SKAGGS FAMILY

Wedding Picture of William Lee & Margaret Lee McCharen
September 13, 1904

David SKAGGS
William "Willie Joe" Julius SKAGGS
William Lee Jefferson "Willie" SKAGGS
Eunice Jewel SKAGGS
Wanda Lou GRISHAM

David SKAGGS was born November 16, 1817 in Green Co., KY, and died December 17, 1876 in Benton Co. AR. He married Elizabeth Irene MURPHY, January 28, 1837, Green Co. KY


Notes:
1840 Census Green Co. KY
1850 Census Osage Co. MO
1860 Census Maries Co. MO
1870 Census Benton Co., AR

Picture of William Lee "Willie" & Mary Lou WOOD Skaggs
About 1935

Children of David SKAGGS and Elizabeth Irene MURPHY are:


Solomon SKAGGS
Joseph P. SKAGGS
Sarah Jane SKAGGS
Henry SKAGGS
Elijah J. SKAGGS
Cynthia A. SKAGGS
William "Willie Joe" Julius SKAGGS
John SKAGGS
Jeremiah SKAGGS
Melvina SKAGGS

William "Willie Joe" Julius SKAGGS was born March 28, 1850 Osage Co., MO and died October 22, 1918. He married (1)Frances "Fanny" Jane SMITH, January 17, 1869 in Benton Co., AR. He married (2) Mary Etta CAMPBELL Silvey, March 29, 1905 in Versailles, Morgan Co., MO


Notes:
1870 Census NEED THIS
1873 Johnson Co., TX (death of son J.D. SKAGGS)
1880 Census Comanche Co., TX
1900 Census Comanche Co., TX

Picture of the William Lee "Willie" Skaggs Family
Jewel, George Edward "Bud", Thelma "Sis", Willie, Mary
Lillian, & Pearl

Children of William "Willie Joe" Julius SKAGGS and Frances "Fanny" Jane SMITH.


Martha Elizabeth SKAGGS
J. D. SKAGGS
Sarah Minta "Minnie" SKAGGS
Mary Roxiana "Annie" Irene SKAGGS
Henry Franklin Clements SKAGGS 3.
William Lee Jefferson "Willie" SKAGGS
Ida Ellen SKAGGS

Children of William "Willie Joe" Julius SKAGGS and Mary Etta Campbell are:


Mabel SKAGGS
Julia Pauline SKAGGS

William Lee "Willie" with grandchildren, Wanda & Jerry Grisham


William Lee Jefferson "Willie" SKAGGS was born December 22, 1881 in Rock bluff Community, Comanche Co., TX and died February 21, 1959 in the Rock Bluff Community, Comanche Co., TX. He married (1) Margaret Lee McCHAREN September 13,1903 in the Rock Bluff Community, Comanche Co., TX. He married (2) Mary Lou WOOD September 7, 1913 in the Rock Bluff Community, Comanche Co., TX.

Children of William Lee Jefferson "Willie" SKAGGS and Margaret Lee McCHAREN are:


Byron Bufford SKAGGS
Robert Stanley SKAGGS
William Henry "Bill" SKAGGS

Children of William Lee Jefferson "Willie" SKAGGS and Mary Lou WOOD are:


Elmer Lee SKAGGS
Thelma May SKAGGS
Eunice Jewel SKAGGS
George Edward SKAGGS
Pearl Pauline SKAGGS
Lillian Faye SKAGGS

Picture of William Lee "Willie" Skaggs, made June 1956

Picture of William Lee "Willie" & Mary Lou WOOD Skaggs

Eunice Jewel SKAGGS was born January 22, 1918 in the Rock Bluff Community, Comanche Co., TX and died October 2, 1998 in DeLeon, Comanche Co., TX she married Oscar Quinton GRISHAM December 5, 1936 in the Rock Bluff Community, Comanche Co., TX.

Children of Eunice Jewel SKAGGS and Oscar Quinton GRISHAM are:


Wanda Lou GRISHAM
Jerry Quinton GRISHAM
Brenda Joyce GRISHAM
David Edward GRISHAM

Wanda Lou GRISHAM was born June 22, 1938 in Gorman, Eastland Co., TX. She married Thomas James SPARKMAN June 1, 1954 in DeLeon, Comanche Co., TX.

Children of Wanda Lou GRISHAM and Thomas James SPARKMAN ARE:


Le'na Darlynn SPARKMAN
Eunice Diann SPARKMAN
Thomas James SPARKMAN Jr.
Scotty Jackson SPARKMAN

I HAVE A VERY LARGE FILE ON THIS SKAGGS FAMILY. I HAVE SPEND SO MANY ENJOYABLE HOURS RESEARCH THE SKAGGS SURNAME. I WANT TO ADD A LOT MORE. THIS WAS THE FIRST LINE THAT MY FRIEND PAT, AND SHE IS THE MOM TO MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW KRISTY, SET UP. WE WANTED TO GET THE GRAPHIC SET UP ON ALL MY SURNAMES AND THEN I COULD TYPE IN THE INFORMATION WHEN TIME PERMITED. ON SOME OF THE LINES IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO SET THEM UP DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAD VERY LITTLE INFORMATION. ON THE SKAGGS YOU WILL SEE PAGES AND PAGES, AT LEAST UNTIL THEY CUT ME OFF. HA! I WILL HAVE CENSUS RECORDS, LAND DEEDS, MARRIAGE RECORDS, AND ETC. I WILL HAVE LOT OF INFORMATION ON BROTHERS WILLIE & FRANK SKAGGS. With permission from Peggy Wiley I will be adding a letter that her grandmother Martha SKAGGS HARRISON RECIEVED FROM ANNIE POUNDS. MARTHA SKAGGS HARRISON WAS EXPECTING A BABY AND THEY LIVED IN BENTON CO., ARKANSAS WHEN HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND SHE COULD NOT MAKE THE TRIP HOME. ANNIE WRITES ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT HAPPENED THE DAY THAT HER MOTHER FRANCES JANE "FANNY" DIED.

ON THE SKAGGS AND BROWNING LINE I GIVE MOST OF THE CREDIT FOR GETTING ME STARTED TO BERNICE SKAGGS FARLEY. WITHOUT HER I WOULD HAVE PROBABLE NOT GOTTEN AS FAR AS I HAVE. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF FRANK SKAGGS. MY GREAT-UNCLE. THE FOLLOWING TWO CHILDREN OF FRANKS SKAGGS THAT WANTED TO SEE INFORMATION COLLECTED AND PRINTED IN A BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED WERE, LLOYD & ARCHIE SKAGGS. THESE TWO MEN AND MY MOTHER JEWEL SKAGGS GRISHAM AND AUNT PEARL SKAGGS SPRUILL DIDN'T LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THIS IN PRINT, BUT LLOYD SAID TO ME AT ONE OF THE ROCK BLUFF ALL DAY SINGING THAT HE REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR THE SKAGGS INFORMATION TO BE PUBLISHED. HIS SISTER, BERNICE WAS ABLE TO PUBLISH A BOOK ON THEIR FATHER "BROTHER FRANK SKAGGS, HIS LIFE, HIS FAMILY, HIS TIME: I MAY NEVER LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO GET WHAT I HAVE IN BOOK FORM, BUT I HOPE BY DOING THIS ON THE INTERNET I WILL GET ORGANIZED AND SEE ABOUT PUBLISHING. BY CREATING THESE HOME PAGES AT LEAST I WILL HAVE GIVEN MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.

PLEASE VISIT MY SITE AGAIN AS I HAVE NOT FINISHED ADDING INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE.