DISPROVAL OF PARENTAL CONNECTION of JAMES MINER SKAGGS re ORA ELLA SCAGGS (and as husband of Elizabeth Compton)

It is believed that James Miner Skaggs probably did not marry. It is known that he died during the Civil War. Below is the record of his interment at Jefferson City, Missouri National Cemetery in 1861, five years before the birth of Ora Ella Scaggs. Additional documents: Photo or gravestone at Jefferson City, MO, and page 2 of the application for pension by his mother as a widow, Barbara Rose [Ellen] Skaggs.