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Ruth Skaggs "Old Cherry" Elkins 1728–1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1728 to 1733

Birth Location: Smythe or Montgomery County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1778 or 1806 or 1840(?)

Death Location: Smythe or Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia or Sloan, Floyd County, Kentucky USA

Father: Ralph Elkins

Mother: Frances ELKINS

Spouse(s): John Bishop, John Skaggs

Children(s): Virginia Skaggs)

Ruth Skaggs "Old Cherry" Elkins was born in 1728 in Smythe or Montgomery County, Virginia, USA, the child of Ralph Elkins And Frances Browne Elkins. Ruth Skaggs "Old Cherry" Elkins married John Hans Johannes Bischoff Bishop, John Skaggs, and had children including Virginia Darkey Gothrin Bishop Or Skaggs. Ruth Skaggs "Old Cherry" Elkins passed away in 1778 in Smythe or Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia or Sloan, Floyd County, Kentucky USA.

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Biography

  • Ruth Skaggs "Old Cherry" Elkins was born in 1728 in Smythe or Montgomery County, Virginia, USA, the child of Ralph Elkins And Frances Browne Elkins.
  • Ruth Skaggs "Old Cherry" Elkins married John Hans Johannes Bischoff Bishop, John Skaggs, and had children including Virginia Darkey Gothrin Bishop Or Skaggs.
  • Ruth Skaggs "Old Cherry" Elkins passed away in 1778 in Smythe or Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia or Sloan, Floyd County, Kentucky USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ralph Elkins
1700–1778
Birth Location: Stafford, Virginia Colony, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Frances ELKINS
1702–1796
Birth Location: Stafford, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

John Bishop
1731–1775
Birth Location: Oberhausen, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
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John Skaggs
1728–1829
Birth Location: , Orange, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Virginia Skaggs)
1770–1830
Birth Location: Montgomery, Virginia, USA
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Ruth Elkins's Ancestors

Self
Ruth Elkins
1728–1778
Birth Place: Smythe or Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Ralph Elkins
1700–1778
Stafford, Virginia Colony, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Frances (Browne) ELKINS
1702–1796
Stafford, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ruth Elkins's Descendants

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Ruth (Skaggs "Old Cherry") Elkins (1728 to 1733–1778 or 1806 or 1840(?)) m. John ((Hans Johannes Bischoff)) Bishop (7 Apr 1731–15 May 1775) m. John Skaggs (1728–Abt. 1829)
  1. 1. Virginia (Darkey Gothrin Bishop (or) Skaggs) 1770–1830 m. Owen O'Donnell 1775–1828
    1. 1. Isaac O'Daniel 1805–1890 m. Rebecca Shrader 1802–1888
      1. 1. Martha (Jane) O`Daniel 1827–1911 m. Samuel (Clinton) Marrs 1829–1890
        1. 1. Margaret (Maggie) Marrs 1867–1956 m. Robert (Fulton) Adkins 1856–1935

Ruth Elkins's Timeline

2 Records

1728
1728 to 1733
Birth of Ruth Skaggs "Old Cherry" Elkins in Smythe or Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Smythe or Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
1778
1778 or 1806 or 1840(?)
Age 50
Death of Ruth Skaggs "Old Cherry" Elkins in Smythe or Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia or Sloan, Floyd County, Kentucky USA
Smythe or Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia or Sloan, Floyd County, Kentucky USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1728 to 1733
    Event Place: Smythe or Montgomery County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1778 or 1806 or 1840(?)
    Event Place: Smythe or Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia or Sloan, Floyd County, Kentucky USA
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