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Abraham SCRUGGS

Male 1803 - 1888  (85 years)


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  • Name Abraham SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth 1803  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Name Abram 
    Reference Number 128 
    Death 16 Jun 1888  McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Burial in McPherson Cemetery, Blk 4, Lot 11-10 owned by Frances Scruggs. Findagrave Memorial# 54222192.
    Person ID I128  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Thomas SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1767, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Scott County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Judith BUFORD,   b. Abt 1767, Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1854, Scott County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1787  Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13] 
    • Viriginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, reference pg 218, FHL micorfilm 30,591.
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth SCRUGGS   d. Between 1830 and 1850 
    Children 
     1. James Vallendingham SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1829, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Frances SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1807, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1880, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Family ID F157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Jun 1888 - McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • HISTORY: Dunklin (p.71) says that ABRAHAM SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3.4), "son of Thomas Scruggs, Jr., by his wife Judith Buford, married twice; first, Elizabeth Scruggs, daughter of his uncle, William Scruggs, and at Elizabeth's death he married Frances Scruggs Ritchie, the widow of James Ritchie and a sister of his first wife. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Gallatin County, Kentucky, in 1849. He had issue by his first wife only, a son named James Vallendingham, who married Harriet Frank, of Warsaw, Kentucky, by whom he had issue, a son named Abraham, and a daughter." Also mentioned on Dunklin, p.42.

      CENSUS 1840: on familysearch.org. (possible entry). Abraham (male 30-40), living with female (30-40) and male child age 10-15. location: Gallatin, Kentucky

      CENSUS 1850: on familysearch.org. Abram Scruggs, 47, b. in Kentucky, living with wife Frances41, and son JamesV 21 Scruggs. location: Gallatin County, Kentucky

      CENSUS 1860: on familysearch.org. A. Scruggs, 57, b. in Kentucky, occupation: farmer, living with wife:Frances55 and Henry15 Scruggs. location: Shoal Township, Clinton County, Missouri
      (Note: Henry Scruggs is a nephew.)

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1865: on ancestry.com. Abraham Scruggs, 62, b in Kentucky, living with wife Frances60 Scruggs. location: Atchison, Kansas

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Abraham Scruggs, 67, b in Kentucky, living with wife Frances65 and Mary Scruggs11. location: Washington Township, Clay County, Missouri (Mary is mulatto, a servant.)

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Abrham[sic] Scruggs77, b in Kentucky, living with wife:Frances75 Scruggs, 75 and the Maufner family. location: Kearney Township, Clay County, Missouri

      BURIAL 1888: findagrave.com. Abram Scruggs, d. June 16, 1888. Buried in McPherson Cemetery, McPherson, Kansas Blk 4, Lot 11-10. Findagrave Memorial# 54222192

  • Sources 
    1. [S60] 1830 US Federal Census, Location: Not Stated, Scott, Kentucky; citing p. 147, NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 41; FHL microfilm 7,820. Found on familysearch.org.

    2. [S20] 1840 US Federal Census, Location: Gallatin, Kentucky; Roll: 111; Page: 15; Image: 32; Family History Library Film: 0007826. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Found on ancestry.com.

    3. [S19] 1850 US Federal Census, Location: Gallatin county, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States; citing family 659, NARA microfilm publication M432 Found on familysearch.org.

    4. [S21] 1865 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-8. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    5. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Missouri, United States; citing p. 31, family 232, NARA microfilm publication M593; FHL microfilm 552,269. Found on familysearch.org.

    6. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Kearney, Clay, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 116, sheet 290A, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 0681; FHL microfilm 1,254,681. Found on familysearch.org.

    7. [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.

    8. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.42.

    9. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.71.

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

    11. [S58] Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, Found on familysearch.org.

    12. [S55] U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, Source number: 774.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 4.

    13. [S194] A genealogy of the Buford family in America, with records of a number of allied families, Written by Marcus Bainbridge Buford. Published in 1903: San Francisco.


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