Born in Harveysburg, Ohio, Scroggy attended the public schools.

Enlisted in July 1861 as a private in Company H, Thirty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in that capacity and a corporal.

In June 1865 Scroggy engaged in the retail business in Xenia, Ohio.

He was admitted to the bar September 8, 1871, and commenced practice in Xenia, Ohio.

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