Family: William Scroggins / Olly Best (F1582)

• Father | Male William Scroggins

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Married	Between 1850-1852  [1, 2]
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Olly Best

  
  

  Born	6 Aug 1833	Illinois, USA
  Died	11 Jan 1852	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
  Buried
  Father	William Best | F1576 Group Sheet
  Mother	Catherine Tatum | F1576 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Olly appears in the 1850 Macoupin County census with her parents, age 15. Her cemetery stone names her as the wife of William Scroggins, who died on 11 January 1852. No record has yet been found of their marriage. Although her birth date, which calculates to approximately 1835 in the 1850 census, and the one on her cemetery stone of 6 August 1833 are in conflict, the conflict is not beyond the normal range of error for a birthdate from two such sources. The cemetery stone is more likely to be accurate, but both either could be in error.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1811] 1850 U.S. census, Madison County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 6N 7W, p. 867 (penned, verso), p. 440 (stamped, verst), dwelling 31, family 31, William Best householdt; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 November 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 119. [S1818] "Staunton City Cemetery, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 November 2011), entry for Ollie (Best) Scroggins (1852).