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Sarah WRIGHT

Female 1853 - 1946  (93 years)


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  • Name Sarah WRIGHT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Birth 3 Feb 1853  Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14] 
    • Some of US federal censuses state that Sarah was born in Canada. Her death certificate says she was born in Kickapoo, Kansas.
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 117 
    Death 1 May 1946  Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 15] 
    Cause: hypertension, corollary occlusion 
    • Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte Countym Kansas. Findagrave Memorial# 12417278.
    Person ID I117  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father William WRIGHT,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary MCKITRICK,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry V. SCRUGGS,   b. 30 Jun 1846, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1926, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 22 Mar 1870  Platte City, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Artemesia Estelle SCRUGGS,   b. 1874, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1944, Homewood, Franklin, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     2. Annette SCRUGGS,   b. 1 Mar 1876, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1952, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [natural]
     3. Margaret SCRUGGS,   b. 1878, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1987, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 109 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F49  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Feb 1853 - Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Mar 1870 - Platte City, Platte, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: hypertension, corollary occlusion - 1 May 1946 - Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS; 1870 on ancestry.com. Sarah 17, keeping house, b in Canada; living with Simeon, 61; Elvira 57; Jospeh M 22; H.V. 24. location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas.

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1875: S, 22, b in Missouri, living with husband H.V.28, and daughter Artia 1. location: not listed on census form.

      CENSUS 1880: on ancestry.com. Sarah, 26, b. in Canada, living with husband Henry V 33 and 3 daughters: Artie6, Nettie4, Maggie2. location: Hayes Township, Franklin County, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1895: S., 42, b. in Canada, living with husband 48 and 2 daughters: Nettie19 and Maggie17. location: Hayes Township, Kansas

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Sarah, 47, b February 1853 in Canada, married 30 years, had 3 children/3 still living, living with husband Henry V. and daughter Nettie 24. location: Hayes Township, Franklin County, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1905: on ancestry.com. Sarah, 52, living with husband HV and daughter Annette. location: not listed on census form

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Sarah, 57, b in Canada, married 40 years, had 3 children/3 still living. living with husband and daughter Annette. location: Precinct #2, Shoshona County, Idaho

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1915: on ancestry.com. Sarah, 60, living with husband Henry V.68. location: no listed on census form

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1925: on ancestry.com. Sarah, 72, b in Canada, living with her husband H.V. 78. location: not listed on the census form.

      CENSUS 1930: on familysearch.org. Sarah, 77, b. in Canada, widow, living with daughter Annette and her husband Ben C. Johnson. location: Ottawa City, Franklin County, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1940: on familysearch.org. Sarah W., 87, b. in Kansas, education: 0, living with daughter Annette and her husband Ben Johnson, widow. location: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

      DEATH certificate 1946: Sarah Wright Scruggs, b Feb. 3, 1853 in Kickapoo, Kansas, d. May 1, 1946. Cause of death: hypertension, coronary occlusion. location: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. Also Findagrave Memorial# 124107278.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas. Citing p. 14, family 103, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 0545927. Found on FamilySearch.
      familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCJF-BLQ : accessed 01 Oct 2013) and https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCJF-BLH : accessed 23 Oct 2013),


    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. [S22] 1925 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-177. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    4. [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.

    5. [S13] Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920, .
      Found on FamilySearch.org.

    6. [S8] Missouri State, Certificate of Death, State file no. 16836, Registrar's No. 2015.

    7. [S14] 1875 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-20. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    8. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Hayes, Franklin, Kansas; Roll: 381; Family History Film: 1254381; Page: 64B; Enumeration District: 083; Image: 0577. Found on Ancestry.com.

    9. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Hayes, Franklin, Kansas; Roll: 480; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0083; FHL microfilm: 1240480. Found on Ancestry.com.

    10. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Wallace Ward 2, Shoshone, Idaho; Roll: T624_227; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0258; FHL microfilm: 1374240. Found on Ancestry.com.
      NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

    11. [S40] 1930 USA Federal Census, Location: Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States. Found on familysearch.org.
      Found on FamilySearch. " index and images, /pal:/MM9.1.1/X7Q3-6X9 : accessed 15 Oct 2013), Sarah Scruggs, citing enumeration district (ED) 0016, sheet , family 133, NARA microfilm publication .

    12. [S26] 1915 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-271. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    13. [S15] Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death, File no. 4920.

    14. [S41] 1940 USA Federal Census, Location: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T627_2179; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 116-324. Found on Ancestry.com.

    15. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Found on findagrave.com and ancestry.com.
      Kansas, Find a grave, 1854-2012.


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