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Rev. H. H. Scaggs, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Rogers, Ark., was born August 11, 1840, in Henry County, Ind. His parents, Samuel Scaggs and Virginia Johnson, were natives of West Virginia. The father was a carpenter by occupation, and in the year 1848 was elected as county clerk in Randolph County, Ind., but only lived a few days after the election. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. The mother died in 1840 and the father in 1848. Our subject was the youngest of five children; was reared and educated in the Hoosier State. After attaining a suitable age he began teaching in the public schools of Indiana and Iowa, following this profession for about four years. In 1864 he entered the Nebraska Conference, first as a supply on Elkhorn Circuit, and was returned the next year; from there was sent to Saltillo charge for one year, and from that to Blue River. Was ordained deacon that year at Plattsmouth, Neb., by Bishop Kingsley. The next year he took a certificate of location and returned to Indiana and supplied the Burlington Circuit one year in East Lafayette District, Northwest Indiana Conference. Remained two years in Indiana and then went to Columbus, Kans., and engaged in his occupation as a mechanic (jeweler), working through the week and preaching on Sundays. One year he was a supply at Columbus, and after that traveled one year as a supply on Columbus Circuit with another minister. In the spring of 1880, owing to failing health, he went to Eureka Springs, Ark., where he remained until February, 1883, when, being so much improved, he joined the Arkansas Conference and was given charge of the Wheeler Circuit for two years, then the West Fork Circuit, Marble City and Mason Valley, In February, 1888, he was stationed at Rogers, Ark., as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he is now at work. Rev. Scaggs has been married twice; first to Lydia R. Ford, of Baltimore. Md., by whom he had five children, three of whom died in infancy. Samuel H. Scaggs, the oldest, is a jeweler by occupation, but is now engaged as a drummer for C. H. Knights & Co., of Chicago, Ill. Allie G. Scaggs married William Carse, and is living in St. Louis, Mo. In 1887 our subject married Miss Lucinda C. Beard, of Frankfort, Ind. Mr. Scaggs is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and in his political views supports the principles of the Republican party.