Family History
James Mogg Scripps was one of six children born in London, England, in 1803. He was the youngest and dropped out of school when he was 13. He was apprenticed to Charles Lewis, the leading bookbinder of London where he learned the trade. James married his cousin Elizabeth Sabey in 1829 and had two children, only one of which lived to maturity, Elizabeth born in 1831. Elizabeth Sabey died the day after the birth of Elizabeth. Two years later James Mogg married Ellen Mary Saunders and they had six children, five of who lived to adulthood, James Edmund, Ellen Browning, William Arminger, George Henry and John Mogg. Ellen Browning Scripps was born on October 18, 1836 on South Moulton St in St. George Parish. Ellen Mary Saunders died of breast cancer in 1841. After the failure of his bookbinding shop and having many mouths to feed, James Mogg made the decision to immigrate to America and in April 1844 the Francis Burr set sail with the 6 Scripps children and their father.After about a month at sea, the family landed and started the journey over land to Rushville, Illinois. James Mogg met his third wife Julia Osborn in Cleveland, Ohio. They were married in November 1844. James and Julia had five children, Julia Anne, Thomas Osborn, Frederick Tudor, Eliza Virginia and Edward Willis or E. W. Scripps, the well-known newspaper tycoon and founder of E. W. Scripps Company.
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