| Name |
Alexander "Aleck" Scaggs, 1C3R |
| Birth |
abt 1871, Kentucky |
| Death |
4 Dec 1939, Lovington, Illinois |
| Father |
Henry C. Scaggs (1848-1928) |
| Mother |
Samantha Slusher (1852-1901) |
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| Marriage |
abt 1893, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
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| Spouse |
Sarah A. Caudill, 1C2R |
| Birth |
29 Dec 1870, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
4 Jan 1949, Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky |
| Father |
Abel Caudill (1843-1925) |
| Mother |
Mary Ann Hall (1849-1927) |
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| Children |
| 1 M |
Luther Scaggs, 2C1R |
| Birth |
12 Aug 1895, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
Aug 1954, Longview, Gregg Co., Texas |
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| 3 F |
Pearl Scaggs, 2C1R |
| Birth |
Feb 1899, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
4 Jan 1949, Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky |
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| Notes for Alexander "Aleck" Scaggs |
| Alexander Scaggs entered Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1901. Graduated in 1906. He practiced medicine in Morehead from Aug 1906 through Sept 1916, then moved to Lovington, Illinois, and practiced there until his death. |
| Census |
1900 census of Rowan Co., Hoggtown precinct, p. 241A, lists as family #188/191:
Scaggs, Alex, 28, b. July 1871, farmer; Sarah, wife, 29, b. Dec 1870; married 5 years, 3 children, 3 living; Luther, son, 4, b. Aug 1895; Hannah May, dau, 2, b. July 1897; Pearly, dau, 1, b. Feb 1899. All born Ky Ky Ky. |
| Notes for Sarah A. Caudill |
Sarah and her daughter Pearl were killed in a car accident in Lewisburg, on the way from their home in Kankakee, Illinois to the funeral of Sarah's twin brother Sam. They were all buried the same day.
Their joint obituary in the Morehead news contains the paragraph:
"Mrs. Scaggs was the wife of Dr. Aleck Scaggs who practiced in Morehead several years before moving to Lovington, Ill. He died in 1944. They are the parents of Hannah Maurer wife of Dr. Siegfried Maurer of Chicago, Luther Scaggs of Long View, Tx, and Harold Scaggs of Amarillo, Tx." |
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