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James Vallendingham SCRUGGS

Male Abt 1829 -


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  • Name James Vallendingham SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth Abt 1829  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 427 
    Person ID I427  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Abraham SCRUGGS,   b. 1803   d. 16 Jun 1888, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth SCRUGGS   d. Between 1830 and 1850 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet FRANK,   b. Abt 1835, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 25 Feb 1852  Gallatin, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. V. S. SCRUGGS,   b. 13 Feb 1855, Gallatin County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Abraham SCRUGGS,   b. 23 Dec 1852, Gallatin County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1829 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Feb 1852 - Gallatin, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • HISTORY: Dunklin (p.71) says "Abraham Scruggs (ref 1.4.3.3.4) ... had issue by his first wife only, a son named James Vallendingham, who married Harriet Frank, of Warsaw, Kentucky."

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

      CENSUS 1850: on familysearch.org. James V. Scruggs, 21, b. in Kentucky, occupation: medical student, living with parents (or father and stepmother). location: Gallatin, Kentucky

      MARRIAGE 1852: James Vallendingham Scruggs married Harriet Frank on Feb. 25, 1852 in Gallatin, Kentucky. (Kentucky Marriage Records)

      CENSUS 1860: on familysearch.org. James V. Scruggs, 30, b. in Kentucky, occupation: physician, living with wife (Harriet S.25) and 2 children (Abraham7, Linnie5). location: Washington Township, Clay County, Missouri. (INote: living with the family is John A. Vallandingham, 21, b in Missouri, also a physician.)

      CENSUS 1865 (Kansas): James Scruggs, 40 (should be 35), b in Kentucky, living with wife:Harriet30, and children:Abe12, Linna10 Scruggs. (Note: Joseph Scruggs, 13, was also living with the family. But he does not appear on other censuses as a son of the family. So it is not clear who his parents are.)

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. J.V. Scruggs, 40, b. in Kentucky, occupation: physician, living with wife:Harritt35, and 2 children (Abriham17, Malinda15) Scruggs. Location: Haynesville Township, Clinton County, Missouri

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

    2. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Washington Township, Clay, Missouri, United States; citing p. 154, household ID 1062, NARA microfilm publication M653, FHL microfilm 803,614. Found on familysearch.org.

    3. [S61] Kentucky, Marriages, 1875-1979.

    4. [S62] Kentucky, Births and Christenings, 1839-1960.

    5. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Clinton County, Missouri, United States; citing p. 4, family 26, NARA microfilm publication M593; FHL microfilm 552,270. 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),


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

    7. [S80] Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914.


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