Descendants of Edward Gresham - Immigrant 1635
>HELLO CAROL,
MY NAME IS MILTON GRESHAM. I BELIEVE I HAVE TALKED TO YOU BEFORE BUT I AM NOT SURE. I AM SENDING YOU MY GENEALOGY. IT IS ACCURATE I AM SURE BACK TO EDWARD GRESHAM SR FATHER OF LITTLEBERRY, HARRIS, BENONIA, AGNES AND ALSO A FIRST FAMILY ARCHIBALD, DAVIS, EDWARD JR, AND FERDINAND. AFTER THAT THERE IS SPECULATION BUT THERE IS A GOOD BIT OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. I AM DECENDED FROM HARRIS. WE HAVE SEVERAL GRESHAM REUNIONS A YEAR. ----MILTON GRESHAM >GRESHAMM@EMH.GORDON.ARMY.MIL
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>Edward Gresham m ?, to America 1635 settled in the New Kent county/King & Queen county Va area. Bro of John, to America 1635, a few months before to Ann Arundel county Maryland Kent Island. Bro Marmaduke stayed in England created a baronet. The following four individuals were head of households 1704, King & Qween county VA.
Head of households 1704, King & Queen Co.
Edward Jr - Son of Original immigrant & father to John & George below.
Thomas -Son of original Edward. We know his children. None are the Edward we are looking for and their children are to young.
George -Son of Edward Jr. above. This is Troy's branch of the family.
John - Son of Edward Jr.
EDWARD SR BUYS LAND IN NEW KENT CO Va IN 1687. IF THERE IS AN EDWARD SR THEN THERE IS AN EDWARD JR. EDWARD, GEORGE, THOMAS AND JOHN HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS IN KING AND QUEEN CO VA IN 1704. EDWARD AND THOMAS ARE SURELY CHILDREN OF THE ORIGINAL EDWARD FROM ENGLAND AND THIS EDWARD IS EDWARD JR. THE FIRST BORN OF EDWARD SR (ORIGINAL IMMIGRANT) IS ALMOST SURELY EDWARD JR. THERE ARE NO OTHER GRESHAM HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS IN VA AT THIS TIME BECAUSE NONE OF THE GRESHAM CHILDREN ARE OLD ENOUGH TO BE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS. THOMAS WAS BORN ABOUT 1660 AND EDWARD JR PROBABLY ABOUT 1655-57 BUT HE COULD BE OLDER.
THOMAS' CHILDREN WERE CHARLES b 1687, THOMAS b 1689, JOHN b 1692, FRANCES b 1695 AND AMEY b 1700. NONE OF THESE ARE OLD ENOUGH TO BE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD IN 1704 AND ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BE FATHER TO EDWARD GRESHAM OF AMELIA CO VA. THE FACT THAT JOHN AND GEORGE HAD NO CHILDREN THAT WERE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD 1704 PROBABLY MEANS THAT THEY WERE CHILDREN OF EDWARD JR AND NOT EDWARD THE ORIGINAL IMMIGRANT. ONE ENIGMATIC INDIVIDUAL WAS CHRISTOPHER GRESHAM. IN VOLUME III OF THE VA PATENT BOOKS (RESEARCHED BY LORETTA WRIGHT), THOMAS WARE PAID THOMAS GRESHAM AND CHRISTOPHER GRESHAM MONEY OWED, IN 1702. THIS AT LEAST LINKS CHRISTOPHER WITH A THOMAS GRESHAM THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY EDWARDS BROTHER..
> EDWARD JR AND THOMAS (SONS OF THE ORIGINAL IMMIGRANT) BOTH SEEM TO HAVE MARRIED OR AT LEAST HAD CHILDREN LATE IN LIFE. I THINK THERE JUST WERE NOT ENOUGH (OR SUITABLE) WOMEN AVAILABLE IN THE LATE 1600's IN VIRGINIA. IF EDWARD JR WAS INDEED BORN BEFORE THOMAS THEN ONE OF EDWARD JR's CHILDREN, JOHN OR GEORGE IS OUR ANCESTOR BECAUSE IF THOMAS (SON OF ORIGINAL IMMIGRANT) IS YOUNGER THAN EDWARD JR, THEN EDWARD JR WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN AROUND 60 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND THOSE CHILDREN OTHER THAN THOMAS' CHILDREN SURELY BELONGED TO JOHN OR GEORGE. THIS WOULD PUT TROY'S GEORGE (MARRIED SARAH) AND EDWARD (FATHER OF ARCHIBALD & DAVIS) SR's FATHER AS BROTHERS OR MORE PROBABLY FIRST COUSINS. MOST IMPORTANTLY SINCE THERE WERE NO OTHER HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD OTHER THAN JOHN & GEORGE, THEN ANY GRESHAMS BORN AROUND THAT TIME (1700) ARE THEIR CHILDREN.
GEORGE GRESHAM BORN ca 1707 m SARAH MAY 10, 1732, STAYED IN KING AND QUEEN CO BECAUSE HIS CHILDREN WERE BORN THERE.. HE IS SURELY THE SON OF THE ORIGINAL GEORGE. IT SEEMS THAT ALL JOHN GRESHAM'S CHILDREN LEFT KING & QUEEN CO AND INDEED JOHN MAY HAVE LEFT BEFORE ANY OF HIS CHILDREN WERE OLD ENOUGH TO LEAVE HOME. CANDIDATES FOR JOHN'S CHILDREN ARE
MARY GRESHAM LEE b 1705 LEAVES WILL. IT WAS EXECUTED BY HER BROTHER JOHN GRESHAM. MARY AND JOHN WERE CHILDREN OF JOHN OR GEORGE AND JOHN WAS THE BETTER BET. MARY AND HER HUSBAND RICHARD HENRY LEE MOVED TO GOOCHLAND BEFORE THEIR SECOND CHILD WAS BORN.
JAMES GRESHAM b 1704 LIVED IN GOOCHLAND AT THIS SAME TIME AND THEY MAY HAVE MOVED THERE TO BE CLOSE TO KIN. JAMES GRESHAM'S CHILDREN ARE WILLIAM, THOMAS, JAMES AND JOHN. ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR JOHN'S CHILD IS ROBERT GRESHAM. EDWARD AND ROBERT GRESHAM LIVED IN AMELIA CO VA. ON HARRIS CREEK BY GREEN FAMILY. ROBERT MAY BE THE BEST BET TO BE EDWARD'S FATHER BECAUSE THEY LIVED SO CLOSE TOGETHER AND HE DID NOT GO TO ORANGE NC PROBABLY BECAUSE HE DIED. THEREFORE WE ARE LOOKING FOR GRESHAMS BORN AROUND +1705. THERE IS ANOTHER GRESHAM FAMILY IN GOOCHLAND AT THIS TIME. THEY WERE DECENDED FROM JOHN SON OF THOMAS SON OF THE ORIGINAL IMMIGRANT.
ONE CHILD WAS JAMES GRESHAM b 1746 IN GOOCHLAND VA, DIED JUNE O1, 1807 IN WILKES CO GA. HE MARRIED 1ST TABITHA MARSHAL. HE MARRIED 2ND MARY CHRISTIAN DEC 19, 177O IN , GOOCHLAND VA. HIS CHILDRENWERE:
MARY GRESHAM b GOOCHLAND VA, m WILLIAM THOMAS , abt 1791;
ELIZABETH GRESHAM, b VA, m ISAAC LANGDON:
JANE GRESHAM, b VA;
CHARLES W. GRESHAM, b VA;
THOMAS GRESHAM, b VA;
JUDITH GRESHAM, b abt 1775, VA, d aft 1860 IN HARRIS GA, m JAMES SHERWOOD DAVIS, abt 1800, GA.
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>EDWARD GRESHAM SR. B.? M ? LIVED IN AMELIA CO, VA?, CHILDREN EDWARD JR., ARCHIBALD, DAVIS, FERDINAND? (SECOND WIFE) M. MARY, (I HAVE HER WILL) IT ONLY MENTIONS LITTLEBERRY, HARRIS, BENONIA AND AGNES (MILDRED LISTED AS HARRIS' DAUGHTER). HARRIS NAMED HIS FIRST BORN AFTER FERDINAND AND THE FOLLOWING THREE CHILDREN OF HARRIS (BROTHER OF LITTLEBERRY) NAMED THEIR CHILDREN AFTER YOUNG DAVIS (BROTHER OF ARCHIBALD): MARMADUKE'S SON NAMED YOUNG HARRIS GRESHAM;EDWARD H'S SON NAMED DAVIS YOUNG GRESHAM; HARRIS' SON NAMED DAVIS S. GRESHAM. THESE KIDS WOULDN'T HAVE NAMED THREE OF THEIR CHILDREN AFTER A FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, BUT THEY WOULD NAME THEM AFTER A FAVORITE UNCLE THEY THOUGHT HIGHLY OF. THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY (ARCHIBALD,DAVIS, LITTLEBERRY, BENONIA, ETC) WERE AT LEAST HALF BROTHERS.
>EDWARD AND ROBERT GRESHAM LIVED ON HARRIS CREEK BY
GREEN FAMILY. ROBERT IS PROBABLY FATHER TO ROBERT & GEORGE WHO WERE LEFT IN
ORANGE CO VA WHEN ALL OF EDWARD'S CHILDREN MOVED TO GA. (1789 TO 1796) EXCEPT
ONE, FERDINAND WHO WAS IN 1800 CENSUS ORANGE NC ALONG WITH ROBERT & GEORGE.
ROBERT COULD HAVE BEEN EDWARD'S (OF AMELIA CO) FATHER AND ROBERT AND GEORGE WERE
BROTHERS BORN LATER IN HIS LIFE. ROBERT STAYED IN VA AND DID NOT MOVE TO ORANGE
N C (PROBABLY BECAUSE HE DIED). THIS SUPPORTS THE THEORY THAT ROBERT WAS
EDWARD'S FATHER I ALSO FEEL THAT THERE WERE ONLY A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS BETWEEN
THE ORIGINAL EDWARD AND OUR EDWARD. HARRIS' ( BROTHER TO ARCHIBALD & LITTLEBERRY) SECOND BORN, A SON, WAS FATHING MARMADUKE GRESHAM. IN
OTHER WORDS, OUR EDWARD TOLD HIS SON (HARRIS) ALL ABOUT THE ORIGINAL EDWARD,
JOHN AND ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE BROTHER MARMADUKE (THE BARRONET) LEFT IN
ENGLAND.
>ALSO, THERE ARE FEW IF ANY EDWARDS IN THE LINES OF THE FOUR GRESHAMS IN KING & QUEEN CO IN 1704. THERE IS ONE IN THOMAS' LINE AND NONE OF THE RIGHT AGE THAT I KNOW OF TO BE OUR EDWARD. WILLIAM FORREST'S WILL IS PROVED BY EDWARD GRESHAM SR IN 1755. THIS LOGICALLY WOULD BE EDWARD SR. OF AMELIA CO VA (DESCENDANT OF EDWARD JR ABOVE) BECAUSE EDWARD GRESHAM JR SON OF EDWARD GRESHAM SR OF AMELIA CO VA WASN'T BORN UNTIL 1749. EDWARD AND ROBERT GRESHAM LIVED ON HARRIS CREEK BY GREEN FAMILY. HARRIS CREEK FLOWS INTO APPOMATOX RIVER AT DEVILS ELBOW (PR. EDW CO. VA) VAUGHN CREEK AND HARRIS CREEK IN AMELIA COUNTY VA . PRINCE EDW CO FORMED FROM AMELIA. BOTH CREEKS APPEAR IN BOTH COUNTIES. THERE WERE INTERMARRIAGES BETWEEN GRESHAM -GREEN-FARMER FAMILIES. JOHN GREEN AND HARRIS FAMILY AND EDWARD GRESHAM INVOLVED IN DEEDS IN PR. EDW CO ." HARRIS IS A FREQUENT GIVEN NAME IN THE GRESHAM FAMILY. I FEEL CERTAIN NOW THAT MALE GRESHAM, FATHER TO RHODY (IGI LISTS HER MOTHER AS BARBARA HOLCOMB?) BORN AMELIA CO 1731-42 WAS FATHER TO EDWARD OF AMELIA CO.
EDWARD BOUGHT LAND IN AMELIA CO IN 1747 AND ARCHEBALD WAS BORN IN PRINCE EDWARD CO 1753 WHICH SPLIT FROM AND BORDERS AMELIA.RHODY WAS PROBABLY EDWARD'S SISTER AS WAS LOUVENIA FORESTER ( REF WILLIAM FORESTER WILL 1777, EDWARD SR, ARCHER AND LOUVENIA EXECUTORS, WITNESSED BY EDWARD JR & ISAAC FORREST) AND ANOTHER SISTER, FEMALE GRESHAM (FARELL, FARNEL) (REF 1777-84 WM FARELL WILL: ADM. EDW GRESHAM, ARCHER, GRESHAM, LOUIS FARNEL, EXEC. WIT: EDW GRESHAM JR. AND ISAAC FARNEL.THERE ARE MANY TIES AMONG THE HOLCOMB, RHODES, STERLING AND GRESHAM FAMILIES.
ANOTHER THOMAS GRESHAM DECENDENT OF THOMAS (SON OF ORIGINAL IMMIGRANT) LIVED IN HALIFAX AND THEN AMHERST CO (CLOSE BY) AT THIS TIME SO HE WASN'T ARCHIBALDS FATHER. JOHN GRESHAM, BOUGHT LAND ONE COUNTY OVER FROM HALIFAX IN OR AROUND LUNENBURG CO JUST BELOW AMELIA AND JUST NORTH OF THE MEHERRIN RIVER. WILLIAM GRESHAM (SON OF THOMAS b SPOTSYLVANIA 1693) WAS BORN IN HANOVER CO. VA AND HAD A SON NAMED THOMAS BORN IN THE EARLY 1750'S IN AMHERST CO. VA. THEREFORE WILLIAM AND THE OLDER THOMAS WERE IN AMHERST AT THE SAME TIME. NEITHER OF THESE WERE ARCHIBALD'S FATHER..
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>Edward Gresham Jr. (Son of the original Edward from England) Children were:
- >John Gresham b Va *** Head of household King
& Queen co Va
- >George Gresham b Va*** Head of household King
& Queen co Va
- >John Gresham b Va m? Head of household King &
Queen co Va (I believe the >following to be John's children)
- >>John Gresham b Va.
- >Mary Gresham b abt 1704, m Richard Henry Lee son of Richard Lee and MaryYoung
Note: Most of the
names used by Mary to name her children were common to our line.
>James Gresham (of Goochland Va) b 1705 Va. m Elizabeth
>Robert Gresham b ? Va Place Unkown (lived on Harris Crk close to Edward Sr Amelia Co Va.) m Barbara Holcomb?
>Mary Gresham b abt 1704, m Richard Henry Lee son of Richard Lee and Mary Young
- >Mary Agnes Lee b 15 Mar 1723/24 Buckingham, Va d
12 Nov 1774 Lee Valley, Hawkins, Tenn.
- >Elizabeth Lee b abt 1731 Buckingham, Va d Lee
Valley, Hawkins, Tenn.
- >Gresham Lee b abt 1745 Goochland, Va
- >William Lee b 24 Jan 1754 Albemarle, Va d 2 Dec
1835 Green, Ky
- >Jessee Lee b abt 1756 Va d Oglethorpe Ga.
- >Archer Lee b abt 1758 Va. d abt 1777 Rev War Va.
- >Young Lee b abt 1760 Albemarle, Va d 22 Sept 1840
Smyth Va
- >George Lee b abt 1762 Va
- >Abner Lee b abt 1764 V
- >Dorothy Lee b Probably Va
> James Gresham (of
Goochland Va) b 1705 Va. m Elizabeth
- >William Gresham b Goochland Co VA 1731
- >James Gresham b 1733 Goochland Co VA
- >Thomas Gresham b Va. 1735
- >George Gresham b Goochland Co VA
- >John Gresham b ?, Place Unknown
- >Male Gresham b Va (Could be Robert Gresham b Va.
Place Unknown (lived on Harris Crk close to Edward Sr Amelia Co Va. Robert and
George
below moved to
Orange NC and were in 1790 and later censuses and were probably also children
of Robert)
>Edward Gresham Sr. b Va ***************
>Harris Gresham b Va
>Rhoda Gresham b Amelia Co, Va.
>Louvenia (Lavenia) (Louisa) (Forester) Gresham
(Ref William Forrest Will)
>Female (Farell, Farnel) Gresham (Ref 1777-84 Wm Farell will: Adm. Edw Gresham, Archer Gresham, Louis Farnel, Exec. Wit: Edw Gresham Jr. and Isaac Farnel> Robert Gresham b Va. d Orange NC
>George Gresham b Va.d.Orange NC
> Edward Sr. b Va m?
had the following children
- >Ferdinand b Va
- >Edward Jr. Sept 5, 1749
- >Archibald b 1753 Prince Edward Co Va.
- >Davis b 1755
>Edward Sr. b Va. m Mary (2nd family)(Leaves will)
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Littleberry b 1760 [ possible father of William C. Gresham ]
>Harris b? Orange NC *** my ancestor
>Benonia b?
>Agnes b?
>Harris Gresham b? Orange NC m Frances (Frankey) Glenn
- >Geather Ferdinand b 17 Dec 1792 m Sarah D. Hogue
*** my ancestor * eleven children
- >Fathing Marmaduke b 17 may, 1794 m Nancy Davis
- >Mildred b Nov. 30 1796
- >Edward H. b June 28 1799m Mary Hogan [
Possible father of Littleberry, grandfather of William C. Gresham]
>Frances (Frankey) b Jan 30 1801 m Charles Thomas
>Harris b Aug 21 1803m Mary Ann Smith
>Polly b Sept 5 1806
>Elizabeth m Asa Funderburke
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>Geather Ferdinand b 17 dec 1792 m Sarah D. Hogue
- >Female b 1817 Ga.
- >Edward (Ned) b 1819
- >Female
- >Male
- >Wilkins J. b 1824-25
- >Female
- >William Harris
Gresham b 5 Feb 1830 [see below ]
- >Sarah Ann b 5 Oct 1832
- >Infant b 28 May 1835
- >Marmaduke b 11 Jan 1837
- >Francis America b 24 Sept 1840
>William Harris Gresham b 5 Feb 1830 m 1st Martha J. Winters
- >Matilda Gresham
- >Wilkens J. Gresham
- >Mary A. Gresham
- >Harris L. Gresham
- >Robert W. Gresham
- >Sarah Gresham
>William Harris Gresham m 2nd Martha Ann Long
- >George T Gresham
- >Edward F Gresham
- >Nancy E. Gresham
- >William F. Gresham
- >Lilla Gresham
- >Ferdinand Gresham
- >Richard Benjamin Gresham
>Richard Benjamin Gresham b Jan 17, 1884 m Frances Jefferson Hunt
>Milton Ivy Gresham Sr. b Feb 18, 1909
>James Albert Gresham
>Milton Ivy Gresham Sr. b Feb 18, 1909 m Lucile Adams
- >Milton Ivy Gresham Jr. b Mar 19. 1944 m Martha
Louise Brown
>Milton Ivy Gresham Jr. b Mar 19. 1944 m Martha Louise Brown
>Lisa Ann Gresham
>Sherri Lynn Gresham
>Terri Leigh Gresham
>Mary Frances Gresham
>Milton Ivy Gresham III [ END Milton Gresham File ]
Note : Discussion is underway to determine if there
could be confusion about the parents and family name of Martha Eugenia
Grisham, AKA, Jennie Scroggins and Jennie E. Gresham. See correspondence on Jennie Page.
I have both spellings for Gr isham/Gresham for Jennie. It's unlikely that there are two Jennie's
who married a Henry Lon Scroggins and with parents named William C. and Emily E
Farley. The info below places Jennie's death in Chambers Co.AL, however, other
sources place her burial at Concord (Old Union?) Barpist Church near Dadeville
in Tallapoosa Co AL and other sources place her at Memorial Gardens, Jackson
Gap, AL., all with the same husband HL Scroggins, and his parents, George T.
Scroggins, CSA, and Mary J. Henderson Scroggins.Scroggins page | Jennie Grisham/Gresham
First Generation
1. Edward Harris Gresham was born Abt. ??, and died Abt. ??. He married Mary Unknown.
Child of Edward Harris Gresham and Mary Unknown is:
Littleberry Gresham, Esq., born Abt. ?? in ??; died
Abt. ??.
Source: Early Settlers of Tallapoosa County, by Frane Thomas, Gene & MaryBeth Vessell
Possible connection: Edward H. Gresham, b.
28-Jun-1799, married Mary Hogan. [per Milton Gresham ]
Second Generation
2. Littleberry Gresham, Esq., (Edward1) was born Abt. ?? in ??, and died Abt. ??. He married Elizabeth Rhodes .
Children of Littleberry Gresham and
Elizabeth Rhodes are:
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William C. (possibly Cooper) Gresham, born ??, married Emily E. (Elizabeth or Eugenia?) Farley |
Third Generation
6. William C. Gresham was born ??, and died ??. He married Emily E. (Elizabeth?) Farley, daughter of James Farley and Martha Walls of Chambers Co., AL.
Children of William C. Gresham and Emily E. Farley are:
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Jennie E (Elizabeth or Eugenia) Gresham, born 26Feb1872 and died 15Jan1961 in Chambers Co., AL. She married H Lon Scroggins.
Henry Lon4 Scroggins, born November 17, 1869 in
Tallapoosa Co. Alabama; died March 4, 1918 in Alexander City, Tallapoosa
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Fourth Generation
9. Henry Lon4 Scroggins (George T.3, Richard M.2, James1) was born November 17, 1869 in Tallapoosa Co. Alabama, and died March 4, 1918 in Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama. He married Martha Eugenia Grisham, daughter of William Grisham and Emily Farley, on January 8, 1893 in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama by George L. Bell, M.G.
More About Henry Lon Scroggins:
Burial: Memorial Gardens -- Jackson Gap, Alabama per letters of daughter Alma. Per Tap Roots Vol.24 #4, April 1987, Concord Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. AL, near Dadeville and Eagle Creek. Speculation: perhaps the subjects were first buried at
Concord and later moved to Memorial Gardens, Jackson Gap, leaving headstones in
two locations. Cause of Death: Measles
More About Martha Eugenia "Jennie" Grisham: Born about 1872, died 1961.
Burial: Memorial Gardens -- Jackson Gap, Alabama (Photo album) per daughter Alma and son Paul. Per Tap Roots Vol.24 #4, April 1987, buried at Concord Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. AL, near Dadeville and Eagle Creek.
Children of Henry Lon Scroggins and Martha Eugenia "Jennie" Grisham are:
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Paul V. Scroggins, born Abt. 1901; died Abt.
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Geraldine Scroggins. |
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Emily Scroggins. |
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Mary Scroggins. |
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Vance Scroggins. |
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Buck Scroggins. |
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Lon Jack Scroggins, born October 1, 1903; died August 1, 1981 in SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA. (Photo album) |
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Moda Scroggins, born 1Nov-1894, died 9-Oct-1915. Married Joe W. Campbell (June 13, 1887-Apr
20, 1943), buried Corcord Cemetery. Cause of death: peritonitis or tubal
pregnancy. |
Scroggins Genealogy - Fifth Generation | Jennie Grisham/Gresham
Scroggins Photo Album
Scroggins Genealogy Index
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