 1866 - 1957
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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. Abt 1835, IL , bur. Sumner Cemetery, Sumner, Lawrence Co, IL |
| Mother |
Mary E. Turner, b. Est 1842, IL |
| Married |
- I have not found a marriage record for Thomas Scaggs & Mary E. Turner. The children listed here all show both of them as their parents. Some children used the Scaggs spelling, and some used Skaggs.
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| Documents |
 | 1860-IL Census, Christy Township, Lawrence Co, IL
Thomas Scaggs & Mary E. Turner with son (and with brother's and father's families next door) |
| Family ID |
F1101 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 1 |
Walter Wade Couch, b. 23 Jan 1861, Lancaster, Wabash Co, IL , d. 27 Jul 1922, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, IN |
| 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 |
| | 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 |
| > | 4. Alva Couch, b. 06 Jul 1890, Olympia, Thurston Co, WA , d. 17 Feb 1923, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, CA |
| | 5. Mollie Mae Couch, b. 8 Jun 1892, WA , d. 12 May 1978 |
| > | 6. Rollie William Couch, b. 17 Sep 1894, IL , d. Sep 1967, Cutler Cemetery, Cutler, Perry Co, IL |
| > | 7. Levi Walter Couch, b. Jul 1897, IL , d. 26 Sep 1976, CA |
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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
» Slide Show
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 | Illinois Statewide Marriage Index - COUCH
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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
Walter Wade Couch & Ora Ella Skaggs with children |
 | 1910-AR Census, District 52, Saline Township, Drew Co, AR
Walter Wade Couch & Ora Ella Skaggs with children |
 | 1920-IL Census, Bellmont Village, Bellmont Township, Wabash Co, IL
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 2 |
William Berninger, Jr., b. 3 Mar 1844, PA , d. 19 Apr 1931, Mt. Carmel, Wabash Co, IL |
| 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 |
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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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