Martha Elizabeth Buckles was born on 8. Feb. 1865 at near, Lake Fork, Logan County, Illinois. She was the daughter of
Jeremiah Birks Buckles and
Mary Copeland. Martha Elizabeth Buckles married
Russell Franklin Scroggin, son of
Russell Shelby Scroggin and
Elizabeth Lucas, on 3. Jan. 1884 at Mount Pulaski Church, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.
Martha Elizabeth Buckles appeared on the census of 19. Apr. 1910 at Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois,
; a widow
2 children, 2 living.
Martha Elizabeth Buckles appeared on the census of 17. Jan. 1920 at with her son Donald, Portsmouth, Shelby County, Iowa.
Martha Elizabeth Buckles appeared on the census of 1925 at with her son Donald, Portsmouth, Shelby County, Iowa.
Martha Elizabeth Buckles appeared on the census of 3. Apr. 1930 at with her son Donald, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
She died on 3. Jul. 1956 at Baldwin, Missouri, at age 91.
Obituary - Mount Pulaski Times-News, 5 July 1956
MARTHA E. SCROGGIN DIED TUESDAY, JULY 3 AT BALLWIN, MO.
Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Scroggin, a native of Mount Pulaski vicinity, died at 1215 a.m. on Tuesday, July 3, 1956, in a nursing home in Ballwin, Mo., where she had been a patient for some time. Her health had been failing for some time. She was aged 91 years, 3 months, and 25 days.
Decedent was born Feb. 8, 1865 on a farm southwest of Mount Pulaski, near Lake Fork, a daughter of Jerry and Mary Copeland Buckles, Logan County pioneers. There were 11 children in this well-known family, and she was the last member of the family.
During the late 1880's, she was united in marriage to Russell Franklin Scroggin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Scroggin of the Mount Pulaski community. The wedding took place in the Mount Pulaski Christian Church. They farmed near the city several years, then moved to Portsmouth, Iowa, where Mr. Scroggin started a bank. In 1898, when on a trip from Portsmouth to Crown Point, Ind., to consult a well-known physician concerning his health, Mr. Scroggin passed away.
Mrs. Scroggin and children, Dessa and Donald, came from Iowa to Lincoln, Ill., and resided a few years, the children attending school there. They later returned to Iowa to make their home. Since 1933, Mrs. Scroggin had made her home most of the time with her daughter, Dessa, wife of Col. Henry M. van Hook, in Clayton, a suburb of St. Louis, Mo.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. van Hook, decedent is survived by a son, Donald R. Scroggin, of Lake Forest, north of Chicago; and three grandchildren. There are many relatives living in the Mount Pulaski area.
The body arrived in Mount Pulaski at 3 a.m. Wednesday, over the Illinois Central Railroad, and was taken to the Schahl Funeral Home, where funeral services were held at 1030 a.m. Thursday, July 5, conducted by Rev. John M. Webb, pastor of the Christian Church. Appropriate organ music was played by Mrs. Frank E. Turley.
Burial was in the Steenbergen Cemetery, four miles southwest of Mount Pulaski. Pallbearers, all relatives, were Keith Rothwell, Leroy K. Buckles Jr., Henry Frank Buckles, Harry van Hook, Dee Buckles, and Marshall Ridgeway.
She was buried at Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.