BIO: SCOGGAN, John, s/o Samuel & Lucy (Martin) Scoggan Submitted by: Diana Flynn SCOGGAN MARTIN NOLAN AUSTIN SMITH MITCHELL GRAY HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA GOODSPEED BROS.1884 JOHN SCOGGAN was born in this township (Shawswick Twp., Lawrence County, Indiana) December 10, 1831, the fourth of ten children of SAMUEL and LUCY (MARTIN) SCOGGAN, natives of KENTUCKY. Each of the parents was the eldest of his or her father's family, and is the only one now living. They came to this State at the early date of 1828, when the country was yet a wilderness. John had no such school advantages as exist at present, but managed to secure the rudiments. His youth was passed without event on his fahter's farm at hard work. January 11, 1855, he married ELIZABETH (AUSTIN) NOLAN, and nine children are the issue, seven now living: THOMAS W., who married MARY I. SMITH; MARGARET M., who married JESSE MITCHELL, JR.; KATHARINE B., who became the wife of HUGH GRAY: SARAH A., who married SAMUEL E. MITCHELL; SUSAN E., CLARA M. and ALBERT W. Mr. Scoggan is a successful farmer and owns 195 acres of good land. He is a Republican in politics, and one of the county's best and most influential farmers. ************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.