Judge Rose MacDonald Skoggs

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Genealogy of Judge Rose MacDonald Skoggs

This genealogical account was constructed from the family information contained in the biography below. No relationships or life facts have been added from outside sources.

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Rose Mortimer Ellzey MacDonald was a native of Lexington, Virginia, and a daughter of Marshall MacDonald and Mary Eliza McCormick MacDonald. Her father was born October 18, 1835, and died September 1, 1895. Her mother was born October 18, 1840, and died February 8, 1934.

On May 31, 1947, at Berryville, Virginia, Rose Mortimer Ellzey MacDonald married J. Lewis Skoggs. The biography identifies Berryville as their residence and does not mention any children.

Family outline

• Rose Mortimer Ellzey MacDonald Skoggs
• Father: Marshall MacDonald
• Mother: Mary Eliza (McCormick) MacDonald
• Husband: J. Lewis Skoggs

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Source

This biography appeared in History of the Shenandoah Valley: Family and Personal Records, Volume III (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1952), pages 13-14.

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Verbatim biography

The following is a faithful transcription of the original biography. OCR errors have been corrected against the printed page images, but the original wording, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and factual claims have not been rewritten.

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JUDGE ROSE MacDONALD SKOGGS, of Berryville, has had a varied and useful career, and her activities have included, in addition to service on the bench of the juvenile and domestic relations court of Clarke County, the authorship of a number of books, a position as librarian, and welfare work. In all of its aspects her career has been well directed to the advancement of her city and her region of the Shenandoah Valley.

Born Rose Mortimer Ellzey MacDonald, she is a native of Lexington, Virginia and a daughter of Marshall and Mary Eliza (McCormick) MacDonald. Her father was born October 18, 1835 and died September 1, 1895, while her mother, born October 18, 1840, survived her husband by many years and died February 8, 1934. Mrs. Skoggs attended Norwood Institute in Washington, D. C., and later entered Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. She completed her formal education with courses at the University of Virginia and William and Mary College.

Mrs. Skoggs began her career as librarian with the United States Bureau of Fisheries. She was later an educator, and was the first woman to serve as a member of the State Board of Education in Virginia. She has been supervisor of rural schools in Clarke County, and has served as judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court of the same county, thus giving evidence to her fellow townsmen of the scope of her abilities and the conscientious nature of her public service. Mrs. Skoggs was also founder of the Visiting District Nurse Association of Alexandria. She was chairman of the American Red Cross canteen in that city during World War I, and was chairman of the canteen in Clarke County, also managed by the American Red Cross, during World War II.

Mrs. Skoggs has been the author of a number of books, titles of which follow: “Then and Now in Dixie,” “Mrs. Robert E. Lee,” “Nellie Custis, Daughter of Mount Vernon,” “Clarke County, Daughter of Frederick,” and “History of Virginia for Boys and Girls” (co-author with John W. Wayland). She is also the compiler of an “Analytical Subject Bibliography” of the publications of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. As indicated by the titles above, Mrs. Skoggs is vitally interested in the historic background of her region of the country, and a profound student of it. She is a member of the Writers’ Club of Virginia.

Mrs. Skoggs also belongs to the Society of Colonial Dames, the Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Garden Club of Virginia. In her religious faith she is an Episcopalian.

In Berryville, Virginia, on May 31, 1947, Rose Mortimer Ellzey MacDonald was married to J. Lewis Skoggs. They reside in Berryville.

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