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Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS, I

Male 1849 - 1917  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    • Dick says that his grandfather was an alcoholic and created a stir everywhere they lived.
    Suffix I 
    Birth Jan 1849  Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 4, 8, 10] 
    Reference Number 3 
    Residence 1850  Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1860  Stranger Township, Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1870  Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1880  Walnut Township, Atchison, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Residence 1900  Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1910  Pascoe Township, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Burial 1917  Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Death 5 Jan 1917  Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    • Buried in Kickapoo Memorial Cemetary in Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA. Findagrave Memorial# 156719796.
    Person ID I3  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Simeon SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1808, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1884 (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elvira S. HERNDON,   b. 1811, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1872, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1830  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Marriage 8 Nov 1876  Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. Walter Blackburn SCRUGGS,   b. 4 Sep 1877, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1941, Napa, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [natural]
     2. Herndon SCRUGGS,   b. 1 Feb 1879, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1880, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [natural]
     3. Martha SCRUGGS,   b. 5 Apr 1880, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1881, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [natural]
     4. Lawrence Barnard SCRUGGS,   b. 8 Sep 1883, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1973, Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [natural]
     5. Charlotte SCRUGGS,   b. 22 Aug 1886, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1889, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)  [natural]
     6. Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS, II,   b. 30 May 1888, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1964, Worsley, Clear Hills, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [natural]
     7. Susan SCRUGGS,   b. 2 Mar 1890, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1978, Ottawa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     8. Edward SCRUGGS,   b. 30 Nov 1891, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1979, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [natural]
     9. Simeon Elsworth SCRUGGS,   b. 8 Oct 1893, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1961, Pampa, Gray, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [natural]
     10. Edith E. SCRUGGS,   b. 16 Aug 1897, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1966, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Jan 1849 - Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Nov 1876 - Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Jan 1917 - Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

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

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

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

      CENSUS; 1870 on ancestry.com. Joseph M 22, farmer; b. in Missouri; living with Simeon, 61; Elvira 57; H.V. 24; Sarah 17. location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

      CENSUS: 1875, on ancestry.com. Joseph, 26, b. in Missouri, occupation: farmer, living on his own. location: not mentioned on the census form.

      CENSUS: 1880 on ancestry. Joseph 31, farmer, b. in Missouri; living with Susan 25, Walter B. 2, Herndon 1, Martha 1 mo., Simeon 71. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas;

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1885: on ancestry.com Joe 36, farming, b. in Missouri, living with Suson 29, Walner7, Lavrenes1. Location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1895: on ancestry.com. Joseph, 46, b in Missouri, living with Susan39, Walter17, Lawreax11, Joseph6, Susan5, Edward3, Simion1. Location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Joseph, 51, b January 1849 in Missouri, occupation: insurance, married 23 years, living with Susan44, WalterW22, Lawrence16, Joseph32 [should be 12], Susan10, Edward8, Simmeon6, EdithE2. Location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1905: on ancestry. com. J.M., 56, b in Missouri, occupation: insurance agt, living with Suson48, L21, Josie17, Susie15, Edward13, Simeon11, Edith7. Location: not mentioned on census form.

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Joseph M., 61, b in Missouri, married 42 years, occupation: farm, living with Susan54, Joseph M Jr21, Edward18, Simion16, Edith12. Location: Pascoe Township, number 16 12 11 E, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

      DEATH: BURIAL (1917): findagrave.com. Buried in Kickapoo Memorial Cemetary in Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA. Findagrave Memorial# 156719796.

      Joseph Murphy Scruggs I and Susan Baker had 7 children (+ others who died in childhood).

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] 1850 US Federal Census, Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri; Roll: M432_410; Page: 309A; Image: 54. Found on Ancestry.com and familysearch.org.
      (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
      (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDZJ-WVF : accessed 01 Oct 2013).

    2. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Stranger Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory; Roll: M653_350; Page: 895; Image: 447; Family History Library Film: 803350. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Found on Ancestry.com.

    3. [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),


    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. [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.

    6. [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.

    7. [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.

    8. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas; Roll: 372; Family History Film: 1254372; Page: 509A; Enumeration District: 011; Image: 1023. Found on Ancestry.com.

    9. [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.

    10. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Pascoe, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1267; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0154; FHL microfilm: 1375280. Found on Ancestry.com and familysearch.org.
      NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls.
      /pal:/MM9.1.1/ML73-H66 : accessed 09 Jun 2013).

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

    12. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas; Roll: 372; Family History Film: 1254372; Page: 509B; Enumeration District: 011; Image: 1024. Found on Ancestry.com.

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

    14. [S3] Leavenworth, Kansas, Death Index 1870-1920.
      Found on Ancestry.com. Graden, Debra. Leavenworth,

    15. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Kickapoo Memorial Cemetery, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA. Found on findagrave.com.

    16. [S50] Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988.


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