Dewey Hobart Skeels

1899 - 1922  (23 years)

• Name	Dewey Hobart Skeels
  Birth	14 Jul 1899
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Dec 1922
  Person ID	I4300	forneyclark
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Franklin Albert "Frank" Skeels,   b. 13 Aug 1873, Noble Co., IN d. Jun 1941, Burial: Christian Chapel Cem., Noble Co., lN (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Oca A. "Ocie" Forker,   b. 5 May 1878, Noble Co., IN d. 6 Jul 1959, Columbia City, Noble Co., IN (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1892	Noble Co., IN
  Family ID	F1657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Skeels, Franklin A. (1873-1941) & Oca Forker & Lesta A. Skeels & Dewey H. Skeels Group photo of (L-R) Franklin A. Skeels & Dewey H. Skeels & Lesta A. Skeels & Oca Forker Skeels 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 Source: Reprinted by permission. Copyright (c) 1999 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch: Family Group Record Husband Franklin Albert Skeels Birth: 13 AUG 1873 , Noble, Indiana Marriage: 25 DEC 1892 , Noble, Indiana Wife Oca Ann Forker Birth: 05 MAY 1878 , Noble, Indiana Marriage: 25 DEC 1892 , Noble, Indiana Children 1. Ethel May Skeels Female Birth: 23 MAY 1893 , Noble, Indiana Death: 28 MAR 1901 2. Dewey Hobart Skeels Male Birth: 14 JUL 1899 , Noble, Indiana Death: 06 DEC 1922