SKAGGS, John Wesley 1 2a

Birth Name SKAGGS, John Wesley
Gender male
Age at Death 56 years, 11 months, 3 days

Narrative

John and Elizabeth are listed on the 1850 Daviess Co. IN Census.Itreads as follows: John W. Skaggs 39 KY, Elizabeth 40 TN,Solomon 10IN, and Margaret 7 IN.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1813-11-29 KY    
Death 1870-11-02 Grundy Co. MO    

Age: 56y 11m 4d

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Skaggs, Solomon1766-01-15after 1817-10-19
Mother THOMPSON, Rhoda1767-10-23
    Sister     SKAGGS, Nancy 1788 after 1850-11-12
    Brother     SKAGGS, Wesley 1794-08-00 after 1850
    Sister     SKAGGS, Sylvia about 1797 after 1850
    Brother     SKAGGS, Robert about 1800 before 1858-12-28
    Sister     SKAGGS, Margaret about 1801
    Sister     SKAGGS, Susannah about 1803
    Sister     SKAGGS, Marian about 1808
         SKAGGS, John Wesley 1813-11-29 1870-11-02

Families

Family of SKAGGS, John Wesley and SMELSER, Elizabeth

Married Wife SMELSER, Elizabeth ( * about 1810 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1839-01-09 Daviess Co. IN Religious Marriage 3
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
SKAGGS, Solomon1839-10-02
SKAGGS, Margaretabout 1843

Source References

  1. James D. (Jim) Wadsworth: [SKAGGS] fw: Solomon Skaggs
  2. Linda Kaye Cope Lanier: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lkcopelanier&id=I31955 FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA AND WEST TO OKLAHOMA
      • Source text:

         

        ID: I31955
        Name: Solomon SKAGGS
        Sex: M
        Birth: 15 JAN 1766 in Washington Co. VA 1
        Death: AFT 19 OCT 1817 in IN
        Note: Solomon is mentioned in the Archibald Thompson Diary. The diarybeginsNovember 8, 1796 where Archibald says he started with hisfamily fromthe Little River in Montgomery County (VA) and wastraveling toKentucky. He tells about places the family stayedover the next weekwhen they reached the plantation of Mr.Stephen Yets (could be Yeats)where they took up winterquarters, leaving on March 8, 1797 and then"pressed our journeyfor Green River...The 20th of March 1797 we layall night atdutchman plantation 5 miles from the Crab Orcherd. The21stlodged in the woods at the Nob lick. The 22nd lay in a verykindmans house. The 23rd lay all night at Mr. McColgens andthe 24th gotto Mr. Solomon Skaggs house. There we livedplentiful upon free cost.

         

         

        Father: Henry SKAGGS b: 08 JAN 1723 in Maryland
        Mother: Mary THOMPSON b: 18 AUG 1739

        Marriage 1 Rhoda THOMPSON b: 23 OCT 1767 in Montgomery Co. VA
        Married: 1787 in Washington Co. VA
        Children
        Has Children Nancy SKAGGS b: 1788 in VA
        Has Children Wesley SKAGGS b: AUG 1794 in KY
        Has No Children Sylvia SKAGGS b: ABT 1797 in Green Co. KY
        Has No Children Robert SKAGGS b: ABT 1800 in Green Co. KY
        Has No Children Margaret SKAGGS b: ABT 1801
        Has No Children Susannah SKAGGS b: ABT 1803 in KY
        Has No Children Marian SKAGGS b: ABT 1808 in TN
        Has Children John Wesley SKAGGS b: 29 NOV 1813 in KY

        Sources:
        Author: Archibald Thompson
        Title: Diary
        Note:
        TYPE: Book

      • Citation:

        e-mail: lkcopelanier@hotmail.com

  3. Indiana Marriage Collection 1800-1941