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Skaggs, John Sims

Personal Information
Last Name Skaggs
First Name John
Middle Name Sims
Maiden Name
Death Date 6/1/1910
Birth Date 2/5/1831
Obituary Source
Source Information Article by Noble K. Littell in Morgan Co. Gazette, May 13, 1971
Cemetery Crown Hill
Family Information
Spouse 1) Perlina Franklin; 2) Martha Ann (Morris) Crawford
Survived By Wife, Martha Ann; children.
Other Born in Green Township, Morgan Co., Ind. Parents: John and Edna (Ennis) Skaggs. Married first wife on Sept. 26, 1854; she died in 1864. On Feb. 15, 1866, John Sims married a widow, Martha Ann (Morris) Crawford, daughter of James and Matilda (Jones) Morris. Martha Ann had been married to James C. Crawford, who died in 1861. They had one son, Edward Everett Crawford. John Sims had 6 children with Perlina: Sarah Edna, Eliza Catherine, Mary Jane, Elva A., Henrietta, and Lavinia Evelyn. He had three children with Martha Ann: Stella Maria, Nellie Matilda, and Walter M.
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