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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM WESLEY BAGGS

BAGGS,WRIGHT, STONE, BAILEY, POWELL, WALKER, KLOPFLEISCH HODGE, HAYES, KELLY, SAXON, DAVIS, SHEAKS,/font> MAY, STONER, SANDERS, PERRY, HAMMITT,WELHELM,BAILEY, TIMMONS, COX, DENNEY,KELLY, MAXWELL, SPADER, KELLEY, CLARK, BAILEY, FUDGE


* Note: I'm hoping someone out there who is related to this Baggs line will have a photograph of my great grandparents.

---Descendantsof William Wesley Baggs

BAGGS
WILLIAM WESLEY2 "BILL" BAGGS Age: 77 (JOHN1)
Father: John BAGGS
Mother: Matilda ?
was born March 17, 1840, Pickaway, Ohio.
He died January 8, 1917 in Jay County, Indiana.
Occupation: Farmer.
Burial: Green Park Cemetery, Jay County, Portland, Indiana.

Military Service: Union Army. Civil War Veteran.
He was held captive in the Libby prison.

Source: 1890 Veteran Schedule.
Source: 1850 US Federal Census Records, Pickaway, Ohio.
Source Notes: Marjorie "Marge" Sanders Spader.
Grandfather Baggs was known as "Bill" Baggs.
He had a big full red beard and the temperment to go along with it.
He gave each of his daughters an 80 acre farm when they married.

WILLIAM marriedPHOEBE ANN WRIGHT, on March 25, 1868.

WRIGHT
PHOEBE ANN2 WRIGHT Age: 66 (SALOMON1)
Father: Salomon WRIGHT
Mother: Eliza ?
was born abt. 1846/1847, Pickaway, Ohio.
She died February 13, 1913, Indiana.
Burial: Green Park Cemetery, Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
Source Notes: Melody Tuli.
She was adopted in New York.
Phebe was a cousin to Orville and Wilbur Wright.

SALOMON1 WRIGHT
Source: 1850 US Fedeal Census Record
Scioto, Pickaway, Ohio.
was born abt.1815 in Blenheim, Schoharie, New York.

SALOMON married ELIZA ?

ELIZA ?
was born abt. 1818 in Ohio.


Baggs Family
I think that is William Wesley Baggs in the far back, wearing the hat.He is standing next to Edith Baggs.
Behind Edith is Will Clark, beside Will is Josephine and May. To the (right) next to William Wesley Baggs is Allie (Powell) and Otis Baggs,next to Otis is Charlie Baggs. Lady in font row holding her head is (Aunt Stell)Estella (Baggs) Clark. The 2nd little boy to the (right) is Meredith B. Sanders, Sr. Others pictured here must be from the Stone family.

WILLIAM WESLEY BAGGS and PHOEBE ANN WRIGHT had the following children:

F i. JOSEPHINE E. 3 "JOSE" BAGGS
was born June 13, 1869.
JOSEPHINE married ROBERT H. STONE, July 30, 1885, in Jay County, Indiana.

M ii. OTIS ELLSWORTH3 "OAT" BAGGS
was born Oct 2, 1872 in Indiana.
He died ?1926.
OTIS married ALBERTA "ALLIE/OLLIE" POWELL

F iii. MAY MATILDA G.3 "TIL" BAGGS
was born May 30, 1875.

M iv. PLEASANT3 BAGGS
was born March 10, 1877.

M v. WESLEY3 BAGGS
was born June 25, 1879.

M vi. LARUE3 BAGGS
was born Dec 2, 1881.

F vii. LEVINA "EDITH" EARL3 BAGGS
was born on 1 May 1883 in Jay County, Indiana
She died on 7 Jul 1950 in Jay County, Indiana.
"EDITH" married JAME PERRY SANDERS

M viii. CHARLES WESLEY3 "CHARLIE" BAGGS
Source: 1920 & 1930 US Federal Census Records
was born November 10, 1885, Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
"CHARLIE" married MYRTLE A. KELLY

F ix. ESTELLA IRENE3 "STELL" BAGGS
was born April 22, 1889. She died November 1962?
ESTELLA married (1) WILLIAM "WILL" CLARK
ESTELLA married (2) CHARLES "CHARLIE" BAILEY

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---Descendants of Josephine Baggs

1 JOSEPHINE E.3 "JOSE" BAGGS (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)
Father: William Wesley BAGGS
Mother: Phoebe Ann WRIGHT
was born June 13, 1869.

JOSEPHINE married ROBERT H. STONE, July 30, 1885, in Jay County, Indiana.

STONE
ROBERT H. STONE
was born April 1864, in Ohio.

They had the following children:

F i. EVA MARGURET4 STONE
was born 4 May 1896, in Wells County, Indiana.

F ii. EDITH E.4 STONE
was born 24 Dec 1898, in Jay County, Indiana.

F iii. CORDELIUS W.4 STONE
was born Feb 1888.

M iv. MACKY H. 4 STONE
was born April 1889.

M v. HERSHELL 4 STONE
was born Feb 1895, in Indiana.
HERSHELL "HUTCH" marriedANNABAILEY.

F vi. KITTIE K. 4 STONE
was born July 1897, in Indiana.


5 HERSHELL4 "HUTCH" STONE (JOSEPHINE3 BAGGS, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)
was born 1895, in Indiana.
He died ? Ohio

HERSHELL married ANNA BAILEY

BAILEY
ANNA2 BAILEY
Father: Charles "Charlie" BAILEY

They had the following child:

M i. ROCKY ELLSWORTH5 STONE-Living


Rocky Ellsworth Stone

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---Descendants of Otis Ellsworth Baggs

2 OTIS ELLSWORTH3 "OAT" BAGGS Age: 54 (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)
Father: William Wesley BAGGS
Mother: Phebe Ann WRIGHT
was born Octobert 2, 1872 in Indiana. He died ? 1926.
Burial: Twin Hills, I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Jay County, Pennville, Indiana.

OTIS married ALBERTA "ALLIE" POWELL


Otis "Oat" Baggs and Uncle "Will" Clark


Alberta "Allie" (Powell) and Otis Ellsworth "Oat" Baggs

POWELL
ALBERTA "ALLIE" POWELL Age: 82
Father: Jacob H. WALKER
Mother: Margaret J. ?
was born 1875 in Indiana. She died ? 1957.
Burial: Twin Hills, I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Jay County, Pennville, Indiana.

ALBERTA married (1) OTIS ELLSWORTH BAGGS ,
ALBERTA married (2) ? KLOPFLEISCH, on September 2, 1893 in Jay County, Indiana.

OTIS E. BAGGS and ALBERTA. POWELL had the following children:

F i. GOLDIE B.4 BAGGS
was born 29 Jun 1901 in Jay County, Indiana.
GOLDIE married (1)IRVIN JOSEPH.
They had the following child:
M i. ROBERT JOSEPH
GOLDIE married (2) JAMES F. HODGE, born abt.1908, in Indiana.
Son of AVERY HODGE and DORA ?

M ii. JACOB4 "JAKE" BAGGS
was born 1904/1905 in Jay County, Indiana.

F v. BERNEICE4 BAGGS
was born September 17, 1909. She died January 12, 1994, Indiana.
BERNICE married MICHAEL HAYES

M vi. HOLLOWEEN/HALLOWEEN4 BAGGS
was born October 31,1910, in Jay County, Indiana.

M vii. WILLIAM ST.PATRICK4 BAGGS
was born March 17, 1913 in Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
He died 2003 in Mercer County, Celina, Ohio.

M viii. LEONARD F.4 BAGGS
He died in Celina, Ohio.
LEONARD had the following children:
M i. ROBERT BAGGS
He died in Key West, FL.
M ii. ROGER BAGGS

F vii. MABEL4 BAGGS Age: 87
was born May 25, 1896, in Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
She died January 21,1983, in Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
MABLE married (1) RUSSELL ELIOTT KELLY, I, on May 18, 1914, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
MABLE married (2) HARLEY SAXON, on October 12, 1930, in Indiana.


---Descendants of William St. Patrick Baggs

7 WILLIAM ST. PATRICK4 BAGGS Age: 90 (OTIS3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)
Father: Otis E. BAGGS
Mother: Alberta POWELL
was born March 17, 1913 in Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
He died 2003 in Celina, Mercer County, Ohio.
Burial: St. Marys Catholic Cemetery, Celina, Ohio.

Source: 1920 & 1930 US Federal Census Records, Jay County, Indiana.
Living with mother and step father.
Source: Newspaper; The Daily Standard, Celina, Ohio.
Obituary Publication dated: Nov 2, 2003.
Occupation: He retired from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Fruehauf Trailer Company.
He also had worked as a U.S. Border Patrol guard.

Military Service: U.S. Army.
Veteran of World War II

WILLIAM married MARY DAVIS, on May 27, 1943.

They had the following children:

M i. THOMAS "TOM"5 BAGGS, Florida

M ii. JOHN5 BAGGS

F iii. PEGGY5 BAGGS
PEGGY married MIKE SHEAKS, St. Mary's, Ohio

F iv. NANCY5 BAGGS
NANCY married ? MAY, Celina, Ohio

F v. SUSAN5 "SUSIE" BAGGS
"SUSIE" marriedd ? STONER, Grennville, Ohio

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---Descendants of May "Matilda" Gertrude Baggs

3 MAY MATILDA GERTRUDE3 "TIL" BAGGS (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)



Edith (Baggs) Sanders and May (Baggs) ?

Father: William Wesley BAGGS
Mother: Phoebe Ann WRIGHT
was born May 30, 1875 in Jay County, Indiana.
She died June 1, 1943.
Burial: Green Park Cemetery, Jay County, Portland, Indiana.

MAY "MATILDA" GERTRUDEmarried(1)GEORGE BRICKER

BRICKER
+ 1 GEORGE H.2 BRICKER
Father: Joseph L. BRICKER
Mother: Mary Susan GRAM
was born December 28, 1868, in Dark County, Ohio.
He died March 20, 1937.
Burial: Green Park Cemetery, Jay County, Portland, Indiana.


GEORGE and “MATILDA” had the following children:

M i. WILLIAM WESLEY7 BRICKER
was born 1895. He died May 5, 1941.

F ii. NELLIE FAYE7 BRICKER
was born August 8, 1897. She died January 9, 1961.

F iii. MABEL GERTRUDE7 BRICKER
was born November 12, 1901. She died June 11, 1987.

“MATILDA” married (2) CLYDE BENN


BENN
CLYDE BENN

They had the following child:

M i. DEWAYNE7 BENN
Military: United States Army.


+ 1 WILLIAM WESLEY7 BRICKER
Father: May Matilda Gertrude BAGGS
Mother: George BRICKER
was born 1895.
He died May 5, 1941.

WILLIAM married ESSIE LANTZ

They had the following children:

M i. WILLIAM JOSEPH BRICKER
M ii. ROBERT BRICKER
F iii. BONITA BRICKER
F iv. NANCY BRICKER
F v. BARBARA BRICKER


+ 2 NELLIE FAYE7 BRICKER
Father: May Matilda Gertrude BAGGS
Mother: George BRICKER
was born August 8, 1897.
She died January 9, 1961.

NELLIE married JAMES RUSSELL NELSON, on May 6, 1917.


NELSON
JAMES RUSSELL NELSON
was born March 5, 1896.
He died October 24, 1969.

They had the following children:

i. MARY EDNA8 NELSON
June 3, 1919. She died May 3, 1934.

ii. GEORGE WILLIAM8 NELSON
was born February 12, 1921.
GEORGE married (1) ELIZABETH “BETTE” LEONARD, on December 1, 1945.
GEORGE married (2) EVA GEDAY, on March 11, 2000.

iii. BETTIE MARIE8 NELSON
Born August 8, 1922.
BETTIE married ARMIN JONES.

iv. PAUL DEWAYNE8 NELSON
was born May 23, 1925.
He died September 30, 1984.
PAUL married MAXINE WARNOCK, on August 21, 1948.

v. GERTRUDE FAYE8 NELSON
Born April 6, 1930.
GERTRUDE married PETER METZ.

vi. CLARABELLE8 NELSON
was born July 19, 1928. She died October 21, 1928.

+ 2 GEORGE WILLIAM8 NELSON
Father: James Russell NELSON
Mother: Nellie Faye BRICKER
was born February 12, 1921.

GEORGE married (1) ELIZABETH “BETTE” LEONARD, on December 1, 1945.

They adopted the following children:

F i. DEBORAH ANN9 NELSON
M ii. DAVID W.9 NELSON

GEORGE married (2) EVA GEDAY, on March 11, 2000.


+ 3 BETTIE MARIE8 NELSON
Father: James Russell NELSON
Mother: Nellie Faye BRICKER
Born August 8, 1922.

BETTIE married ARMIN JONES.

They had the following child:

M i. GARY9 JONES
GARY married THERESA ANN ANKROM.
No children.


+ 4 PAUL DEWAYNE8NELSON
Father: James Russell NELSON
Mother: Nellie Faye BRICKER
was born May 23, 1925.
He died September 30, 1984.

PAUL married MAXINE WARNOCK, on August 21, 1948.

They had the following children:

M i. MARK9 NELSON

F i. PAULETTE9 NELSON
PAULETTE married BERT BATTISHILL

F. iii. BETH9 NELSON
BETH married NOEL SCHROEDER

F iv. MICHELE9 NELSON
MICHELE married TROY STANLEY

+ 5 GERTRUDE FAYE8 NELSON
Father: James Russell NELSON
Mother: Nellie Faye BRICKER
Born April 6, 1930.

GERTRUDE married PETER METZ, on June 2, 1956.

METZ
PETER METZ
He died February 8, 1997.

They had the following children:

F i. MELANIE9 METZ
MELANIE married ERNEST SWAUGER

F ii. TAMARA9 METZ
TAMARA married BRANDON RINGWALD


+ 3 MABEL GERTRUDE7 BRICKER
Father: May Matilda Gertrude BAGGS
Mother: George BRICKER
was born November 12, 1901.
She died June 11, 1997.

MABEL married MORRIS MEYERS/MYERS.


MEYERS
JACOB1 MEYERS
JACOB married NANCY BURK

GEORGE H.2 MEYERS
Father: Jacob MEYERS
Mother: Nancy BURK
was born 1869 in Indiana.
GEORGE married ELIZABETH M. JORDAN, July 30, 1891, in Jay County, Indiana.

MORRIS3 MEYERS/MYERS
Father: George H. MEYERS
Mother: Elizabeth M. JORDAN
was born October 31, 1893/1903, in Jay County, Bryant, Indiana.
He died October 14, 1974.

MABLE and MORRIS had the following children:

F i. HELEN LOUISE8 MEYERS
HELEN married (1) CORLE PORTER
HELEN married (2) DALE JORDAN

F ii. DOROTHY8 MEYERS was born January 1, 1921.
DOROTHY married (1) FAY ODLE,
DOROTHY married (2) DEWEY YOUNG

F iii. BESSIE8 MEYERS
was born April 7, 1923.She died March 24, 1999.
BESSIE married EDWARD W. DAVIS

F iv. GRAYCE8 MEYERS
was born March 23, 1926. She died March 24, 1999.
GRAYCE married ROBERT J. MCGILVERY

F v. JOAN8 MEYERS
Born May 13, 1928
JOAN married (1) DUANE HORINE,
JOAN married (2) HERSCHEL DUKE

M vi. JOHN MAX8 MEYERS
was born February 21, 1923. He died December 25, 1989.
Never married.

?

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---Descendants of Levina "Edith" Earl Baggs

7 LEVINA "EDITH" EARL3 BAGGS (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)


Wedding Photo-Edith (Baggs) and James Perry Sanders

Edith (Baggs) Sanders with grandson James W. Hammitt-
(right) James W. Hammitt, (baby) Edith's daughter Marjorie Sanders, and Winfred B. Hammitt

Father: William Wesley BAGGS
Mother: Phebe Ann WRIGHT
was born May 1, 1883 in Jay County, Indiana
She died July 7, 1950 in Jay County, Indiana.
Occupation: Housewife.
Religion: Evangelical, Portland Tabernacle.
Death: Stroke related illness.

"EDITH" married JAME PERRY SANDERS

SANDERS
JAME PERRY SANDERS
Father: William Kerr SANDERS
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth PERRY
was born Jay County, Indiana.
He died Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
Occupation: Farmer. Laborer, tile mill factory, Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
Death: Hit and killed by a drunk driver, while crossing the street in Portland, Indiana.


Marge (Sanders), Gladys (Sanders) and Ralph Bailey

They had the following children:

F i. GLADYS EURIKA4 SANDERS


Gladys (Sanders) Bailey

was born December 19, 1901 in Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
She died April 1983 in Jay County, Dunkirk, Indiana.
GLADYS married (1) GEORGE WELDON HAMMITT
GLADYS married (2) GLEN WELHELM
GLADYS married (3) RALPH BAILEY

M ii. THEODORE OTIS ELLSWORTH4 SANDERS


Ted and Perry Sanders

was born September 21, 1919 in Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
He died May 1983 in Jay County, Dunkirk, Indiana.
TED married (1) GARNET IRENE TIMMONS, daughter of ROSS TIMMONS and CORA HARMON
TED married (2) ANNA MAE COX, daughter of ROY COX and ANNA VENEK BYERS
TED married (3) NEVADA DENNEY,daughter of ? WARNOCK and SARAH SCOTT

F iii. MARJORIE MADONNA4 SANDERS


Marjorie Madonna "Marge" Sanders

was born May 5, 1920 in Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
She died August 22, 2002 in Jay County, Dunkirk, Indiana.
MARGE married (1) DALE KELLY
MARGE married (2) JAMES MAXWELL
MARGE married (3) MELVIN ROBERT "MEL" SPADER


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---Descendants of Charles Wesley Baggs

8 CHARLES WESLEY3 "CHARLIE" BAGGS (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)
Father: William Wesley BAGGS
Mother: Phebe Ann WRIGHT
was born November 10, 1885, Jay County, Portland, Indiana.
Source: 1920 & 1930 US Federal Census Records

CHARLES married MYRTLE KELLEY

KELLEY
MYRTLE KELLEY
was born abt. 1891

They had the following children:

M i. KELLEY W.4 BAGGS (CHARLES3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)
Father: Charles W. BAGGS
Mother: Myrtle KELLEY
was born abt. 1914-1915.

KELLEY married MARGARET ?


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9 ESTELLA IRENE3 "STELL" BAGGS Age: 73? (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)


"Aunt Stell" Estella Irene Baggs

Father: William Wesley BAGGS
Mother: Phebe Ann WRIGHT
was born April 22, 1889.
She died November 1962?

ESTELLA married (1) WILLIAM "WILL" CLARK
WILLIAM "WILL" CLARK


Uncle "Will" and Aunt "Stell" Clark


Aunt "Stell" and Uncle "Will" Clark and Otis "Oat" Baggs making ice cream.
Lake Gage, Angola, Indiana.

ESTELLA married (2) CHARLES "CHARLIE" BAILEY
CHARLES1 "CHARLIE" BAILEY




Father: ? BAILEY
Mother: ?
was born ?
He died ? in Jay County, Indiana.

CHARLES married (1) ?
CHARLES married (2) ESTELLA IRENE BAGGS

CHARLES BAILEY and (1) ? had the following children:

F i. ANNA 2 BAILEY
was born ?
ANNA married HERSHELL "HUTCH" STONE

F ii. ETTHEL 2 BAILEY
was born ?
ETTHEL married ALVIN FUDGE
They had the following children:
F i. JANET FUDGE
 JANET married ? KUNKLE

M iii. PAUL 2 BAILEY
was born ?
PAUL married IRENE ?
 They had the following children:
F i. PATRICIA BAILEY
PAT married LESTER "LES" EADS

M iv. RALPH 2 BAILEY


Ralph Bailey

RALPH married GLADYS (SANDERS), HAMMITT, WELHELM

BAGGS
Source Notes: As copied from Jim Baggs, California
Jim in California says,
"Our Baggs originated from the Fir Bolg's in Ireland. We might have tried England for a while, but not to the family's knowledge… It is always good to read about others who share my last name, but exclusively English?
No, my friend. May God Bless You."

SURNAME
Source Notes: Melody Tuli
Historical information regarding the Baggs surname.
The Baggs may have been pronounced and/or spelled Beags, Beggs or Boggs.


THE CONQUEST OF THE FIR BOLG
The name Fir Bolg properly belongs, for it is they who were carrying the earth in the bags {bolg}.
Fir Domnann, from "digging the earth" was it said: that is Fir Dmanfuinn, that is the men who used to deepen {doim-nigim} the earth. To Rudraige and to Genann with their people was the name applied. And it was in Inber Domnann that they took harbor. However, it is correct to call them all Fir Bolg in general, for it is in the bags for carrying the earth they came over sea to Ireland, and they are one immigration and one race and one principality, though they came on different days, and landed in different creeks.


THE TOWN OF BAGGS, WYOMING was named for: George Baggs
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GEORGE BAGGS
This pioneer in the Texas cattle trade is no longer a citizen of the Territory but has been so long and so thoroughly identified with its most important industry, that he is entitled to notice as one of the authors of its prosperity and promoters of its growth. Born in Maryland in 1831, he went to Cincinnati in boyhood and there learned the moulders trade, which however, he abandoned on reaching years of maturity, for more adventurous callings.

In 1852 he drove an ox-team across the plains to California and after four years experience in the mines went to Oregon where he lived for another four years. Then going to Washington he embarked in the stock business which he carried on successfully in that territory for six years, shipping and driving cattle to British Columbia with profit, though incurring great risk of Indian depredation. His next venture was in driving sheep into the Boise basin, Idaho after which he engaged in cattle operations in Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee.
Then buying a herd in Texas he drove it to [Colorado?] and after selling to advantage, took up a tract of land on Snake River in 1879 and stocked it with cattle brought from Colorado and has since continued to deal extensively in cattle.

Mr. Baggs now makes his home near El Paso, Texas and in addition to his stock growing interests, invested in Mexican mines, being the owner of the richest in the state of Chihuahua. He was the first and perhaps has been the only man to drive a herd of horses to El Paso by the Western trail including the passage of the terrible Jornada del Nueste or "Journey of Death", as the waterless reach of desert to the northward of that place is significantly called. His early faith in the future of the stock growing industry induced him to make experiments which, by their successful results, encouraged others less bold to venture in his wake. Of course Mr. Baggs has done his share of Indian fighting and has passed through many startling adventures far more interesting to relate, than they were pleasant to undergo.
------end quoted article------ H-113;
Source : Archives and Historical Biographies of Carbon County, WY.

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