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Male Emerson Skaggs Click to view Emerson Skaggs in the family tree

Emerson was born on November 12th, 1866 in Sonora, Hardin, Kentucky, USA.1   Emerson's father was Wyllis Skaggs and his mother was Charlotte Ellen Buckles.  His paternal grandparents were Martin B. Skaggs and Sibba D. Kinkade; his maternal grandparents were Jacob Buckles and Mary Ann Cook. He had five brothers and four sisters, named William C., Theodore E., Willis D., Charles McCague, Robert Taylor, Josie, Alice B., Ida E. and Lottie.  He was the third oldest of the ten children.  He died at the age of 86 on March 10th, 1953 in Glendale, Hardin, Kentucky, U.S.A..  He was buried in March 1953 in Glendale Christian Church Cemetery -- Glendale, Hardin, Kentucky.1 


Emerson's family with Mary Ermine Underwood

‌Emerson and Mary Ermine were married in a religious ceremony on May 4th, 1897 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA.2   They had a son and four daughters, named George Wyllis, Shirley Ellen, Glenna R., Gladys and Lula.

1 Cemetery Inscriptions, Hardin Co., KY  Book: FHL 976.9845  V3j  Vol. 3  pg.24 - Glendale Christian Church Cemetery
2 Hardin County, Kentucky Marriages @ Film # 0390790
3 Death Certificate @ of Shirley E. Skaggs STEGER
4 Death Certificate @ of Glenna R. (SKAGGS/MARCUM/YEATMAN) CRAMER
5 Death Certificate @ of Glenna Skaggs CRAMER
6 Floyd County, Indiana - Application for Marriage License - FHL Film # 1411890  Page 15
7 Cincinnati Post Times Star @ 13 Aug 1969  -  Page 71:2
8 Social Security Death Index - ancestry.com
9 Ridge Pavillion (Nursing Home), 5500 Verulam St., Cincinnati, Ohio  45213
Further source/citation:
Personal Knowledge of Glenna Skaggs Cramer/daughter of Emerson Skaggs

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