Charles Wesley Staggs

Male13 March 1853–3 December 1934

Brief Life History of Charles Wesley

When Charles Wesley Staggs was born on 13 March 1853, in Fox, Fleming, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Franklin Staggs, was 52 and his mother, Mary Ann Jordan, was 34. He married Nancy Jane Williams on 23 January 1874, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wallingford, Fleming, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and District 2, Spencer, Kentucky, United States in 1930. He died on 3 December 1934, in Sandford, Fleming, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Fleming, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Wesley Staggs
1853–1934
Nancy Jane Williams
1853–1934
Marriage: 23 January 1874
James Dudley Staggs
1874–1975
Lillie Staggs
1876–1945
Early Staggs
1878–1959
Ollie Thomas Staggs
1879–1972
Tullie Staggs
1881–1945
William M Staggs
1884–1937
Myrtle Staggs
1893–1993

Sources (22)

  • Charles Staggs in household of Polly Staggs, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Charles M. Staggs, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
  • Chas. W. Staggs, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 January 1874Fleming, Kentucky, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1861

    Age 8

    Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

    1863

    Age 10

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 22

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English (Middlesex and Essex): variant of Stagg , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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