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Benjamin Skeels

Male 1824 - 1872  (48 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Skeels 
    Birth 24 Mar 1824 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 May 1872  Greentwp. Noble Co., IN; Will probated on July 1, 1872 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I0420  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Father Nicholas Skeels,   b. ABT. 1780, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1865 (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother MARY HARDING,   b. ABT. 1790, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 19 Jul 1808  Frederick Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F0059  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Leatherman 
    Marriage 24 Mar 1845  Tuscarawas Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Isaac Skeels,   b. 11 Apr 1848, raised in Green Twp., Noble Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1938, Probably Noble Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     2. Simon P. Skeels,   b. 20 Aug 1846
     3. John Skeels,   b. 30 Aug 1858   d. 16 May 1873 (Age 14 years)
     4. Sarah Catherine Skeels,   b. of Green Twp., Noble Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F0065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      Information came from Richard E. Skeels. It originally appeared in Skeels Family History 1720-1980 (which includes the text of a hard back bound book, compiled and printed by George W. Roof in 1903 in Albion, IN). Important contributors to Section II of the above text were: Hazel Brown McCollough & Mrs. J. Harry Kidwell & Mrs. Edmund Schafer & Col. Mortimer Bennet. Kenton M. Kidd organized and compiled the combined three book edition of Skeels Family History 1720-1980. Part of the earlier books were set in type at South Side Press by Wayne Favinger, aged 15 yrs:
      Name, dates, & places

      Source:
      SEE GINGER WHITE'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/h/i/Ginger--A-White/index.html
      The White Family Home Page:
      Descendants of Nicholas Skeels:
      Ginger White:
      Name, dates, & places

      Source:
      http://www.rootsweb.com/~innoble/index.htm
      http://www.rootsweb.com/~innoble/Probates/PS.htm
      Noble County INGenWeb Project:
      Noble County INGenWeb Project Coordinator: CJWhan
      Indiana State INGenWeb Project Coordinator: Debby Beheler
      Noble County Probate Records - 1859-1928
      Skeels Benjamin, d. 5-28-1872. Fd: 7-1-1872. Sp: Margaret.
      Skeels Caleb H, Fd: 7-22-1884. Sp: Elizabeth.
      Skeels Nicholas, d. 6-1855. Fd: 3-15-1886. Sp: Julia, d. 12-1876. Ch: Rebecca Jones, Eleanor Stoneman, Margaret Shaw, Martha Belch, Ruth A Warford, Joshua, Caleb, Nicholas J, Benjamin Skeels, Mary Risor, Julia Skedgel. Gc: John N Stoneman, Mary E, Joshua, Daniel Shaw, Simon P, Isaac, Sarah, Eldridge M, William M, John O, Samuel R, Edward E, Martha M, Rilla A Skeels, Elizabeth Everhart.



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