Brief Life History of Celia
When Celia Skaggs was born on 9 March 1847, in Green, Kentucky, United States, her father, Henry D Skaggs, was 25 and her mother, Virginia Jane Underwood, was 27. She married James Jefferson Bell on 4 February 1864, in Taylor, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 3 Otter Creek, LaRue, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Buffalo, LaRue, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 2 January 1937, in LaRue, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Larue, Clay, Kentucky, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Celia Skaggs in household of Jane Skaggs, "United States Census, 1850"
- Celia Skaggs, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Celia Belle Salsman, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
Spouse and Children
1846–1915 Male
1847–1937 Female
Children (6)
1866– Male
1867–1951 Female
1870–1953 Male
1871– Male
1873–1958 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1821–1894 Male
1820–1865 Female
Siblings (4)
1841–1865 Female
1843–1856 Female
1847–1937 Female
1848– Female
World Events (8)
1848
Age 1
1863
Age 16
1872 · The First National Park
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: variant of Skeggs, itself a variant, with post-medieval excrescent -s, of Skegg, a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English skegg ‘beard’ (Old Scandinavian skegg), for someone with a beard. Compare Scaggs .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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