Sydney L. Skaggs

1848 - 1915  (66 years)

• Name	Sydney L. Skaggs
  Birth	6 Jun 1848	Green County, Kentucky   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Mar 1915	Johnson County, Arkansas   [1, 2]
  Burial	Union Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Person ID	I37107	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	William Perry Skaggs,   b. 1816, Hart County, Kentucky d. 17 Feb 1864, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Lucinda Johnson,   b. Between 1820 and 1823, Green County, Kentucky d. Aft 1870 (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1838	Green County, Kentucky   [5]
  Family ID	F5289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca Eveline Warren,   b. 13 Jan 1856, Garbor, Johnson County, Arkansas d. 11 Mar 1887, Union Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1873	Garbor, Johnson County, Arkansas   [2, 6]
  Children	1. Brigham Young Skaggs,   b. 6 Dec 1874, Garbor, Johnson County, Arkansas d. 23 Oct 1884, Union Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas (Age 9 years)   2. Mary E. Skaggs,   b. 8 Apr 1876, Johnson County, Arkansas d. 14 May 1961, Ozone, Johnson County, Arkansas (Age 85 years)   3. Narcissus A. Skaggs,   b. 29 May 1878, Green County, Kentucky d. 15 Mar 1969, Johnson County, Arkansas (Age 90 years)   4. Willis Green Skaggs,   b. 6 Sep 1880   d. Oklahoma   5. Nicholas Benjamin Skaggs,   b. 4 Jul 1882, Johnson County, Arkansas d. Yes, date unknown   6. Lula E. A. Skaggs,   b. Sep 1884, Johnson County, Arkansas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F14808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Elizabeth Warren,   b. Jul 1874, Johnson County, Arkansas d. 1939, Johnson County, Arkansas (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1890	Johnson County, Arkansas
  Children	1. Sydney Orville Skaggs,   b. 25 Mar 1905, Johnson County, Arkansas d. Feb 1971, Hughes County, Oklahoma (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F14809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Sidney L. Skaggs was a "gauger" for the U.S. government, checking and sealing liquor produced at government stills in the area. Sid was also a Justice of the Peace in Johnson county.  When Rebecca Evenline Warren died (1873), Sidney L. Skaggs married her niece, Israel Dotson Warren's daughter, who was also named Rebecca. (Information from the Warren Family Historian Newsletter), various issues. Cemetery Marker states his birth to be 7 June 1849, one year off from other records.

  
  

• Sources

  [S368] DeMona Beasley Reeves' manuscript. [S85] Family Records of John and Jeanette (Warren) Pellham of Hagarville,. [S58] State of Arkansas - Johnson County Marriages. [S217] 1850 Green county, Kentucky Census, Page 144 (Reliability: 3). [S48] Green County Review, Quarterly Publication of the GreenCountyHistorical Society. [S58] State of Arkansas - Johnson County Marriages, Listed in the Warren Family Historian, (Reliability: 3).