Re: Suseanter "Susie" Eldridge, Morgan Co., KY
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Re: Suseanter "Susie" Eldridge, Morgan Co., KY
Christie Trent 5/16/10
Hi again Christie, I am so thrilled to have the puzzle on both Jeff Skaggs and Henry Skaggs solved (as you have said they are the same person).I have Jeff Skaggs's death record and listed his father only as Peter Skaggs, now I know which Peter Skaggs and can safely place him within my family data.I was pretty much sure I had figured out who Susannah Eldridge (Susaneater LOL!!) was.I have a huge Eldridge database from Lawrence, Morgan and Elliott County that I have tried to back up with census, marriage and birth, death records.That was the only possiblity for her.My 4x great grandmother was Mattie(Martha Ann)Eldridge, daughter of Jesse Eldridge and probably his wife Mary Pugh (there is the possiblity of a wife before Mary but I doubt it).Mattie's death record lists only a father named Jesse Eldridge.Mattie was sister to James Eldridge that married Elizabeth Smith.James's son Kendrick Eldridge would visit the family of Mattie's daughter Nancy Jane Ison Ferguson and I have several accounts from relatives who say Kendrick Eldridge claimed strong kinship to Nancy's children. I believe Nancy would have been Kendrick's first cousin.Henry Jefferson Skaggs wife after Susanah Eldridge was Minerva Jane Maxie (on the 1880 Elliott County census she was listed as Menerva J. Maxey age 10.)The family is listed as follows, William Maxey age 43, Sarah age 29, Menerva J. age 10 with other children listed there also.Nerva was a common nickname for folks named Minerva, and somehow it morfed into Norvie which is on her death record. According to online infoMinerva was married previous to Henry Skaggs to Calvin Gibson.A marriage to someone named Spencer, first name unknown, is also listed. I don't yet have any of the marriage records except for Henry Skaggs's marriage to Susaneater Eldridge. There is a child age 5 named Riley Gibson on the 1900 Elliott County census with William and Sarah Maxey. By 1910 they use the name Maxie.I have eleven children for William Riley Maxie and Mary Sarah Eldridge with more info on all but two.I use the name Mary Sarah Eldridge because on the 1850 census, she is Mary but on all records after that she shows up as Sarah or Sallie.She was the d/o James Eldridge and Jane Cotton.I have also tried to unravel the Cotton family, not an easy job either.I have not gotten any emails, did you use [email protected]?
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Re: Suseanter "Susie" Eldridge, Morgan Co., KY
Christie Trent 5/16/10
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Hope Doyle 5/16/10
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Christie Trent 5/16/10
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Re: Suseanter "Susie" Eldridge, Morgan Co., KY