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Huldah DONAHOO

Female 1845 - 1918  (73 years)


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  • Name Huldah DONAHOO  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • By 1900, Huldah is now married to Robert O'Donnell, her third husband (according to information on Findagrave).
    Birth 1845  Pioneer, Cedar, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • 1900 Census says the birthdate was June 1847.
    Gender Female 
    Name Hilda 
    Reference Number 365 
    Death 2 Nov 1918  Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Findagrave lists the burial in Grandview Cemetery in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; plot: Highland 3, lot 83. Findagrave Memorial# 103045733
    Person ID I365  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family Robert SCRUGGS,   b. 1844, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1877, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1863 
    Children 
     1. Henry Curtis SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1864, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1845 - Pioneer, Cedar, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Nov 1918 - Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS: 1850 on familysearch.org. Huldah J. Donahoo, 5, b in Iowa, living with Henry32/Sarah28 (parents) and WarnerB.7, JohnH.3 Donahoo (siblings). Location: Pioneer Twp, Cedar County, Iowa.

      CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. Huldah Scruggs 19, b. in Iowa, living with Henry47 and Mrs43 Donahoo (her parents), Haydon J.17, Absalom16, Maranda14, Jas12, Juliet8 Donahoo (her siblings), Heny (SB Henry) C. Scroggs 1 (her son) as well as George Alexander 34, Mrs Alexander 27 and John Cold 18, Susan James 21. Location: Stranger, Leavenworth County, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1870: on ancestry.com. Huldy Keller, 24, b in Iowa, living with husband: Benjamin28 and 2 children: Curtis7, and Sarah3 Keller. Location: Wyandotte, Kansas. (Note: Benjamin is husband no.2 and Curtis is likely Henry Curtis Scruggs, not Benjamin's son.)

      CENSUS: 1875 (Ks) on ancestry.com. H J Keller 30, b. in Kansas, living with husband:B J Keller 33, and 2 children:H C Keller 12, S E Keller 7. Location: Prairie, Wyandotte, Kansas

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Huldah Heller, 34, b in Iowa, living with parents:Henry62/SarahA.58 Donahoo, her children:HenryC.16, Sarah10[or13] Heller, her sister:MaryDonahoo (also34) and Mary's children: Leon11, EvaW.7 Donahoo. Location: Prairie Twp, Wyandotte County, Kansas. (Note: the last name should be Keller, not Heller, and Henry's last name should be Scruggs.)

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Hulda J. ODonnell, 53, b June 1847 in iowa, married 15 years, had 3 children/3 still living, living with husband#3:Robert61 and daughter:Eva14 ODonnell. Location: Tumdara Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas.

      BURIAL: findagrave.com. Buried in Grandview Cemetery in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; plot: Highland 3, lot 83. Findagrave Memorial# 103045733.

      Notes found on Findagrave:
      - The Donahoo family name became spelled Donahue over time.
      - Huldah Jane Donahoo was Robert W Scruggs' first wife, Benjamin F Keller's only wife, and Robert Joseph O'Donnell's third wife. Spouses: #1 Robert W. Scruggs (1844 - 1877), #2 Benjamin F. Keller (1842 - 1876), #3 Robert Joseph O'Donnell (1830 - 1909).

      Research Note: in the newspaper account of the death of Robert Scruggs, it says "...the lady ... being his third wife, the first being dead and the second living in the South somewhere", from the The Leavenworth Weekly Times: Thursday, August 23, 1877, --Six pages. If Huldah was the first wife, she is not dead in 1877, but back living with her parents (see 1880 census), her 2nd husband having already passed away (1876). It is more likely that the newspaper account is in error.

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] 1850 US Federal Census, Location: Pioneer, Cedar, Iowa; Roll: M432_182; Page: 122B; Image: 239. Found on Ancestry.com.

    2. [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.

    3. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Quindaro, Wyandotte, Kansas; Roll: 505; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0167; FHL microfilm: 1240505. Found on Ancestry.com and familysearch.org.

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

    5. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Prairie, Wyandotte, Kansas; Roll: M593_443; Page: 514A; Image: 313; Family History Library Film: 545942. Found on ancestry.com.

    6. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Prairie, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district 190, sheet 277D, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 0400; FHL microfilm 1,254,4007. Found on familysearch.org.


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