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Female Malinda J. Skaggs Click to view Malinda J. Skaggs in the family tree

Malinda J. was born on April 15th, 1848 in Higdon, Grayson, Kentucky, USA.1   Malinda J.'s father was Isham Skaggs and her mother was Rachel Downs.  Her paternal grandparents were Martin B. Skaggs and Mary Or Polly Skaggs; her maternal grandparents were Richard Downs and Rachel. She had five brothers and six sisters, named Anderson, Miles, Jefferson Green, Richard C., David Taylor, Martha E., Marietta, Katherine Or Kitty Ann, Lucretia, Ciral T. and Rachel.  She was the fifth youngest of the twelve children.  She died at the age of 62 on January 14th, 1911 in Millerstown, Grayson , Kentucky, USA.  She was buried on January 16th, 1911 in Mt. Moriah Cemetery In Clarkson, Grayson County, Kentucky.2 


Malinda J.'s family with Tapley Watkins

‌Malinda J. and Tapley were married in a religious ceremony before 1876 in , , Kentucky, USA.  They had a son named Richard C..

1 Death Certificate @ of Malinda SKAGGS WATKINS - Kentucky Certificate # 940 - FHL Film # 1904664
2 Death Certificate @ of Malinda SKAGGS WATKINS - Kentucky Certificate # 940 - FHL Film # 1904664
3 Grayson County, Kentucky Birth Records - FHL US/CAN 976.9842  V28i  Vol. 2 @ Page 69
4 Mt. Moriah Cemetery Records in Grayson County, Kentucky @ The Silent Footsteps - FHL Book US/CAN 976.9842  D25s  Vol. 1-2, Page 15
Further sources/citations:
1860 Census - Grayson County, Kentucky  US/CAN  976.9842  X29d  pg.23, 1850 Grayson County, Kentucky Census, Karen Goodwin, e-mail ka@uswest.net

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