Rachel Skeels

1835 -

• Name	Rachel Skeels
  Birth	15 Apr 1835	Huron Co., OH
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I4099	forneyclark
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	William "Uncle Billy" Skeels, III,   b. 15 Aug 1804, Jefferson Co., OH d. 2 Apr 1885, Cloud Co., KS (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Susanna "Aunt Susie" Turner,   b. 29 Feb 1812, Brandywine, PA d. 26 Feb 1888 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1831	Smithfield, Jefferson Co., OH
  Family ID	F1583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William C. Arthur,   b. ABT. 1827, lived in Churubusco, IN d. 2 Oct 1898, Churubusco, IN (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1855	Noble Co., IN
  Children	1. Fannie Arthur   2. George C. Arthur   3. Leslie E. Arthur
  Family ID	F1593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

• Photos

  Skeels, Rachel (b. 1835) Individual photo of Rachel Skeels Arthur 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

  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