John Preston Skaggs

1941 - 1969  (27 years)

• Name	John Preston Skaggs  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	24 Oct 1941	Missouri, USA   [1, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Aug 1969	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [1, 5, 6]
  	Cause: Homicide: Murdered by Michael Guill
  	Gunshot wound
  		News (Fatality)-SKAGGS John (Murdered by Michael Guille) Fatally Wounded -- Newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 10 Aug 1969 - Page 30
  Burial	Leadwood Cemetery, Leadwood, St Francois, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I15104	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Harry Clifford Skaggs,   b. 13 Mar 1912, Quaker, Washington, Missouri, USA d. 19 Mar 1991, John J Cochran Veterans Hospital, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Roxie Margaret Hulsey,   b. 18 Jul 1911, Missouri, USA d. 4 Apr 1993, Farmington, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	16 Jul 1932	St Francois County, Missouri, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F10988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Oct 1941 - Missouri, USA Death - Cause: Homicide: Murdered by Michael Guill - 9 Aug 1969 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News

  News (Fatality)-SKAGGS John (Murdered by Michael Guille) Fatally Wounded -- Newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 10 Aug 1969 - Page 30

  
  

  Obituaries

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S11142] Find a Grave: SKAGGS John P 1941-1969, John Preston Skaggs. Son of Roxie Hulsey and Harry Skaggs https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37603323/john-preston-skaggs [S768] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Clifford Skaggs • Flat River Daily Journal - Oct 2004, (Name: The Daily Journal; Location: Flat River, Missouri; Date: 28 Oct 2004;), Obituary of Clifford Van Skaggs. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40318245/the_daily_journal/?xid=637 At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S4589] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Harry Skaggs • Flat River Daily Journal - 20 Mar 1991, Harry Clifford Skaggs -- The Daily Journal; Publication Date: 20/ Mar/ 1991; Publication Place: Flat River, Missouri. https://www.newspapers.com/image/418294234/?article=08aff3fd-e433-4992-816a-b5b98a1372b1&focus=0.5227446,0.81232166,0.67538124,0.96 [S10388] Ancestry.com, Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Birth Index, 1920-1999. [S10021] Ancestry.com, Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Missouri Office of the Secretary of State; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969. https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates#searchDB Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971 Missouri Office of the Secretary of State; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969 [S700] Newspapers.com: Death (Homicide) of SKAGGS John • St Louis Post-Dispatch - Aug 1969, (Name: Post-Dispatch; Location: St Louis MO; Date: 10 Aug 1969;), Fatally Wounded. John Preston Skaggs, 27 years old, 3131 Iowa Street, was fatally wounded yesterday in a quarrel with Michael Guill, 6925 Vermont Avenue, over Guilt's wife, Mrs. Mary Guill. Skaggs, a laborer, was dead on arrival at City Hospital. Guill was booked suspected of murder. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40286738/st_louis_postdispatch/?xid=637 News (Fatality)-SKAGGS John (Murdered by Michael Guille) Fatally Wounded -- Newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 10 Aug 1969 - Page 30 [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO ; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]