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• Name: Benjamin Owen Skaggs
• Sex: M
• Birth: 17 NOV 1833 in Green County, Kentucky
• Death: 31 JUL 1913 in Hibernia, Taylor County, Kentucky ¹
• Burial: Popular Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Taylor County, Kentucky.
• Person Id: I007380
• Tree Id: 151876

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Parents
Father:

• John Canon Skaggs: Birth: 1805 in Green County, Kentucky. Death: 4 SEP 1856 in Taylor County, Kentucky
Mother:

• Lucinda Shofner: Birth: 1797 in Green County, Kentucky.

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Missouri Ann Carter on 9 SEP 1863.
  
• Missouri Ann Carter: Birth: 4 JAN 1844 in Kentucky. Death: 11 MAY 1881 in Taylor County, Kentucky

Children:

1. John Benjamin Skaggs: Birth: 18 DEC 1865 in Arkansas. Death: in Indiana

2. Ruth Jane Skaggs: Birth: 5 DEC 1866.

3. William Franklin Skaggs: Birth: 17 MAR 1868 in Kentucky. Death: 5 SEP 1913 in Larue County, Kentucky

4. Robert H. Skaggs: Birth: 30 MAR 1869.

5. McLin Elisha Skaggs: Birth: 28 FEB 1871. Death: 25 MAY 1955

6. Sarah Ann Skaggs: Birth: 17 NOV 1872 in Kentucky. Death: 29 OCT 1953 in Manlius, Bureau County, Illinois

7. Jefferson Franklin Skaggs: Birth: 12 APR 1874. Death: 29 SEP 1955

8. Alfred Thomas Skaggs: Birth: 13 MAR 1876 in Kentucky. Death: 29 SEP 1955 in Larue County, Kentucky

9. Mary Lucinda Skaggs: Birth: 25 JAN 1878. Death: 11 MAY 1881

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Vance on 8 JUN 1884 at Taylor County, Kentucky.
  
• Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Vance: Birth: 21 MAR 1863 in Taylor County, Kentucky. Death: 14 JUL 1943 in Taylor County, Kentucky

Children:

1. Pleasant 'Plez' Carter Skaggs: Birth: 6 MAR 1886 in Kentucky. Death: 30 DEC 1938 in Green County, Kentucky

2. Richard I. Skaggs: Birth: 6 APR 1887 in Kentucky.

3. James B. H. Skaggs: Birth: 24 AUG 1893 in Kentucky. Death: in Monticello, White County, Indiana

4. Samuel Coakley Skaggs: Birth: 8 AUG 1894 in Taylor County, Kentucky. Death: 9 SEP 1984 in Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky

5. Catherine Howell 'Cattie' Skaggs: Birth: 11 SEP 1895 in Kentucky. Death: 18 AUG 1979 in Taylor County, Kentucky

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