Birth:
Oct. 30, 1865
Columbus
Franklin County
Ohio, USA
Death:
Jun. 10, 1927
Davenport
Scott County
Iowa, USA
Veteran of the Spanish American War
Family links:
Parents:
Leander Wesley Skeels (1818 - 1909)
Jane Cole Skeels (1829 - 1881)
Spouse:
Hannah Sophia Wilhelmina Pape Skeels (1868 - 1952)*
Children:
Majorie Skeels (____ - 1902)*
Ida May Skeels Smith (1892 - 1979)*
Violet Pearl Skeels Hartley (1895 - 1986)*
Helen M. Skeels (1899 - 1916)*
Mary A. Skeels (1903 - 1906)*
Harry E. Skeels (1903 - 1906)*
Agnes Irene Skeels (1905 - 1906)*
Ruth L Skeels Reinhold (1912 - 1980)*
Siblings:
Daniel Charles Skeels (1845 - 1926)*
Wealthy Jane Skeels Mackie (1846 - 1919)*
Anson N Skeels (1849 - 1914)*
David Mark Skeels (1855 - 1927)*
Rosella Evangeline Skeels Cowling (1860 - 1945)*
James H Skeels (1863 - 1920)*
Hiram Harry Skeels (1865 - 1927)
Fact: Residence (1860) Washington Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Deer Creek Township, Webster, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1895) Polk, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Jackson Township Montezuma town, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1905) Muscatine, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Muscatine Ward 1, Muscatine, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (22 October 1913) 1221 Wisconsin Street Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1920) Davenport Ward 1, Scott, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1925) Davenport (1st precinct of 1st ward-3rd precinct of 1st ward), Scott, Iowa, United States
Fact: Burial (13 June 1927) Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJVV-FBF : 27 September 2017), Hiram Marion Skeels in entry for Ira L. Temple and Hazel E. Skeels, 21 Oct 1913, Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; citing reference bkI p64, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,854,086.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGMR-1WY : accessed 21 February 2021), Hiram M Skeels, Muscatine Ward 1, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 108, sheet 7A, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 415; FHL microfilm 1,374,428.
"Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJ5-PSYP : 16 September 2019), Hiram Skeels in entry for Wesley L Skeels, from 1934 to 1946; citing Pension, Iowa, United States, multiple county Recorders, Auditors, and County Clerk Offices, Iowa; FHL microfilm 007897410.
"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVDN-MBZ : 1 April 2020), Hiram Skeels in entry for Wesley L. Skeels, 4 Oct 1908; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,003,494.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-1X6C : 4 November 2017), Hiram M Skeels in entry for Wesley L Skeels and Edna Miller, 21 May 1933, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 2,108,382.
"Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q248-X45S : 8 November 2017), Hiram Skeels, 10 Jun 1927, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #824282, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784604.
"Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-F8VC : 18 October 2019), Hiram M Skeels in entry for Hellen Margrett Skeels, 23 Apr 1916, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 102869874.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120236906/hiram-harry-skeels: accessed 22 January 2024), memorial page for Hiram Harry Skeels (30 Oct 1865–10 Jun 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 120236906, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Sherri (contributor 47317779).
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