Story On The Scoggins---Scroggins FAMILY

Buford was born in Navarro County just out of Corsicana. I met Buford when he came to work at Magnolia Oil Company, which was a pumping station near where we lived on a rice farm out of Katy. He came out there to work the Mans vacation, it took eight (8) weeks and I met him soon after he came there in 1929.
    I married Buford Scroggins February 2, 1930 I was eighteen (18) in June, 1930 and Buford was 28.
    A few things I recall about my husband's family I really loved my mother-in-law, Mary Belle, she was a large woman, never wanted any fussing and never had anything except eight (8) children after she married "Budge" Scoggins her family disowned her because they said Scoggins were no good Indians that only wanted to fish and hunt and never worked , and I met several that was just that way. However I never knew "Budge", he died a year before I met Buford.
    When social security became a law 1935 Buford and Steve had the letter "R" put in their name. So the name became "Scroggins". However The one brother and five (5) sisters never changed or did Mrs. Scoggins. Mrs. Scoggins was called "Big Belle" by the local people, she was at least 5'10" weight 180 pounds very Irish in looks, blonde hair and blue eyes. Late in life two (2) of her sisters came to see her, they were as large as Belle. The Scoggins children, all eight (8) were hard workers so they didn't take too much after the Scoggins family.
    The family always lived around Corsicana, Texas. Belle lived to be 94 years old

                                                                                                                 Perry Lee Andress Scroggins

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