FHL microfilm 545,969. Found on familysearch.org.

    5. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Christianburg, Shelby, Kentucky; Roll: 551; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0072; FHL microfilm: 1240551. Found on ancestry.com.

    6. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Christianburg, Shelby, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 6A, NARA microfilm publication T624; FHL microfilm 1,374,515. Found on familysearch.org.

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

    8. [S127] WikiTree, WikiTree entry by George Henderson.

    9. [S81] Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961.

    10. [S85] Kentucky, County Marriages. 1783-1965.


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