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Henry Mitchell SCRUGGS

Male 1846 - 1918  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Henry Mitchell SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth Aug 1846  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 1052 
    Death 26 Apr 1918  McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Buried in McPherson Cemetery, McPherson, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial# 54221994.
    Person ID I1052  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Thomas Buford SCRUGGS,   b. 1790, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1850, Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth CALLAHAN   d. 1850, Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F403  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Thomas Buford SCRUGGS,   b. 1790, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1850, Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Lucy LINDSAY,   b. 1792   d. 1834 (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Y  [8] 
    Family ID F169  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy Elizabeth MARET,   b. 21 May 1850, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1900, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1869  Clay, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Gertrude M SCRUGGS,   b. 26 Nov 1871, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Lola May SCRUGGS,   b. 20 Feb 1874, Lathrop, Clay, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1959 (Age 85 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Aug 1846 - Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Mar 1869 - Clay, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Apr 1918 - McPherson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1860: on familysearch.org. Henry Scruggs, 15, b in Illinois, living with aunt/uncle: A.57/Frances55 Scruggs. Location: Shoal, Clinton, Missouri.

      MARRIAGE 1869: on ancestry.com. H.M. Scruggs married Lucy Maret on 11 March 1869 in Clay, Missouri.

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Henry Scruggs, 24, b in Missouri [should be Illinois], occupation: farmer, living with wife:LucyE.20 Scruggs. Location: Washington, Clay, Missouri. Note: census index also lists 2 children named Harris. These may have been living with Henry and Lucy but are likely the children of the family following them on the census form.

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Henry Scruggs, 33, b in Illinois, occupation:farmer, living with wife:Lucy30 and 2 daughters: EllaG.8, LonaW.6 Scruggs. Location: King City, McPherson, Kansas.

      CENSUS (Ks) 1885: on ancestry.com. Henry M Scruggs, 38, b in Missouri, living with wife:Lucy34 and 2 children:EmmaG13/LolaM.11 Scruggs. Location: King, McPerhson, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1900; on familysearch.org. Henry Scruggs, 53, b in Illinois, widowed, occupation: farmer, living with daughter/son-in-law:GertrudeM.27/LouisF.37 Vom Osdell (married 8 years with no children). Location: King, McPherson, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1910: on ancestry.com. Henry M Scruggs, 54 [should be 64], b in Illinois, occupation:retired, living with wife#2:Florence55 Scruggs. Location: Kingfisher Ward 5, Kingfisher, Oklahoma.

      BURIAL: findagrave.com. Buried in McPherson Cemetery, McPherson, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial# 54221994.

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Washington, Clay, Missouri; Roll: M593_770; Page: 828B; Family History Library Film: 552269. Found on familysearch.org.

    3. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: King City, McPherson, Kansas; Roll: 387; Family History Film: 1254387; Page: 499D; Enumeration District: 270. Found on familysearch.org.

    4. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: King, McPherson, Kansas; Roll: 488; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0136; FHL microfilm: 1240488, T623, 1854 rolls. Found on ancestry.com.

    5. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Kingfisher Ward 5, Kingfisher, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1256; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1375269. Found on ancestry.com.

    6. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.70.

    7. [S92] Find a Grave Index.

    8. [S137] Forks of the Elkhorn Church, p. 188.

    9. [S133] Clay County, Missouri, Marriage Index, 1849-1899.


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