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

Wyllis was born on July 6th, 1840 in , Grayson, Kentucky, USA.1   Wyllis' father was Martin B. Skaggs and his mother was Sibba D. Kinkade.  His paternal grandparents were Martin B. Skaggs and Mary Or Polly Skaggs; his maternal grandparents were John Kinkade and Mrs Malinda Kinkade. He had four brothers and three sisters, named John M., William H., Stephen Taylor, James A., Mary, Elizabeth A. and Sibba D..  He was the oldest of the eight children. He had a half-brother and three half-sisters, named Miles Hollis, Nancy J., Sena and Eliza Ellen.  He died at the age of 80 on October 11th, 1920 in Sonora, Hardin, Kentucky, U.S.A..  He was buried on October 12th, 1920 in Glendale Christian Church Cemetery -- Glendale, Hardin, Kentucky.2 1 


Wyllis' family with Charlotte Ellen Buckles

‌Wyllis and Charlotte Ellen were married in a religious ceremony on December 13th, 1860 in Nolin, Hardin, Kentuckey, USA.3   They had six sons and four daughters, named William C., Emerson, Theodore E., Willis D., Charles McCague, Robert Taylor, Josie, Alice B., Ida E. and Lottie.

1 Death Certificate @ of Wyllys SKAGGS - Film # 1943282
2 Death Certificate @ of Wyllys SKAGGS - Nolin, Sonora, Hardin County, Kentucky
3 Kentucky Marriages - Hardin County Kentucky @ Film # 0390290
4 Death Certificate @ of Josephine Skaggs PAYTON
5 Margaret Paris - email: MCarmar1948@aol.com @ Margaret got this information from her father, Charles Earl Skaggs, who is the nephew of William
6 Death Certificate @ of Wm C. Skaggs - Kentucky Certificate # 32950
7 Cemetery Inscriptions, Hardin Co., KY  Book: FHL 976.9845  V3j  Vol. 3  pg.24 - Glendale Christian Church Cemetery
8 Death Certificate @ of Theadore Earnest SKAGGS - Kentucky Certificate # 26849 - FHL Film # 1913449
9 1900 Census - Sonora, Hardin, Kentucky - ED 42, Page 15A (58), Line 16, Visit 282, Image 29 on ancestry.com (26 June 1930)
10 Cemetery Inscriptions - Hardin Co., KY @ US/CAN  Book  976.9845  v3j  vol.3  pg.24 (FHL)  Glendale Christian Church Cemetery
11 Cemetery Inscriptions - Hardin Co., KY @ US/CAN  Book  976.9845  v3j  vol.3  pg. 24  (FHL)  Glendale Christian Church Cemetery
12 1900 Census - Hardin County, Kentucky -  Film # 1240524  E.D. 42; Vol. 28; Pg. 3; Line 52
13 Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949 @ Vol. 25, Certificate # 9992
14 Cemetery Inscriptions - Hardin Co., KY @ US/CAN  Book  976.9845  v3j  vol.3 pg. 24  (FHL)  Glendale Christian Church Cemetery
Further sources/citations:
1850 Census - Grayson, Co., KY F#0442970 pg.17, Kentucky Skaggs by Juanita Luttrell - pg. 488 - Hardin County, KY Marriages, Kentucky Marriages - Hardin County Kentucky @ Film # 0390290 & Film # 0390788 (Book C, no. 1480), Pension Application @ State of Kentucky Soldier's Application for Pension

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