"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
GREEN TOWNSHIP
PAGE 363

JOHN S. SKAGGS was born in Morgan County, Ind., February 5, 1831, and is a 
son of John and Edna (Ennis) Skaggs, Kentuckians, born respectively October 16, 
1800, and in January, 1801;  they were married in Barren County, Ky., in 1818, and 
came thence to Indiana, locating in Morgan County in 1828.  Mr. Skaggs died in July,
1870, and his wife in May, 1881.  Their children were James E., Mary J., Thomas P.,
Zachariah, Elizabeth B., John S., Eliza A., Jonathan W., Harriet and Madison V.
John S. was married, on September 26, 1854, to Perlina, daughter of William and 
Sarah Franklin.  She died October 1, 1864, the mother of six children--Sarah E., Eliza
C., Mary J. (deceased), Elva A., Henriette and Lavina.  On February 15, 1866, Mr.
Skaggs married Martha A. Crawford, widow of James Crawford, and a daughter of
James and Matilda Morris.  Mrs. Skaggs was born February 20, 1838, and by
her Mr. Skaggs had born to him three children--Walter M. (deceased), Stella M. 
and Nellie M.  Mr. Skaggs belongs to the Masonic fraternity, is holding the office of
Township Trustee, and is a highly respected citizen.

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