Joseph Skeen Jr. (1816 - 1882)

Born 10 Aug 1816 in Sadsbury Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Maria Amanda (Dolby) Skeen — married 8 Sep 1836 (to 1854) in Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Rhoda (Sanford) Skeen — married 6 Feb 1855 in Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1882 at age 66 in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States

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Biography

Joseph Skeen Jr. was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Private Joseph Skeen Jr. served with the Iowa Volunteers during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: Jul 1846
Unit(s): Company E, Mormon Battalion
Service Ended: Jul 1847

Joseph Skeen was a Private in Company E. He was a member of Lieutenant Willis's Pueblo detachment.^[1]

Joseph traveled to Utah as a returning Mormon Battalion veteran in the Mormon Battalion Sick Detachments in 1847 at age 30. He gathered his family and returned to Utah in 1851. Familysearch.org indicates that this is the case based on the locations and dates of when children were born. Joseph later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

He passed away in 1882 and was buried in Plain City Cemetery, Utah.^[2]

Research Notes

• Fact: Pension (from 1846 to 1848) United States
• Fact: census (1850) Plain City, Weber, Utah, USA
• Fact: Census (1856) Lehi, Utah, Utah
• Fact: census (1860) Weber County, Utah, USA
• Fact: Residence (1860) [Blank], Weber, Utah, United States
• Fact: census (1870) Plain City, Weber, Utah, USA
• Fact: Residence (1870) Utah, United States
• Fact: census (1880) Plain City, Weber, Utah, USA
• Fact: Burial (December 1882) Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States
• Fact: Obituary (16 Dec 1882) Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.mormonbattalion.info/mbt/person?id=567
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20129726, database and images (accessed 31 January 2019), memorial page for Pvt Joseph Skeen (10 Aug 1816–15 Dec 1882), citing Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Schott Family (contributor 46932087).

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 December 2017, 10:32), entry for Joseph Skeen Jr.(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K2HX-FTH); contributed by various users.
• LDS Pioneer
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 31 Jan 2019, Joseph Skeen, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 31 Jan 2019, Joseph Skeen, Utah, United States; citing p. 1, family 8, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,112.
• "Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005," database, FamilySearch : accessed 31 Jan 2019, Joseph Skeens, 16 Dec 1882; citing Ogden Standard Examiner 1, The University of Utah. J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City.
• "Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966," database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 31 Jan 2019, Joseph Skeen, 15 Dec 1882; citing City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah, military unit Co E Mormon Bn, Army, Mexican War, State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 485,504.