Leroy G Skipper (1875 - 1957)

Born 24 May 1875 in Marion County, South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ida (Hopson) Skipper — married 11 Nov 1900 in Wilcox County, Georgia, USA

Husband of Idella (Morgan) Skipper — married about 1927 (to 17 Jun 1955) in California, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1957 at age 82 in Fresno County, California, USA

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Biography

Leroy was born in 1875. He was the son of Evander Skipper and Catherine Godbold. He passed away in 1957.

Birth

1875 - ^[1]

Military

1898 - Private, Company L, 2nd Georgia Infantry, War with Spain - ^[2]
WW I Draft Registration ^[3]
Note: Birth year listed as 1873 which is not consistent with that listed in census records of 1875.
Note: Occupation: Carpenter - Murman Ship Building Company, Mobile, Alabama.
1923 - Pension request ^[4]
1928 - Pension record ^[5]
WW II Draft Registration ^[6]

Marriage

First marriage: Mary Ida Hopson.
1900 - ^[7], ^[8]

Second marriage: Spouse: Idella Morgan.
~1927 - ^[9]

Census Records

1880 - US ^[10]
1890 - US Lost in fire. ^[11], ^[12]
1900 - US ^[13]
Note: Occupation: x.
1910 - US ^[14]
Note: Occupation: Carpenter.
1920 - US ^[15]
Note: Occupation: x.
1930 - US ^[16]
Note: Occupation: Butcher - Grocery Store.
1940 - US ^[17]
Note: Occupation: None.

Obituary

XXX
Date: ^[18]

Death

1957 - ^[19]

Burial

~08 September 1957 - ^[19]
North Kern Cemetery
Delano, Kern County, California, USA.
Plot: .
Find A Grave Memorial #67914892. ^[20]

Sources

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1. ↑ .
2. ↑ "United States Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7J-B46D : 18 June 2015), Leroy G Skipper, 1898.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZH-M9Q : 12 December 2014), Leroy Gaillard Skipper, 1917-1918; citing Coffee County, Georgia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,557,017.
4. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDP-8D4N : 3 April 2015), Leroy G Skipper, 1923.
5. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHV6-VY4 : 24 March 2016), Leroy G. Skipper, 1928.
6. ↑ .
7. ↑ "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWQY-455 : 24 December 2014), Leroy Skipper and Ida Hopson, 11 Nov 1900; citing Wilcox, Georgia; FHL microfilm 271,347.
8. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ5-3BL : 30 June 2015), Leroy Skipper and Ida Hopson, 11 Nov 1900; citing Marriage, Wilcox, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 271,347.
9. ↑ .
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6S2-W85 : 24 December 2015), Leray G Skipper in household of Evander M Skipper, Le Getts, Marion, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 93, sheet 170D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1234; FHL microfilm 1,255,234.
11. ↑ http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1996/spring/1890-census-1.html
12. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_United_States_Census
13. ↑ .
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKH-Y1V : 29 October 2015), L G Skipper, Militia District 1026, Coffee, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 18A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,194.
15. ↑ .
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC6K-WFD : 8 December 2015), Leroy Skipper, 1930.
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97Q-LWL : 17 May 2014), Leroy G Skipper, Lakeport, Judicial Township 4, Lake, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-6, sheet 2B, family 52, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 218.
18. ↑ .
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPW8-P1M : 26 November 2014), Leroy Gilyard Skipper, 06 Sep 1957; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
20. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2D-7DBF : 13 December 2015), Leroy G Skipper, ; Burial, Delano, Kern, California, United States of America, North Kern Cemetery; citing record ID 67914892.

Research Notes

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Edwin Priest for creating Skipper-405 on 29 June 2016. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Edwin and others.

Thanks to Doug Porter for Find A Grave memorial.