Person:Nancy Dugger (6)

Watchers
m. Bet 1830 and 1838
  1. Eli Thomas DuggerAbt 1837 - 1870
  2. John D DuggerAbt 1839 - Aft 1850
  3. Nancy Melinda Dugger1842 - 1899
  4. Permelia T DuggerAbt 1846 - Aft 1850
  5. Jesse Fowler Dugger1848 - 1925
  6. James Martin Dugger1849 - 1926
  7. Lawson Dugger1851 - 1922
  8. Parks DuggerAbt 1853 -
  9. Hannah E. Dugger1856 - 1923
  10. Delilah Drunetta Dugger1858 - 1937
  • WNancy Melinda Dugger1842 - 1899
  1. Eliza Ella "Ellie" Dugger1865 -
Facts and Events
Name Nancy Melinda Dugger
Gender Female
Birth? 1842 Knox, Kentucky, United States
Marriage to Unknown
Death? 10 Sep 1899 Fellsburg, Edwards, Kansas, United States
Burial? Trotter Cemetery, near Lewis, Edwards, Kansas, United States
    Nancy Melinda Dugger was born in 1842 per her tombstone at Trotter Cemetery near Lewis, Edwards CO., Kansas. The daughter of Amos and Sarah Owens Dugger per the 1850 and 1860 Federal Census. Nancy is listed as Lynn on the Amos Dugger Family sheet written by grand nieces Leoma Trotter Smith and Ester Trotter Stinson. 
  Nancy is listed with her parents on the 1850 Federal Census with her parents in Knox CO., KY

7th Census of the United States - 1850 Knox Co, KY Page 379, House # 818, Family # 834 Dugger Amos 36 M W Farmer NC Dugger Sarah 33 F W KY Dugger Nancy 8 F W KY

   Nancy is listed on the 1860 Federal Census with her parents in Barbourville, Knox CO., Kentucky

8th Census of the United States - 1860 Barbourville Twp Knox Co, KY Page 108-9, Dwelling # 713, Dugger Amus 45 M W Farmer $1000 NC Dugger Sulla 44 F W KY Dugger Malinda 18 F W KY

    Nancy moved with her parents, siblings and Aunt Lucy and her son to Momroe CO., Indiana in 1863 and later to Parke CO., Indiana. In  April 1865 gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Ella Dugger out of wedlock. The proof she had a daughter are the Amos Dugger Family sheet where Ellie Dugger is listed as her daughter. Nancy's daughter is also proven through her Uncle Lawson's family. Who raised Nancy's daughter and the father are mysteries. Nancy very well could have raised her in her father Amos's home and been hidden her for in the 1870 Federal Census Eliza is not listed. Nancy is listed in her father Amos's household in Brdgeton, Raccoon Twp., Parke CO., Indiana, page #148, Dwellimg #22.

Dugger Nancy M., age 25, Female,White, Keeping House. Born KY

  On the 1880 Federal Census Nancy is living with her father Amos and brother Lawson in Raccoon Twp., Parke CO., Indiana.
10th Census of the United States - 1880
Name Relationship Age Sex Race Marital Statu Occupation Real $ Birth Place Father Birth Place Mother Birth Place
Raccoon Twp.,Parke Co, IN
Page 26, E.D. # 183,
Dugger Amos B. Self 36 M W W Farmer NC NC NC
Dugger Melinda Daughter 35 F W S Keeping House KY NC KY
Dugger Lawson Son 25 M W S Works on Farm KY NC KY
    In 1883 Nancy moved with her father and other family members to Kansas on ox drawn wagons per the Amos Dugger Family sheet. First to Reno CO., then to Edwards CO., in the spring of 1885. Living on a farm with her father Amos and nephew James Thomas in Fellsburg next to her brother Jesse Fowler and family. 
  On the 1895 Kansas State Argriculture Census she is living in Franklin Twp., Edwards Co., Kansas. 
Kansas State Argriculture Census - 1895
Name Age Sex Birth Place
Franklin Twp.,Edwards Co, KS
Page 7, VOL. # 183,
Dugger J.T. 24 M IN
Dugger A. B. 81 M KY
Dugger N.A. 43 F KY

N.A. Dugger is most likely Nancy.

Nancy died died September 10, 1899 per her burial card in the Kinsley, Kansas Public Library and her tombstone at Trotter Cemetery near Lewis, Kansas. Only the year on both. Most likely she died at the farm in Franklin Twp, Fellsburg, Edwards County, Kansas.