GENERATION 5 cont.
ELI WOOD (Lucretia Jane Skaggs4, John3, Thomas 2, Richard1) b. Feb 15 1810 VAd. after 1870 WV
m. JANE NICHOLAS Oct 18 1832 Monroe Co VA b. 1812 VA d. after 1870 WV
Census: 1850 Fayette Co VA occ: blacksmith; 1860 Mtn Cove Fayette Co WV occ: merchant & farmer; 1870 Mtn Cove Fayette Co WV occ: Baptist Minister
1880 Virgil Vernon Co MO Jane age 68 disabled in a fall, living with son Gradison
Children of Eli and Jane
JOHN NICHOLAS WOOD b. Sept 15 1833 d. July 16 1862 age 28
LUCRETIA JANE WOOD b. March 10 1835 d. May 24 1890
GRADISON WOOD b. Feb 1837 VA d. after 1900 WV
m. (1) SARAH M MCCOY 1860 VA b. 1845 VA d. July 17 1870 VA age 25
Child: JANE L WOOD b. Sept 24 1878 WV
m. (2) E LOUISA 1870-1880 divorced before 1900 b. 1851
Census: 1870 Mtn Cove Fayette Co WV occ: merchant; 1880 Virgil Vernon
Co MO; 1900 Denver Arapahoe Co age 63 div occ: day laborer
OLIVER WOOD b. 1840
EZRA WOOD b. 1842 VA
ANN WOOD b. 1845 VA
MILES M WOOD b. 1847
ELLA JANE WOOD b. 1850
VIRGINIA WOOD b. 1852 VA
JOHN WOOD (Lucretia Jane Skaggs4, John3, Thomas 2, Richard1) b. 1814 VA d. Nov 1887 Ansted Fayette Co WV
m. ELIZABETH MCMULLEN/MCMILLIAN b. 1816 WV
Census: 1870 Mtn Cove Fayette Co WV Occ: farmer; 1880 Mtn Cove Fayette Co WV occ: carpenter
Children of John and Elizabeth
ANN H WOOD b. April 1837 d. 1902
EURA (ELLEN) WOOD b. 1838 d. Dec 26 1890
CHARLES D WOOD b. 1844
LUCRETIA WOOD b. 1845
ELI M WOOD b. 1846
MARY MARGARET WOOD b. 1848 d. 1925
GRANVILLE WOOD b. 1849
JOHN W WOOD b. 1851
HUDSON M WOOD b. 1854 d. Aug 12 1938
JAMES H WOOD b. 1854 Fayette Co VA
JOSHUA WOOD b. 1858
CATHERINE S WOOD (Lucretia Jane Skaggs4, John3, Thomas 2, Richard1) b. 1817 Monroe Co VA
m. HARRISON A FOX SR (son of JOHN FOX and LUCINDA (LUCY) MATTHEWS) Jan 13 1839 Fayette Co WV b. 1809 Fayette Co WV d. 1853 Fayette Co WV
Census: 1850 Fayette Co VA occ: carpenter
Children of Catherine and Harrison
SARAH JANE FOX b. 1841 d. before 1899
JAMES A FOX b. 1843 Fayette Co WV
HARRISON A FOX JR b. June 1845 d. Sept 30 1927
MARY POLLY FOX b. 1849 Fayette Co WV
MARSHALL WOOD (Lucretia Jane Skaggs4, John3, Thomas 2, Richard1) b. 1829 d. 1899 WV
m. (1) NANCY 1853 WV
m. (2) ELIZABETH MASTERS 1859 WV Fayette Co WV
Census: 1870 Irish corner Greenbrier WV occ: day laborer
Children of Marshall and Nancy
IDA LUCRETIA WOOD b. 1854 VA
MARY ALICE WOOD b. 1855 VA
Children of Marshall and Elizabeth
MARGARET J WOOD b. 1859 VA
CHARLES D WOOD b. 1865 VA
WILLIAM M WOOD b. 1869 VA
MATTIE WOOD b. 1873 WV
DAVID WOOD (Lucretia Jane Skaggs4, John3, Thomas 2, Richard1) b. 1832
m. NANCY abt 1849 b. 1836 VA
Census: 1860 Gauley Bridge Fayette Co VA occ: day laborer
Children of David and Nancy
ROBERT WOOD b. 1849 VA
MEREDITH WOOD b. 1850 VA
DELILAH WOOD b. 1854 VA
ANDREW ANDERSON SKAGGS (John Henry4, John3, Thomas 2, Richard1) b. Oct 2 1818 VA d. Jan 12 1896 age 77 Monroe Co WV ( Its said that he died on his wedding anniversary )
m. MARTHA ANN MADDY (dau of JACOB MADDY and NANCY NEAL) Jan 7 1843 b. Dec 22 1823 WV d. July 18 1905 age 81
both buried Methodist Church Cemetery Greenville WV
Andrew was a Confederate Veteran. He served in Co F of the 26th Cavalry.
They lived on a portion of the original Skaggs land at Wolf Creek in Wolf Creek Alderson WV
Census: 1850 Monroe VA occ: farmer; 1860 Peterstown Monroe VA; 1870, 1880 Wolf Creek Monroe Co WV
Children of Andrew and Martha
VIRGINIA EMALINE SKAGGS b. April 8 1844 d. Aug 15 1926
JOHN M SKAGGS b. Aug 22 1846 Wolf Creek Monroe Co VA d. Dec 19 1846 Wolf Creek Monroe Co VA
NANCY E SKAGGS b. Dec 13 1847 Wolf Creek Monroe Co VA d. April 12 1848 Wolf Creek Monroe Co VA buried Greenville Cemetery
JAMES PRESTON SKAGGS b. April 5 1849 d. Oct 21 1929
CHARLES THOMAS SKAGGS b. Nov 9 1859 Monroe Co VA d. Jan 17 1860 Wolf Creek Monroe Co VA buried Greenville Cemetery
EMMA LORRETA SKAGGS b. Jan 2 1861 Monroe Co VA d. of Hemorahage Oct 14 1876 age 15 Wolf Creek Monroe Co WV
ELLA AUGUSTA SKAGGS b. May 8 1864 Monroe Co VA d. June 27 1885 age 21 Wolf Creek Monroe Co WV unknown causes unmarried buried Greenville Cemetery
FRANK ELMOND SKAGGS b. June 4 1871 d. Oct 21 1929
ROBERT CAMPBELL SKAGGS (John Henry4, John3, Thomas 2, Richard1) b. July 3 1820 Monroe Co VA d. June 4 1893 age 72 Greenbrier Co WV buried Forest Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
m. SARAH HINTON (dau of JOHN HINTON and ELEANOR MADDY) April 11 1844 VA b/ Kam 2 1924 Greenbrier Co VA d. of old age Sept 25 1904 age 80 (Monroe Co WV Death Register)
Census: 1850 Monroe Co VA; 1860 Peterstown Monroe VA occ: farmer; 1870, 1880 Wolf Creek Monroe Co WV 1900 Sarah age 76 living with son Charles
Note: Robert was elected as a Justice 1860 Monroe Co VA
Military: Enlisted Dec 1861 1st Sgt age 41 Red Sulphur Springs WV
Prisoner of War-Confederate
Skaggs, Robt C 2nd Lt 21" VA Cav captured Winchester VA Sept 13 1864
Released on Oath June 16 1865
Children of Robert and Sarah
JOHN M SKAGGS b. 1844 VA d. 1861 age 17 buried Forest Hill Methodist Church Cemetery Summers Co WV
JAMES DAVID SKAGGS b. 1846 VA
ROBERT SKAGGS b. 1851 VA d. Oct 9 1861 age 10
MARY E SKAGGS b. 1853 VA d. before 1870 buried Forest Hill Methodist Church Cemetery Summers Co WV
WINFIELD WILLIAM SKAGGS b. 1855 VA d. 1911 age 56
m. ELIZA SUSAN REED Oct 23 1883 WV
SARAH ANN VICTORIA SKAGGS b. Aug 27 1861 VA d. Feb 1945 age 83
m. SAMUEL BENIAH RADER April 15 1896 WV b. 1857 d. 1941 age 84
CHARLES EDWARD SKAGGS b. March 2 1864 d. June 18 1942
ELIZABETH JANE (ELIZA) SKAGGS b. 1866 VA m. JOHN HENRY GREEN
JAMES ADDISON SKAGGS (John Henry4, John3, Thomas 2, Richard1) b. Sept 16 1823 Monroe Co WV d. abt 1896 Monroe Co WV
m. REBECCA LIVELY (dau of JOSEPH LIVELY and POLLY) Feb 19 1844 Monroe Co VA b. Nov 5 1821 Lindside Monroe VA d. Sept 25 1886 Monroe Co WV
Census: 1860 Peterstown Monroe VA occ: farmer; 1870 Red Sulphur Spring Monroe WV; 1880 Pleasant Coffey KS
Children of James and Rebecca
JAMES RUFUS SKAGGS b. March 31 1845 d. June 4 1935
MARGARET MATILDA (MAGGIE) SKAGGS b. April 7 1845 d. July 30 1941
MARY JANE SKAGGS b. Oct 12 1848 d. April 7 1924
SARAH ELLEN SKAGGS b. Nov 24 1849 Monroe Co VA m. JOHN W SHULTZ (son of JOHN SHULTZ and JULIA ANN) May 31 1866 Monroe Co VA b. 1841 Monroe Co VA Children: STEWART F b. 1867;
LOUISA JENNIE b. Oct 17 1869 d. June 14 1945 Hanford CA age 75
Census: 1870 Maple Lawn Springfield Monroe Co WV occ: farm hand
JOHN ALEXANDER SKAGGS b. Feb 27 1852 Monroe Co VA d. Dec 29 1929 Shawnee OK age 77 m. ALMIRA SUSAN SMITH (dau of WILLIAM SMITH and MARGRETE BALLARD) Sept 24 1874 Monroe Co WV b. 1858
LOUISA EMELINE SKAGGS b. July 25 1854 d. July 30 1917
JOSEPH L SKAGGS b. Oct 15 1860 d. Oct 26 1944
ALONZO PIM SKAGGS b. Aug 6 1862 Monroe Co VA d. July 22 1904 Fredonia Wilson KS age 41 m. ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) WILLIAMSON
Sept 29 1886 Fall River twp Wilson KS b. Sept 1869 KS
Child: DELIA BLANCHE SKAGGS b. July 8 1887 KS
ALICE SKAGGS b. 1863 Monroe Co VA
JORDON SKAGGS b. 1865 Monroe Co VA
ALLIE R SKAGGS b. 1867 Monroe Co VA
JOHN M SKAGGS (John Henry4, John3, Thomas 2, Richard1) b. Jan 2 1826 Wolf Creek Monroe Co VA d. of a stroke or paralysis Aug 8 1920 age 94 Danvers McLean Co IL buried Aug 11 1920 Danvers Cemetery Danvers McLean Co IL
m. (1) SARAH ANN YOUNG Nov 4 1851 Danvers IL b. 1831 VA d. July 6 1875 Danvers IL
m. (2) ELIZABETH LITTLE Sept 26 1876 McLean CoIL b. April 1832 OH d. 1800-1920
John M Skaggs Obit
John went to Danvers IL in 1857
Property: He owned 100 acres of land for which he paid $30 per acre. He bought until he had 1100 acres in 1857
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 Danvers McLean IL occ: farmer
He retired in 1893 to Village of Danvers McLean Co IL
Children of John and Sarah
ELIZABETH J SKAGGS b. 1853 d. 1881
ANDREW H SKAGGS b. 1855 VA
AMANDA S SKAGGS b. 1857 VA
LOUIS E SKAGGS b. 1859 IL d. Sept 13 1929 Danvers McLean Co IL
ORLANDER PRESTON SKAGGS b. 1861 IL d. Feb 22 1935 Normal McLean Co IL age 74 m. ELLA V ROBISON Dec 17 1890 McLean Co IL b. Dec 1863 IL Census: 1900 Danvers McLean Co IL occ: farmer
He was in the mortgage-loan business; stockholder and director at the Corn Belt Bank of Bloomington IL; President of the Security State Bank of Ethan SD; ran a 240 acre farm;
They had no children
SARAH E SKAGGS b. 1862 IL
ELIZA JANE YOUNG adopted in 1865-1870 b. 1865 IA
MARTHA C SKAGGS b. 1865 IL
JAMES F YOUNG adopted in 1867-1870 IL b. 1867 IA
JOHN FRANKLIN SKAGGS b. b. Feb 7 1869 IL m. CLARA FREITAG (dau of HENRY FREITAG and SUSAN) b. Minier IL
John was a farmer and raised and bred horses
