James Robert Skaggs, b: 1843

^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}

^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}

^{1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president}
^{1789 French Revolution begins}
^{1798 Irish revolt against English rule}
^{1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor}
^{1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed}


			^{James Lindsay Skaggs}^{b.1784 Virginia d.1859 Grayson, Kentucky}

		^{James Lindsey Skaggs}^{b.1820 Kentucky d.1863 Grayson, Kentucky}	^{Kessiah Ann Witten}^{b.1789 Tazewell, Virginia d.1860 Grayson, Kentucky}

	^{James Robert Skaggs}^{b.1843 Kentucky d.1930 Texas}		^{Robert Patton Gragson}^{b.1796 North Carolina d.1860 Grayson, Kentucky}

		^{Nancy Jane Gragson}^{b.1822 Virginia d.1889 Grayson, Kentucky}	^{Martha Sutton}^{b.1801 North Carolina d.1870 Precincts 3 and 5, Kentucky}

^{Alberta Skaggs}^{b.1875 Grayson, Kentucky d.1910 Roxton, Lamar, Texas}

		^UNK Burns^b.1824 d.

	^{Nancy Ann Burns}^{b.1848 Kentucky d.1930 Texas}		^John Witten^{b.1794 Tazewell, Virginia d.1855 Grayson, Kentucky}

		^{Catherine Witten}^{b.1824 Kentucky d.}	^{Nancy Skaggs}^{b.1787 Green, Elliott, Kentucky d.1870}