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Lawrence Barnard SCRUGGS

Male 1883 - 1973  (90 years)


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  • Name Lawrence Barnard SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Birth 8 Sep 1883  Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer and in other jobs  [6, 7
    Reference Number 10 
    Residence 1900  Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    _MILT 17 Sep 1915  Creek, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 4 Nov 1973  Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 12
    Person ID I10  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  [11
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lela Estelle CONWAY,   b. 26 Mar 1898, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1991, Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 2 Feb 1920  Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • IGI and Pedigree Resource File (familysearch.org) says that they were married in Lexington, Oklahoma on Aug.6, 1919.
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Ella Grace SPENCER,   b. 27 Dec 1885, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1947, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 7 Nov 1905  Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 11
    Divorce Abt 1916 
    Children 
     1. Ernest Raymond SCRUGGS,   b. 3 Jun 1907, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1988, Deerwood, Crow Wing, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     2. Vera L SCRUGGS,   b. 1909, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. unknown
     3. Helen May SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1913, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1952, Crow Wing, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F48  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Sep 1883 - Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Nov 1905 - Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_MILT - drafted for WWI - 17 Sep 1915 - Creek, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Feb 1920 - Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Nov 1973 - Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • CENSUS (Kansas) 1885: on ancestry.com. Lavrenes [sic] Scruggs, 1, b. in Kansas, living with Joe36, Suson 29, Walner[sic]7 Scruggs. location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1895: on ancestry.com. Lawreax Scruggs, 11, b in Kansas, living with Joseph46, Susan39, Walter17, Joseph6, Susan5, Edward3, Simion1 Scruggs. location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Lawrence Scrugs[sic], 16, b September 1883 in Kansas, occupation: farmer, living with Joseph51, Susan44, WalterW22, Joseph32 [should be 12], Susan10, Edward9, Simmeon6, EdithE2 Scrugs. location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1905: on ancestry.com. L., Scruggs, 21, b in Kansas, living with JM56, Suson48, L21, Josie17, Susie15, Edward13, Simeon11, Edith7 Scruggs. location: not mentioned on census form.

      MARRIAGE 1905: on familysearch.org. Lawrence B Scruggs] married Ella Grace Spencer on Nov. 7, 1905 in Leavenworth, Kansas (Kansas Marriages)

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Lawrence Scrusgs[sic], 26, b in Kansas, living with wife:Ella,24 and 2 children:Ernest2, Vera8months scrusgs. location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas

      MILITARY 1918. on ancestry.com. Laurence Barnard Scruggs, 35, b in Kansas. WWI registration.

      MARRIAGE 1920: on familysearch.org. Lawrence B Scruggs married Lela E Conway on Feb.2, 1920 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

      CENSUS 1920: on familysearch.org. Lawrence B Scruggs, 36, b in Kansas, occupation: supp. oil field, living with wife#2 LelaE Scruggs. locaiton: Glenpool Township, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

      1930: living in Canada

      CENSUS 1940: on family search.org. Lawrence Barnett Scruggs, 54, occupation: yard foreman, education: 3 yr high school, living with wife:Lelia Estelle Scruggs, 42. Location: Pampa, Gray, Texas.

      DEATH 1973: on familysearch.org. Lawrence Barnard Scruggs died Nov. 4, 1973 in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas. (Texas, Deaths)

  • 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. [S5] U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Found on Ancestry.com.

    4. [S25] Texas Deaths. 1890-1876.
      Found on Familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J69B-C2H : accessed 28 May 2012), Joseph Scruggs in entry for Lawrence.
      Barnard Scruggs, 1973.

    5. [S29] Kansas, Marriages. 1840-1935.
      Found on familysearch.org. Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935," (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWLP-59J : accessed 28 May 2012), Lawrence B. Scruggs, 1905.

    6. [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.

    7. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas; Roll: T624_444; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1374457. Found on Ancestry.com.
      NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

    8. [S39] 1920 USA Federal Census, Location: Glenpool, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1486; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 197; Image: 428. Found on Ancestry.com.
      NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

    9. [S41] 1940 USA Federal Census, Location: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T627_2170; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 116-112. Found on Ancestry.com.

    10. [S30] Personal Information, Letters from Virginia Scruggs Woods, Letha Scruggs and Lela Conway Scruggs in the USA to Ruth Scruggs Ladan in Canada. 1966-70.

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

    12. [S18] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current, Found on FamilySearch.org.

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


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