spouse: Sarah Sally TATUM
NAME................... George Whitfield SKELTON
BIRTH/PLACE/RECORDS..... 1832 Hickman Co TN
MARRIAGE/PLACE/RECORDS.. 1853 Hi Co TN
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL....... 17 MAY 1899 Cane Creek Hi Co TN
PARENTS NAME............ Amos Andrew SKELTON/Charity REEVES
GRANDPARENTS............ Isaac SKELTON/Annis DePRIEST
> WIFE................. Sarah Sally TATUM
BORN/PLACE/RECORDS...... 1835 Dickson Co TN
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL....... 6 JAN 1912 TN
PARENTS NAME............ George W.TATUM/Parthenia MURRELL
CHILDREN................ 7 children
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* CHILD 1........... Amos Lee SKELTON b 18 DEC 1854 Hi Co TN
MARRIED................ Rebecca Delilah HINSON 24 SEP 1874 Perry Co TN
b 2 FEB 1855 TN d 29 MAR 1939 TN
Buchanan Cem Wayne Co TN
dau of Elijah HINSON/Eveline DAVIDSON
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL...... 17 MAY 1899 Cane Creek Hi Co TN
Buchanan Cem Wayne Co TN
CHILDREN.............. 1.George Wiley SKELTON b 14 MAY 1876 Hi Co TN d 22 MAR 1940
m Virginia(Jennie)MATHIS 6 JAN 1895 b 8 MAR 1880 TN d 27 MAY 1857
dau of William Henry MATHIS/Martha Delia JAMES
1.Amos Henry SKELTON b 9 NOV 1895 TN d 30 APR 1965
m Clatey MORGAN 22 JUL 1917 b 1 APR 1902 d 29 SEP 1934
both bur Buchanan Cem
1.Billie M.SKELTON b 1919 TN
2.Irene SKELTON b 1920 TN
3.Goldie SKELTON b 1922 TN
4.Robert SKELTON b 1926 TN
5.Emmagene SKELTON b 1928
2.Arthur Whitfield SKELTON b 3 SEP 1897 TN d 25 DEC 1961
m Velma RISNER 16 DEC 1924 b 14 FEB 1909 Wayne Co TN
1.Dorothy Maxine SKELTON b 10 JAN 1926
2.Earnest Whitfield SKELTON b 26 APR 1928 d 7 JUN 1928
3.Billy Keaton SKELTON b 4 MAR 1930 d 12 JAN 1949
4.Marlene June SKELTON
5.Charlene FAYE SKELTON
6.Patsy SKELTON
7.Mary Donna SKELTON
8.Carol Lee SKELTON
9.Brenda Kaye SKELTON
3.Elvis Burton SKELTON b 7 SEP 1899 TN
d 6 AUG 1959 Buchanan Cem
4.Anna Emolyne SKELTON b 12 SEP 1901 TN d 23 JUN 1968
m Ura Frank KEETON 28 OCT 1923
b 30 JUL 1872 Wayne Co TN d 4 DEC 1949 Wayne Co TN
both bur Copeland Cem Wayne Co TN
son of Josiah KEETON/Martha WALKER
1.Guy KEETON b 8 MAR 1935 d FEB 1987
2.Grace KEETON
3.Glen KEETON
4.Garland KEETON
5.Grayford KEETON
m Nina unk
5.Martha Rebecca Delilah SKELTON b 28 AUG 1903 TN
d 20 FEB 1988
m Charles Maclemore HUMBERT 13 JAN 1934
b 15 NOV 1894 d 3 OCT 1964
6.Susan Jane SKELTON b 3 NOV 1905 TN d 28 OCT 1975
m Albert T.JACKSON 28 OCT 1928
7.Sherman Evelyne SKELTON b 29 JAN 1907 TN
m Charles L.NORMAN b 1906
8.Rosa M.SKELTON b JUN 1909 TN d 1922
9.James Samuel SKELTON b 22 MAR 1911 d 1952
m Gusta L.MORGAN
10.Sara Belle SKELTON b 2 JAN 1915
m Harris GALLAHER b 3 JUL 1903 d 6 JAN 1993 Wayne TN
1.Thomas Harris GALLAHER
2.Linda Lou GALLAHER
11.Allen Jasper SKELTON b 13 DEC 1916 d 22 JAN 1917
12.Myrtle Lou SKELTON b 22 JAN 1918
m unk JACKSON
13.George Cleveland SKELTON b 12 DEC 1919
m Christine STAGGS
14.Deana Lenore SKELTON b 13 FEB 1913
m J.C.DUGGER
15.Dell SKELTON b 30 AUG 1922 d 1984
m Willodean DUGGER
2.James Harvey SKELTON b 10 AUG 1878 TN d 21 JUL 1954 TN
m Hannah Emmaline BLACKWELL b ca 1884 TN
1.Arlis SKELTON b ca 1901
m Wilburn HICKERSON b ca 1898
1.Leminee HICKERSON b ca 1918
2.James H.HICKERSON b ca 1922
3.Henry B.HICKERSON b 1925
2.Lee Roy SKELTON b 7 MAR 1903 d 1 FEB 1970 Swiss Cem
m Lettie Lee HENLEY b ca 1906
1.James Howard SKELTON b 1 SEP 1929
2.Betty Jean SKELTON b 15 AUG 1932
m Roy HAGGARD Jr.
3.Claude SKELTON b ca 1906
m Mamie WALKER
1.Patsy SKELTON
2.Nancy SKELTON
4.Donnie Mae SKELTON b 16 JAN 1910 d 18 MAY 1971
m Jack Huddleston INGRAM
b 22 MAY 1906 d 18 FEB 1983 Lewis Co TN
no issue
5.Bonnie Rea SKELTON b 1912 d 1998
m Way Wright McLAREN b 1906 d 1991
son of George C.McLAREN/Amanda L.WRIGHT
6.Fannie Lou SKELTON b 22 OCT 1914 d 1 MAR 1980
m Sam Davis TATUM d 1967 Swiss Cem Hohenwald TN
7.Glen Loyd SKELTON b 12 JAN 1917 d 7 NOV 1985 Swiss Cem
m Emily Eugenia BONE
b 12 AUG 1918 d 21 NOV 2002 Swiss Cem
dau of Eugene Wellington BONE/Nellie Lee ALLISON
8.Mattie Florine SKELTON b 6 APR 1919 TN d 25 AUG 2008 TN
m Marshall Ferris SHELTON 6 NOV 1943 Maury Co TN
b 8 AUG 1912 TN d 28 JUN 2000 TN
both bur Swiss Cem
son of Ferris Eldrid SHELTON/Lillie BURCHAM
no issue
9.Aline SKELTON
m Jones Craig DEFOE
b 17 AUG 1920 d 17 NOV 2002 Swiss Cem
son of Herbie Gladstone DEFOE/Clarice CRAIG
2 living daughters
10.Elise SKELTON
3.Paralee Jane SKELTON b 1881 TN d 17 FEB 1865 Wayne Co TN
bur Mt Hope Cem Wayne Co TN
m William Riley HARRIS 26 DEC 1913
b 20 JUL 1888 Lewis Co TN d 17 JUN 1959 Wayne Co TN
son of James HARRIS/Winnie BLACK
1.Okie A.HARRIS b 11 JUN 1910 TN d 1 MAY 1997 TN
m Howard Granville TATUM 19 DEC 1935
b 12 OCT 1903 Perry TN d 26 SEP 1976
son of William TATUM/Ada SHARPE
2.Lillian Evelyn HARRIS b 27 MAY 1915 TN d 8 AUG 2002 TN
3.Daniel Richard HARRIS b 9 MAY 1916 TN d 15 JAN 1988 TN
m Doris Aileen KELLEY 17 APR 1944
b 4 OCT 1915 d 10 DEC 1976
4.Raymond Rye HARRIS b 23 OCT 1918 TN d 11 JAN 1942 TN
4.Lee Grant(Legrand)SKELTON b 10 SEP 1882 d 5 OCT 1953
m Effie Mae FREEMAN 13 JUL 1902
b 10 SEP 1887 d 12 JUL 1951 Lewis Co TN
dau of Sam FREEMAN/Martha DOWNEY
1.Jessie L.SKELTON b ca 1904
2.Emma Lou SKELTON b 1905 d 15 APR 1918 Skelton Cem(no marker)
3.Anna M.SKELTON b ca 1908
4.Donnie R.SKELTON b ca 1911 (f)
5.Jennie B.SKELTON b ca 1913
6.Magdaline SKELTON b 2 MAY 1915 d 6 JUN 1997
m Woodford Beal GROVER
b 11 NOV 1912 Lewis Co TN d 22 MAY 1963 Dickson TN
7.son SKELTON b/d 16 JUL 1919 Skelton Cem(no marker)
8.John W.SKELTON b ca 1920
9.Felix SKELTON b ca 1925
10.Mandine? SKELTON b ca 1927
5.Sarah(Lana)Eveline SKELTON b APR 1885 TN d MAR 1968
m George Calvin Ancil TURNBOW 23 FEB 1902
b 1880 TN d 19 JAN 1945 Lewis Co TN Skelton Cem
son of George Drury Dobbins TURNBOW/Martha MATHIS
1.Arley TURNBOW b 3 MAR 1903 d 27 JUN 1929 Skelton Cem
2.Alan Tom TURNBOW b 30 SEP 1905 d 18 DEC 1929 Skelton Cem
m Ethel JACKSON SEP 1926
3.Wolsey TURNBOW b 13 SEP 1909 d 2 DEC 1910
4.Nola Jane TURNBOW b 19 DEC 1913 d 5 AUG 2001
m Walter Paton THROGMORTON 1931
6.Mary Francis SKELTON b 7 MAY 1887 d OCT 1889
7.William Thomas Harrison SKELTON b 12 MAY 1891 Lewis Co TN
d 22 FEB 1967 Wayne Co TN
m Zula Belle COPELAND 27 DEC 1914
dau of Robert COPELAND/Martha MORGAN
b 29 JAN 1892 TN d 5 MAR 1981
both bur Mount Hope Cem
1.Eunice Emmet SKELTON b 2 JAN 1916 TN d 18 FEB 1987
m Dorothy Louise MATHIS 12 JAN 1946
2.Nadine SKELTON b 22 JUL 1917 d 20 NOV 1919 Buchanan Cem
3.Mabel Irene SKELTON b 15 MAY 1919 TN
4.Eva Christine SKELTON b 21 AUG 1921
m Roy GRANAAS 1947 St Clair Shores MI
5.William Gilbert SKELTON b 26 AUG 1924
d 5 JAN 1991 Talluhah LA
m Retha May RAY
6.Neva Jane SKELTON b 5 MAR 1927
m Robert RISNER 9 FEB 1946 b 1924
son of Arthur RISNER/Wilmoth CASTEEL
7.Otto Sparklin SKELTON b 27 MAR 1929 d 2 SEP 1999 Wayne TN
8.Harlin Boyd SKELTON b 11 MAY 1932
m Mary Kate STAFFORD
9.Thomas Osteen SKELTON b 6 MAY 1935
m Marzee ALLEN
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* CHILD 2........... Mary Ann SKELTON b 11 MAR 1856 TN
MARRIED................ John R.DUNCAN 20 JUL 1872 Hi Co TN
b JUN 1852 Lewis Co TN d 24 DEC 1846 Chester Co TN
son of Thomas D.DUNCAN/Malinda DAVIDSON
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL...... 24 DEC 1946 Nashville,Davidson Co TN Weems Cem TN
CHILDREN.............. 1.Sarah Ann Eva DUNCAN b 1 FEB 1873 TN
m Isaac Vanburen DAVIDSON 30 DEC 1866 TN
2.Martha Elizabeth(Lizzie)L.DUNCAN b 30 DEC 1875 TN
d 20 JUN 1942 Dickson Co TN
m1 William G.DAVIDSON 23 MAR 1892 Chester Co TN
b MAY 1865 McNary Co TN
son of William DAVIDSON & Barbara CROUSE
1.Lena Mary DAVIDSON b 25 DEC 1892 Dyer Co TN
d 13 MAR 1940 27 AUG 1924 Hopkins Co TX
m Elton LANKFORD b 23 NOV 1889 Dickson Co TN
2.Leona B.DAVIDSON b AUG 1894
3.Ida J.DAVIDSON b JUL 1896
4.Finis A.DAVIDSON b SEP 1898 Chester Co TN
m2 Allen T.GRIMES 28 JUL 1902 Lewis Co TN
b 2 FEB 1868 TN d 13 MAR 1940 Hi Co TN
5.Elzy GRIMES b 1904 TN
6.Vera GRIMES b 1906 TN
3.Ruth M.Agnes DUNCAN b 26 NOV 1876
m Joe WEAVER
4.Mary Fern DUNCAN b 1879
5.James DUNCAN b 17 OCT 1880 d Dickson Co TN
m Florence KING
6.John W.DUNCAN b DEC 1885
m Margaret COLE
7.Harrison DUNCAN b OCT 1888
8.Minnie DUNCAN b APR 1892
9.Nolen DUNCAN b FEB 1898
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* CHILD 3........... Nancy Jane SKELTON b 1858 Hi Co TN
MARRIED................ John Wesley HINSON 25 AUG 1879 Lewis Co TN
b OCT 1855 TN d 1913 TN
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL...... 15 MAY 1899
CHILDREN.............. 1.Mary W.HINSON b AUG 1883 TN
2.Ethel C.HINSON b APR 1885 TN
3.Minnie HINSON b JAN 1887 TN
4.Mary A.HINSON b MAY 1889 TN
5.Augusta Jane HINSON b 17 MAY 1895 d 8 JAN 1967
m LANTY ARMSTRONG b 5 JAN 1900 d 5 JAN 1966
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* CHILD 4........... Sarah Elizabeth SKELTON b FEB 1860 Hi Co TN
MARRIED................ John Riley DUNCAN b 1860 TN
son of Jonathan DUNCAN/Lucinda LANCASTER
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL......
CHILDREN..............
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* CHILD 5........... M.S.SKELTON b 1862
MARRIED................
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL......
CHILDREN..............
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* CHILD 6........... George Whitfield SKELTON Jr b 3 MAR 1864 TN
MARRIED................ Jennie Evaline DUNCAN 9 NOV 1882 Hi Co TN
b 10 MAR 1868 TN d 29 AUG 1947
dau of Jonathan DUNCAN/Lucinda LANCASTER
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL...... 10 JUL 1918
CHILDREN.............. 1.Jonathan(Jackson)Whitfield SKELTON b NOV 1884 TN
m Lillie LANKFORD 30 MAY 1907 Lewis Co TN
b 26 JUN 1890 TN d 9 DEC 1986 Lewis Co TN Swiss Cem
dau of William LANKFORD/Jolona HENSLEY
1.Edward W.SKELTON b 25 DEC 1909 TN
m Tat CHRISTIAN
2.Lillian SKELTON b 17 APR 1921 TN
2.Viola Jane SKELTON b JUN 1887 TN
3.Nettie Mae SKELTON b JAN 1892 TN
4.Lena(Jane)Azalee SKELTON b 7 MAY 1894 TN d 17 JAN 1982
m Charles Madison WARREN
b 11 JAN 1893 d 30 JUL 1962
both d in Clarksville TN
owned Warren's Apothecary in Clarksville
son of Billy WARREN/Cathy DOWDY
1.Walton WARREN b 1915 TN
2.Charles WARREN b 1926 TN
5.Sarah Frances SKELTON b 1899 TN
6.Roxie Paralee SKELTON b 1901 TN
7.Dena Maude SKELTON b 1906 TN
m Osby Delbert RILEY 28 OCT 1933
b 3 AUG 1909 Perry Co TN d 4 JUN 1977
son of Joseph Duncan RILEY/Sophia Levisa O'GUINN
8.Laura Magdalene SKELTON
notes: Lillie Lankford Skelton m2nd Harlan Brady.
Obit of Lillie Lankford Skelton Brady;Lewis County Herald
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* CHILD 7........... Lou F.SKELTON b 1866
MARRIED................
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL......
CHILDREN..............
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Sources: 1850 Hi Co TN p.86b
1860 Hi Co TN p.68
1870 Hi Co TN p.569
1880 Hi Co TN p.345D G.W.& A.L.Skelton fams
1880 Lewis Co TN p.330b John'I.'Duncan fam
1900 Lewis Co TN p.185A/B Amos&George Jr fams
p.179b West Hinson fam,p.181A John R.Duncan fam
1910 Hi Co TN p.209 George W.Skelton fam w/mother Sally
1910 Lewis Co TN p.10 Amos Skelton fam,Lee Grant Skelton fam
p.7 John W.Skelton fam,p.18 Wes Hinson fam
1910 Dickson Co TN p.13 A.T.Grimes fam
1920 Wayne Co TN p.5A Amos&Rebecca,son Harrison fam
p.18A Henry Skelton fam
1920 Lewis Co TN p.8b JH Skelton fam,p.7b Lee Grant Skelton fam
1920 Perry Co TN 4th Dist. Charles Warren fam
1930 Wayne Co TN Dell Skelton fam,William Harris fam,George'Turnbo'fam
1930 Perry Co TN William Tatum fam
Social Security Death Index(SSDI)
Hickman Co TN Marriage Records
Funeral Home Records
WWI Draft Records
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
History & Families of Wayne County Tennessee
Lewis County Herald obituaries
DeFoe Family Bible
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