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George W. Roof

George W. Roof

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  • Name George W. Roof 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I4086  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Family Elizabeth Skeels,   b. 27 Apr 1840, Huron Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 23 Feb 1859  Noble Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

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    Roof, George W.
    Roof, George W.
    Individual photo 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 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.

  • Notes 
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      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:
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      The following is a quote from Kenton M. Kidd: George W. Roof "... was a prolific writer, a Noble County, Indiana biographer, and an early editor of the Noble County Democrat, a widely read local newspaper."



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