Descendants
of Busell Skaggs
Generation
No. 1
1.
BUSELL1
SKAGGS
was born Abt. 1640 in Derry, Ulster, Ireland.
Children
of BUSELL
SKAGGS
are:
2.
i. THOMAS2
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1674, Ireland.
ii.
RICHARD
SKAGGS.
Generation
No. 2
2.
THOMAS2
SKAGGS
(BUSELL1)
was born Abt. 1674 in Ireland.
Child
of THOMAS
SKAGGS
is:
3.
i. JAMES3
SKAGGS, SR.,
b. Abt. 1700, aboard ship enroute to America; d. 1798, Green County, Kentucky.
Generation
No. 3
3.
JAMES3
SKAGGS, SR.
(THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born Abt. 1700 in aboard ship enroute to America, and died 1798 in Green
County, Kentucky. He married RACHAEL
Unknown in Maryland. She was born
Unknown, and died Unknown.
Children
of JAMES
SKAGGS
and RACHAEL
are:
4.
i. JACOB4
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1722; d. Bef. 1836.
ii.
HENRY
SKAGGS,
b. January 08, 1722/23, Maryland; d. Aft. April 05, 1809, Green County,
Kentucky; m. MARY.
iii.
RICHARD
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1727, Virginia; d. 1818, Barren County, KY; m. ELIZABETH WELLS,
April 11, 1811, Hardin Co. Kentucky.
iv.
JAMES
SKAGGS, JR.,
b. Abt. 1728, Virginia; d. Bef. 1816, Green County, Kentucky; m. (1) MARY;
m. (2) LEAH
CARTER.
v.
JOHN
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1728, Virginia; d. 1829; m. RUTH
BISHOP.
vi.
ELIZABETH
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1729, Virginia; m. JOHN
HANKINS.
vii.
SUSANNAH
SKAGGS,
b. Bef. 1730; d. October 04, 1797; m. RICHARD
WHITT.
viii.
NANCY
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1732; m. WILLIAM
MERIDETH.
ix.
MOSES
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1733, Virginia; d. Bef. July 22, 1811, Green County, Kentucky; m. ELIZABETH
THOMPSON.
x.
LYDIA
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1736, Strasburg, Virginia; d. October 02, 1814, Dry Fork, Tazwell
County, Virginia; m. MATHIAS HARMAN.
xi.
CHARLES
SKAGGS,
b. 1737, Virginia; d. September 02, 1815, Green County, Kentucky; m. LUCINDA
THOMPSON;
b. Abt. 1750.
xii.
AARON
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1739, South Carolina.
Generation
No. 4
4.
JACOB4
SKAGGS
(JAMES3,
THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born Abt. 1722, and died Bef. 1836. He
married (1) MARY
FRANCES
SAMPLE
Abt. 1778. She was born Unknown,
and died Abt. 1778. He married (2)
MARY
GORE
Aft. 1778. She was born Unknown,
and died Unknown.
Child
of JACOB
SKAGGS
and MARY
SAMPLE
is:
5.
i. WILLIAM
DAVID5
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1778, Virginia; d. August 18, 1828, Taylor Co. Kentucky.
Children
of JACOB
SKAGGS
and MARY
GORE
are:
ii.
HENRY5
SKAGGS,
b. Aft. 1778.
iii.
MASTIN
SKAGGS,
b. Aft. 1778.
iv.
JAMES
SKAGGS,
b. Aft. 1778.
Generation
No. 5
5.
WILLIAM
DAVID5
SKAGGS
(JACOB4,
JAMES3,
THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born Abt. 1778 in Virginia, and died August 18, 1828 in Taylor Co. Kentucky.
He married (1) MARGARET
HOOVER
April 27, 1803 in Green County, Kentucky. She
was born Unknown, and died Unknown. He
married (2) JANE
Abt. 1825 in Taylor Co. Kentucky.
Children
of WILLIAM
SKAGGS
and MARGARET
HOOVER
are:
6.
i. RICHARD6
SKAGGS,
b. January 11, 1801, Kentucky; d. February 25, 1891, Taylor Co. Kentucky.
7.
ii. SOLOMON
SKAGGS,
b. December 24, 1803, Green County, Kentucky.
iii.
ELIZABETH
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1804.
8.
iv. WILLIAM
T. SKAGGS,
b. 1806.
v.
RACHEL
SKAGGS,
b. 1808.
vi.
JOHN
W. SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1809.
vii.
JULIUS
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1810.
9.
viii. DAVID
SKAGGS,
b. November 16, 1817, Kentucky; d. December 17, 1876, Benton County, Arkansas.
Generation
No. 6
6.
RICHARD6
SKAGGS
(WILLIAM
DAVID5,
JACOB4,
JAMES3,
THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born January 11, 1801 in Kentucky, and died February 25, 1891 in Taylor Co.
Kentucky. He married JANE
MARTIN
September 26, 1820 in Green County, Kentucky.
Children
of RICHARD
SKAGGS
and JANE
MARTIN
are:
i.
HENRY
C.7
SKAGGS,
b. 1821; m. (1) CAROLINE HASH; m. (2) JANE
UNDERWOOD.
ii.
NANCY
SKAGGS,
b. 1824, Green County, Kentucky; m. DRURY
DESPAIN,
July 10, 1840, Green County, Kentucky.
iii.
ELIAS
SKAGGS,
b. 1825, Green County, Kentucky; d. 1858, Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky; m.
LUCY ANN
DESPAIN,
February 19, 1846, Green County, Kentucky.
iv.
WILLIAM
DAVID
SKAGGS,
b. 1831, Kentucky; d. 1912, Taylor Co. Kentucky; m. SUSAN
D. JONES,
December 30, 1854, Green County, Kentucky.
v.
CAROLINE
SKAGGS,
b. 1833; m. A.
R. BARBEE.
vi.
JEREMIAH
M. SKAGGS,
b. September 16, 1835, Kentucky; d. August 27, 1897, Taylor Co. Kentucky; m. ANN
E. LARIMORE,
August 04, 1854, Green County, Kentucky.
vii.
JACKSON
SKAGGS,
b. 1839, Kentucky.
viii.
MARY
JANE SKAGGS,
b. September 14, 1841; m. JOHN
PERKINS.
ix.
ELIZABETH
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1845, Green County, Kentucky; m. LEWIS
JOHNSON,
October 30, 1867, Taylor Co. Kentucky.
x.
RICHARD
C. SKAGGS,
b. August 24, 1845; d. July 03, 1919, Taylor Co. Kentucky; m. MARGARET
ROBERTS.
xi.
GREENBERRY
P. SKAGGS,
b. November 02, 1848, Kentucky; d. March 01, 1875, Taylor Co. Kentucky.
7.
SOLOMON6
SKAGGS
(WILLIAM
DAVID5,
JACOB4,
JAMES3,
THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born December 24, 1803 in Green County, Kentucky.
He married MARTHA.
Children
of SOLOMON
SKAGGS
and MARTHA
are:
i.
SALLY7
SKAGGS,
b. 1832.
ii.
MOSES
SKAGGS,
b. 1834.
iii.
CYNTHIA
SKAGGS,
b. 1835.
iv.
MAHALY
SKAGGS,
b. 1837; m. JAMES
COULTER.
v.
MARTHA
SKAGGS,
b. 1840.
vi.
SOLOMAN
SKAGGS,
b. 1847.
8.
WILLIAM
T.6
SKAGGS
(WILLIAM
DAVID5,
JACOB4,
JAMES3,
THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born 1806. He married SUSANNA.
Children
of WILLIAM
SKAGGS
and SUSANNA
are:
i.
MOSES7
SKAGGS,
b. 1834.
ii.
WILLIAM
SKAGGS,
b. 1836.
iii.
GEORGE
SKAGGS,
b. 1838.
iv.
JOSEPH
SKAGGS,
b. 1840.
v.
BENJAMIN
F. SKAGGS,
b. 1845.
vi.
SUSANNA
SKAGGS,
b. 1847.
9.
DAVID6
SKAGGS
(WILLIAM
DAVID5,
JACOB4,
JAMES3,
THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born November 16, 1817 in Kentucky, and died December 17, 1876 in Benton
County, Arkansas. He married ELIZABETH
IRENE
MURPHY
January 28, 1837 in Green County, Kentucky.
She was born July 07, 1818 in Kentucky, and died July 13, 1884 in
Comanche County, Texas.
Notes
for ELIZABETH
IRENE
MURPHY:
Elizabeth
was buried in the Rock Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery in Comanche County, Texas.
Children
of DAVID
SKAGGS
and ELIZABETH
MURPHY
are:
10.
i. WILLIAM
JULIUS7
SKAGGS,
b. March 28, 1850, Osage County, Missouri; d. October 22, 1918, Haskell County,
Texas.
ii.
SOLOMON
SKAGGS,
b. Bef. 1850.
iii.
JOSEPH
P. SKAGGS,
b. Bef. 1850.
iv.
SARAH
JANE SKAGGS,
b. Bef. 1850.
v.
HENRY
SKAGGS,
b. Bef. 1850.
vi.
ELIJAH
J. SKAGGS,
b. Bef. 1850.
vii.
CINTHIA
SKAGGS,
b. Bef. 1850.
viii.
JOHN
SKAGGS,
b. Aft. 1850.
ix.
JEREMIAH
SKAGGS,
b. Aft. 1850.
x.
MELVINA
SKAGGS,
b. Aft. 1850.
Generation
No. 7
10.
WILLIAM
JULIUS7
SKAGGS
(DAVID6,
WILLIAM
DAVID5,
JACOB4,
JAMES3,
THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born March 28, 1850 in Osage County, Missouri, and died October 22, 1918 in
Haskell County, Texas. He married
(1) FRANCES
"FANNY"
JANE
SMITH
January 17, 1869 in Benton County, Arkansas.
She was born August 24, 1847 in North Carolina, and died May 28, 1904 in
Rock Bluff Community, Comanche County, Texas.
He married (2) MARY
ETTA CAMPBELL
SILVEY
March 30, 1905 in Versailles, Missouri. She
was born Abt. 1870 in Versailles, Morgan Co. Missouri.
Notes
for WILLIAM
JULIUS
SKAGGS:
Will
and Fanny were charter members of the Rock Bluff Baptist Church which was
organized on December 6, 1879 in the Rock Bluff Community of Comanche County,
Texas. Will was ordained to preach
on the fifth Sunday in August, 1886. He
was one of the early pastors of the Rock Bluff Church. He also served as church
clerk. He was first elected Pastor
of the church on August 6, 1887 and it was at this time that the church built
what was probably the first church building in Comanche County.
More
About WILLIAM
JULIUS
SKAGGS:
Burial:
Weaver Cemetery
Notes
for FRANCES
"FANNY"
JANE
SMITH:
Fanny
died with the heart ailment they called "dropsy". She was so filled
with fluid that she weighed over 300 pounds at the time of her death. She was
buried in Weaver Cemetery midway between Gorman, Texas and the Rock Bluff
Community.
Children
of WILLIAM
SKAGGS
and FRANCES
SMITH
are:
i.
MARTHA
ELIZABETH "LIZZIE"8
SKAGGS,
b. January 02, 1869, Benton Co. Ark; d. July 15, 1948, DeLeon, Tx; m. LEVI
NEWMAN
HARRISON,
October 21, 1889.
ii.
J D SKAGGS,
b. October 03, 1872, Johnson County, Texas; d. December 23, 1873, Johnson
County, Texas.
iii.
SARAH
MINTA "MINTIE"
SKAGGS,
b. March 31, 1874, Johnson County, Texas; d. June 1949, Johnson County, Texas;
m. (1) LEWIS
WILLIAM
PIRTLE;
m. (2) B.F.
CLEMENT.
iv.
MARY
ROXIANA IRENE
"ANNIE"
SKAGGS,
b. March 21, 1876, Johnson County, Texas; d. February 24, 1962, Gorman, Texas;
m. NEWMAN
J. POUNDS,
October 14, 1894.
11.
v. HENRY
FRANKLIN CLEMENTS
SKAGGS,
b. December 04, 1877, Johnson County, Texas; d. November 17, 1968, Gorman,
Texas.
12.
vi. WILLIAM
LEE JEFFERSON
"WILLIE"
SKAGGS,
b. December 22, 1881, Comanche County, Texas; d. February 21, 1959, Comanche
County, Texas.
vii.
IDA
ELLEN
SKAGGS,
b. Abt. 1885.
Children
of WILLIAM
SKAGGS
and MARY
SILVEY
are:
viii.
MABLE8
SKAGGS.
ix.
JULIA
PAULINE
SKAGGS,
b. April 06, 1911.
Generation
No. 8
11.
HENRY
FRANKLIN CLEMENTS8
SKAGGS
(WILLIAM
JULIUS7,
DAVID6,
WILLIAM
DAVID5,
JACOB4,
JAMES3,
THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born December 04, 1877 in Johnson County, Texas, and died November 17, 1968
in Gorman, Texas. He married LIZZIE
LEE BROWNING
June 08, 1902 in Comanche County, Texas, daughter of JOSEPH
BROWNING and MOLLY
DOWDY.
She was born January 23, 1885 in Sevier County, Arkansas, and died
November 15, 1971 in Gorman, Texas.
Notes
for HENRY
FRANKLIN CLEMENTS
SKAGGS:
Bro.
Frank, as he was known, was one of the last circuit preachers in Comanche
County. He rode a white horse named Crickett to his various churches. He visited
a different one each Sunday. His life is chronicled in a book entitled,
"Brother Frank Skaggs, His Life, His Family, His Times" written by
Bernice Skaggs Farley and published by Nortex Press in Austin, Tx.
More
About HENRY
FRANKLIN CLEMENTS
SKAGGS:
Burial:
DeLeon Cemetery
Notes
for LIZZIE
LEE BROWNING:
After
Lizzie's sister Cassie was born in Dec. 1890, the family moved from Sevier Co,
Arkansas to the Rucker Community in Comanche County, Texas. They had a yoke of
oxen and a team of horses hitched to two covered wagons.
When Lizzie's mother died of consumption in 1895 she left 8 children, the
youngest was 8 months old. Joe
Browning had nicknames for three of his daughters: Myrtle was "can't",
Ev was "won't" and Lizzie was "try". Lizzie kept the ability
to "try" as long as she was physically able.
More
About LIZZIE
LEE BROWNING:
Burial:
DeLeon Cemetery
12.
WILLIAM
LEE JEFFERSON
"WILLIE"8
SKAGGS
(WILLIAM
JULIUS7,
DAVID6,
WILLIAM
DAVID5,
JACOB4,
JAMES3,
THOMAS2,
BUSELL1)
was born December 22, 1881 in Comanche County, Texas, and died February 21, 1959
in Comanche County, Texas. He married (1) MARGARET
LEE MCCHAREN
September 14, 1903 in DeLeon, Tx, daughter of ROBERT
MCCHAREN
and MARY
SLAUGHTER.
She was born March 28, 1880 in Pontotoc County Mississippi, and died
January 28, 1913 in Comanche County, Texas.
He married (2) MARY
LOU WOOD
September 07, 1913 in Comanche County, Texas.
She was born March 02, 1894, and died April 13, 1970 in DeLeon, Tx.
Notes
for WILLIAM
LEE JEFFERSON
"WILLIE"
SKAGGS:
Willie
had blue eyes and was 5' 10" tall and weighed 175 lbs. He was a farmer and
Baptist minister. He was pastor of two churches. 2 Sundays a month at Duster and
2 Sundays a month at Kokomo. At age 17 he was converted and joined the Baptist
Church. In 1909 he was ordained as a minister.
More
About MARGARET
LEE MCCHAREN:
Fact
1: burial in DeLeon Cemetery DeLeon Tx.