1866 - 1957 (90 years)
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Name |
Ora Ella Scaggs |
- (First name given as Ora, Oria, Orie, and Orrie, with last name sometimes spelled Skaggs or Scags.)
- View Old Error Info re Ella's Parents (previously shown on this site and elsewhere on the Internet)
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Born |
7 Aug 1866 |
Lawrence Co, IL [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
04 Mar 1957 |
IL |
Buried |
New Bethel Cemetery, Bellmont, Wabash Co, IL |
Person ID |
I2741 |
adkinshorton |
Last Modified |
7 Mar 2020 |
Father |
Thomas Scaggs, b. 29 May 1835, IL , d. 3 Sep 1910 (Age 75 years) |
Mother |
Mary Ellen Turner, b. Est 1842, IL |
Married |
25 Jun 1857 |
Lawrence Co, IL |
- I have not found a marriage record for Thomas Scaggs & Mary E. Turner. Five children listed here all show both of them as their parents. Some children used the Scaggs spelling, and some used Skaggs. (25 June 1857 is not documented)
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Documents |
 | 1860-IL Census, Christy Township, Lawrence Co, IL << View United States Federal Census Help >>
• Thomas Scaggs & Mary E. Turner with son
• Henry Scaggs & Nancy Richardson
• William Scaggs & Sarah Brown |
Family ID |
F1101 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Walter Wade Couch, b. 23 Jan 1861, Lancaster, Wabash Co, IL , d. 27 Jul 1922, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, IN (Age 61 years) |
Married |
17 Oct 1883 |
Richland Co, IL [2, 3] |
- Marriage date from pages watched by "TheCouches" on WeRelate.org wiki for Walter and Ella.
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Children |
+ | 1. Glen Couch, b. 07 Jul 1884, Belmont, Wabash, IL , d. 8 Jul 1971 (Age 87 years) |
| 2. Lula COUCH, b. Feb 1887, IL , d. Yes, date unknown |
+ | 3. Hattie Mable COUCH, b. 01 Oct 1888, Richland Co, IL , d. 18 Sep 1967, Mt. Carmel, Wabash Co, IL (Age 78 years) |
+ | 4. Alva Couch, b. 06 Jul 1890, Olympia, Thurston Co, WA , d. 17 Feb 1923, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, CA (Age 32 years) |
| 5. Mollie Mae Couch, b. 8 Jun 1892, WA , d. 12 May 1978 (Age 85 years) |
+ | 6. Rollie William Couch, b. 17 Sep 1894, IL , d. Sep 1967, Cutler Cemetery, Cutler, Perry Co, IL (Age 72 years) |
+ | 7. Levi Walter Couch, b. Jul 1897, IL , d. 26 Sep 1976, CA (Age ~ 79 years) |
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Photos
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 | Walter Wade Couch & Ora Ella Skaggs Couch
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 | Ora Ella Berninger & daughter, Hattie Couch Gray in Family Group
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 | Ora Ella Berninger & daughter, Hattie Mable Couch Gray - 1944
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Documents
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 | Illinois Statewide Marriage Index - COUCH • Quick View of Families (maximize browser for better viewing)
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 | Walter Wade Couch & Orrie Ella Scaggs - 1883 Marriage Record
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 | 1900-IL Census, District 87, Lick Prairie Precinct, Wabash Co, IL << View United States Federal Census Help >>
• Walter Wade Couch & Ora Ella Skaggs with children
• Nelson Wood & Mary E. Ulm |
 | 1910-AR Census, District 52, Saline Township, Drew Co, AR << View United States Federal Census Help >>
Walter Wade Couch & Ora Ella Skaggs with children |
 | 1920-IL Census, Bellmont Village, Bellmont Township, Wabash Co, IL << View United States Federal Census Help >>
Walter Wade Couch & Ora Ella Skaggs |
Headstones |
 | Walter Wade Couch & Ora Ella Skaggs (Couch Berninger) gravetsone |
Last Modified |
26 Nov 2017 |
Family ID |
F19864 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
William Berninger, Jr., b. 3 Mar 1844, PA , d. 19 Apr 1931, Mt. Carmel, Wabash Co, IL (Age 87 years) |
Married |
15 Nov 1933 |
- The information I have from family for William's marriage to Ora Ella is 15 Nov 1933; however, William's gravestone shows him as having died in 1931. More documentation of this marriage is needed (although it is certain that it took place). As her first husband, Walter, died in 1922, it is likely their marriage was in 1923. (research needed)
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Family ID |
F27836 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- It is unclear where Ella was at the time of the 1880 Census in Illinois. Two census records have been found as possibilities.
1. 1880-IL Census, District 169, Claremont Township, Richland Co, IL
---An Ella Scagg is found in the household of William Bailey as a servant. However, Ella's family is in Coffee Precinct in Wabash County.
2. 1880-IL Census, District 124, Coffee Precinct, Wabash Co, IL
---An Ellen Scags is found in the household of John Degan, Sr. as a granddaughter. It does not seem likely that John was a grandfather in some way to Ella.
It may well be that neither of these is Ora Ella Skaggs (whose surname was given as Scaggs at times). Interestingly, a Garrett Bailey family was living next door to where Ella lived with her siblings and parents in 1870 in Coffee Precinct. It could be that a relative of this Bailey (perhaps close to the Scaggs family) was in need of assistance or the Scaggs family needed additional income, and Ella lived there helping out for a time, although she was only 14 at the time.
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Sources |
- [S18718] 1900 US Census, 4113808-603/7/224 Lick Prairie IL.
- [S18718] 1900 US Census.
- [S18728] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900, 003/0086 #00000128 Richland.
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