Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 389

Notes:

CENSUS 1850: on ancestry.com. Annette Murphy, 2 mo.; b in Missouri, living with Joseph27, MaryS.19 Murphy (parents). Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri.

CENSUS 1860: on ancestry.com. Annette Murphy, 11; b in Missouri; living with Joseph 30, Mary 24, Blanche5,Jode2; and Clarles Hensley 2 Murphy. location: Weston, Platte, Missouri. (Note: Blanche and Jode are half-sisters.)

CENSUS 1870: on ancestry.com. Annette Murphy, 19, b. in Missouri, occupation: house keeper; living with husband Clay Owens 26, Mary Owens 14, Fanny Anderson 8. location: Platte City, Platte, Missouri.

CENSUS 1880: on ancestry.com. Annett Murphy, 29, b. in Missouri, occupation: keeping house; living with husband: H.C.35, and children:Mary 11, Florence 8, Jane 6 Owens. Location: Fair Township, Platt, Missouri. (Note: census also notes that she has a "dislocated shoulder".)

Died:
There is no documentation to support this date.

Annette married Henry Clay OWENS about 1867. Henry was born about 1844 in Virginia, USA; died on 30 Sep 1894 in Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jane OWENS was born about 1874 in Missouri, USA.
2. Florence OWENS was born about 1872 in Missouri, USA.
3. Mary OWENS was born in 1869 in Missouri, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: clerk, farmer
• Reference Number: 388

Notes:

CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Joseph Murphy, 27, b. in Pennsylvania, occupation: clerk; living with wife: MaryS.19 and Annette 9 mo. Murphy. location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Joseph Murphy, 30, b. in Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer, living with Mary 24, Annette 11, Blanche 5, Jode[sic] 2 Murphy, and a boarder, Charles Hensley 2. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri. Note: this Mary is 2nd wife. (Note: Charles Hensley was likely in his 20s, not 2 years old.)

CENSUS: 1870 on ancestry.com. Joseph Murphy, 41, b in Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer, living with MaryS.34, JodieM.12, JosephS.9, TheodoreP.3 Murphy, and Jacob Myers 35, location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

CENSUS 1880: missing

BURIAL 1898 : findagrave.com. Died April 24, 1898. Buried in Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Montana, Plot: Monument Section 11. Findagrave Memorial# 51281075

Died:
Buried in Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Montana, Plot: Monument Section 11. Findagrave Memorial# 51281075.

Joseph married Mary Shipp SCRUGGS on 5 Dec 1848. Mary (daughter of Simeon SCRUGGS and Elvira S. HERNDON) was born on 21 Mar 1831 in Liberty, Calloway, Kentucky, USA; died on 4 Mar 1852 in Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 387

Notes:

HISTORY: Dunklin says that Simeon Scruggs (ref.I.4.3.3.6), married Eloise [sic] Herndon, by whom he had issue, Mary Shipp, a noted beauty of Leavenworth, Kansas." ("Scruggs Genealogy" by Ethel Hastings Scruggs Dunklin; La Plante and Dunklin Printing Co., 1912, p.71)

CENSUS 1850: on ancestry.com. Mary S Murphy, 19; b in Kentucky, living with Joseph 27; Annette 9 mo. Murphy. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri.

BURIAL: findagrave.com Died March 4, 1852. Buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Weston, Platte, Missouri. Findagrave Memorial# 89323916


Died:
Buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Weston, Platte, Missouri. Findgrave Memorial# 89323916.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 474

Notes:

2017: Source of this information is unknown.

Joseph married Nancy UNKNOWN-MURPHY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 475

Notes:

2017: Source of this information is unknown.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer
• Reference Number: 107

Notes:

HISTORY: SIMEON SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3.6), "son of Thomas Scruggs, Jr., by his wife Judith Buford, married Eloise [sic] Herndon, by whom he had issue, Mary Shipp, a noted beauty of Leavenworth, Kansas." (Scruggs Genealogy by Ethel Hastings Scruggs Dunklin; La Plante and Dunklin Printing Co., 1912, p.71)

HISTORY: "Dec. 18, 1856, Capt. W. S. Murphy, who with Simeon Scruggs, established the pioneer saw mill in Leavenworth that sawed the lumber from which the town was built, died at Weston." from December Events, Scrap (online source) http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/leavenwo/library/Scraps/Scraps10.htm, accessed August 12, 2013

HISTORY: from Wichita Daily Eagle. 6 Jun 1884 Atchison, KS. Known in Leavenworth, KS as Captain Simeon Scruggs. Simeon Scruggs and William S. Murphy owned a Leavenworth sawmill (1854). After the death of W.S. Murphy, the sawmill closed, about 1859. Simeon them moved to Kickapoo.
One of the earliest and most valuable institutions of Leavenworth, in the way of buildings, which commenced to flourish at this time, was the saw mill of Murphy & Scruggs, at the mouth of Three-Mills Creek, north side. Capt. W. S. Murphy and Capt. Simeon Scruggs were partners and completed the mill in the fall of 1854, so that they were able to issue the following advertisement in October: "Murphy & Scruggs have erected and have in successful operation at Leavenworth, K. T., a large steam saw mill of the most approved model and with all the recent improvements. They are ready to fill bills for lumber of every description and in quantity at the shortest notice and on favorable terms." This was the first saw mill not only in the county, but in the Territory. Although they made considerable money, the death of Capt. Murphy, and subsequent legal complications, so disarranged and consumed the partnership property that Capt. Scruggs lost nearly all his share in Leavenworth and retired to his farm near Kickapoo.

CENSUS: 1840. on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, aged 30-40. Location: Gallatin County, Kentucky

CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, 42, farmer, b. in Kentucky, living with Elvira S. 39; Emma E. 11; Robt. W. 6; Henry V. 4; Joseph M.1 Scruggs. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, no age given, no occupation b. in Kentucky; living with Elvira no age given; Robert 16; Henry 14; Joseph 10 Scruggs. Location: Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas

CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. S. Scruggs, 56, b. in Kentucky, occupation: farmer, living with Mrs, 52, Robt M 22, Henry18, Joseph16, Emmett Emory 27, Eliza Emory 7 Scruggs. Location: Stuben township, Leavenworth, Kansas;

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

CENSUS: 1880 on ancestry. Simeon Scruggs, 71, b. in Kentucky; living with his son/daughter-in-law:Joseph 31, Susan 25, and children:Walter B 2, Herndon 1, Martha 1 mo. Scruggs. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

HISTORY: On Findagrave.com. Memorial of son Joseph Murphy Scruggs gives copies of his obituaries; these mention the father Simeon Scruggs.

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Name:
Simeon was the 6th son listed in Dunklin (p. 42-43); there were also 3 daughters. Birth dates given for only first 2 sons.

Simeon married Elvira S. HERNDON about 1830 in Kentucky, USA. Elvira (daughter of Richard Wyatt HERNDON and Catherine BRANHAM) was born in 1811 in Kentucky, USA; died on 1 Dec 1872 in Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 196

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.

Died:
Buried in Kickapoo Cemetery, Kickapoo Cemetery, Kickapoo, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial #37216754.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 198
• _MILT: SAR 43845

Notes:

HISTORY: Dunklin says that Thomas (reference I.4.3.3) "moved to Kentucky with his father and brothers in 1793-94 and settled there on the 'Scruggs Place'. The Scruggs Place was located in Scott County, Kentucky, where Thomas settled with his five grown children (with the exception of his son Gross, who returned to Virginia). He gave to each, adjoining tracts of land near 'Lndsay Station' aout twelve miles from the city of Frankfort, and known to this day as the 'Old Scruggs Place'." (Dunklin, p.32)

THOMAS SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3), "second son of Thomas Scruggs, was born in Virginia. He married in Bedford County, Virginia, March 1, 1787 (by the Rev. Jeremiah Hatcher), Judith Buford, the daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett, and a sister of Elizabeth Buford, who had married William Scruggs. Thomas Scruggs went to Kentucky with his father and brothers in 1793-94, and settled there on the 'Scruggs Place.' He had issue: William, Thomas Buford, John, Abraham, Valentine, Simeon, Elizabeth, Pamelia, Nancy". (Dunklin p.42-43)

Wikitree adds some birth and death dates: ThomasBuford-b1790 in VA/dMar1850 in Jo Daviess, Illinois, Permilia-b1790 in VA/dSept5,1829 in Carrollton, Carroll, KY, John-b1795/d 1829, William-bJun7, 1797 in KY/dSept8,1870 in Owen,KY, Nancy-b1801 in VA/d1870 in New LIberty, Owen KY, HenryValentine-b1805 in Scott Co., VA/ (more info on hiswifeAnna Elizabeth Sinclair, son Marcellus and his wife Amanda Harlow), Simeon [see this database], Abraham [see this database], Elizabeth and Betsy - no known data, then Nancy#2-b1823 in KY.

MARRIAGE 1787: on Virginia, Marriages 1785-1940. Thomas Scruggs married Judith Buford in 1787 in Virginia.

Birth:
SAR membership application lists his birth date as 1760 and death as 1828.

Thomas married Judith BUFORD on 1 Mar 1787 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA. Judith (daughter of James Daniel BUFORD and Elizabeth BRAMLETT) was born about 1767 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA; died in 1854 in Scott County, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 199

Notes:

Research note: A family tree on familysearch.org says she was born in 1767. Another family tree on ancestry.com has birthdate as 1776; that would make her just 11-12 when she got married. (jan19,2016, ts)

HISTORY: (Dunklin. p. 42) THOMAS SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3), "second son of Thomas Scruggs ... married March 1, 1787 (by the Rev. Jeremiah Hatcher), Judith Buford, the daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett, and a sister of Elizabeth Buford, who had married William Scruggs."

MARRIAGE 1787: on Virginia, Marriages 1785-1940. Thomas Scruggs married Judith Buford in 1787 in Virginia.

Note: One Ancestry Family Tree (Marc Taylor Family Tree, accessed March 29, 2020) says she died in 1854. It references "Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965", Film 994054, 526 pages. It is not indexed, but it says the following:
- a female Scruggs, a widow, 88 years old, b in Virginia, residing in Scott Co, KY, daughter of xx & Eliza Buford, died in Scott County, Ky possibly on Dec. 26?, cause of Death - apoplexy. Although it does not name this person, the stats fit Judith Scruggs, née Buford. p. 291. (The deaths in Scott County in 1854 are on pages 289-294.)


Died:
p.291 of 526.

Notes:

Married:
Viriginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, reference pg 218, FHL micorfilm 30,591.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: doctor
• Reference Number: 398

Notes:

MARRIAGE ;
HISTORY: The will of Catherine Hurndon [sic] lists her children: Elvira, Martha, Marian, and Horace. Catherine's husband and Marian's father was Rich W Wyatt (Kentucky, County Marriages).

BURIAL 1820:

Thomas Herndon m. Mary Polly Shipp. (2nd marriage) Mary was daughter of John Shipp and Sally Johnson.
1st marriage was to William Lawrence Buckley Feb.14, 1785. 2nd marriage was on Jan. 2, 1786.
ch: Sarah Catherine Herndon
ch: Nathaniel Herndon
ch: John Herndon
ch: Richard Wyatt (1788-1820) m Catherine Branham (1792-1856)
ch: Elvira (1811-1872) m Simeon Scruggs (1808-aft1884)
ch: Martha (1812-1886) m Lewis Calvert (1804-1882)
ch: Horace B. (1816- ) m Martha Kennedy. Martha also married John McDonald
(from My Genealogy Home page) Martha was daughter of Charles Kennedy and Mary Boone.
ch: Blair Herndon
ch: Marion (1818- ) m William Noel

Others:
Thomas M Herndon, (husb of Catherine, son of John and Mary Herndon), 1776-Dec.17, 1853 b./d. Goochland, Virginia
Richard W Herndon, (husb of Frances40, father of Ellen20, Eliza J.18), Mar.41806- (on 1850 census as age 44, living in Woodford, Kentucky) // d. Feb.10, 1851, Franklin County, Kentucky, (FaG) hsb of Frances E. Lane 1808-1880 (13873831)
Thomas Herndon, (husb of Mary with 3 children: Maranda22, ThomasJ.20, Cathn18) listed on 1850 census in Lee township, Platte, Missouri

Richard married Catherine BRANHAM. Catherine was born in 1792 in Virginia, USA; died on 14 Aug 1856 in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 396

Notes:

CENSUS 1830: on familysearch.org. Catherine. [should be c. 43.] location: not listed on the census. (note: index says location is Scott, Kentucky.) The marks in the columns do not seem to match the existing family members.
free white males 20-29 - 1 [son Horace,14?]
free white fem. 20-29 - 1 [likely daughter Marian 12. Both Martha and Elvira appear to be married at this point. So only Marian and Horace still at home. Richard gone.)
free white fem. 30-39 - 1
free white fem. 60-69 - 1

CENSUS 1850: Cathn, 68, b. in Virginia, living with son Horace34. location: Lee Township. Platte County, Missouri

BURIAL 1856 or later: Missouri Wills, written in 1856. Info on Martha Herndon's Findagrave memorial (#18206049) gives date of Catherine's death as 1854, but she signed her will in 1856.


Died:
Info on Martha Herndon's Findagrave memorial (#18206049) gives date of Catherine's death as 1854, but she signed her will in 1856. Kansas Historical Quarterly says she died in 1856 in Platte County, Missouri.