BIO:  SCROGIN, Joseph H., s/o John H. & Lucinda (Bruce) Scrogin

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

SCROGIN   BRUCE   GANO   

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co.  1886

JOSEPH H. SCROGIN is a son of John H. and Lucinda (Bruce) Scrogin, who were
natives of Kentucky and Indiana, respectively, and born in 1809.  In early
life the father came to this neighborhood, where he grew to manhood and was
married May 5, 1835.  He followed agricultural pusuits and assisted in the
early Indian wars.  He died March 3, 1848 and the mother February 21, 1870.
Our subject was born in Knox County in 1836.  In boyhood he had almost no
opportunities for schooling, but on reaching manhood he worked his own way
in school at Ladoga, Ind.  In 1861, at the breaking out of the war, he
enlisted in Company H, Fifty-first Indiana Infantry, and of seventeen months'
service over half was spent in the hospital with rheumatism.  He was honor-
ably discharged, and returned home and clerked for Roberts & Baird in Bruce-
ville.  Some two years later he tried farming, but finding his physical
strength insufficient he abandoned farming and for over two years was
disabled by rheumatism.  In 1879 he set up for himself in the mercantile
business in which he has since engaged.  In 1866 he was married to Nancy J.
Gano, born in Knox County in 1837.  They have five children, viz:  Mattie B.,
Lucinda M., George W., Anna and Rosie.  Mattie is one of the rising teachers
of the county.  Husband and wife, and two eldest children are members of the
Christian Church.  Mr. Scrogin is a warm Republican and cast his first vote
for Lincoln.  He is a good business man and one who bears the confidence 
of all.
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