Individual Details

World War I Draft Registration
Jonathan Garfield Sheen, Avant, Osage Co, OK
Age 37, born 24 Aug 1881
Machinist's Helper, Wolverine Oil Co, Avant.
Nearest relative: Maud Armada Skeen of Avant.
Signed: Jonathan Garfield Skeen
Tall, medium build, Brown eyes, dark hair
12 Sep 1918


1930 Census. Hutchinson Co, TX, Hh 101
Clarence Ridenour, 20, b. AR
Dora D., wife, 27, b. AR
Suza R., dau, 4 yrs, 4 months, b. AR
Thelma M., dau, 2 yrs, 2 months, b. AR
Jonathan Skeen, brother in law, 48, married at 22, b. KY, parents b. KY, no occupation

World War II Draft Registration [the "old men's draft]
Name: Jonathan Garfield Skeen
Residence: L. C. Smith Ranch, Anderson, California
Age 60, b. 24 Aug 1881, Frankfort, KY
Person who will always know his address: Mrs. Mildred Douglas, daughter, Central Valley
Employment: L. C. Smith Ranch
Signed: Jonathan Garfield Skeen
6' tall, 175 #'s. Brown eyes, Brown hair, light complexion
27 Apr 1942 at Shasta Co, California

1950 Census. Union, Humbolt, CA
Harold H. Howard, 27, b. CA, Rigger in Woods, Logging
Jonathan G. Skeen, age 68, b. KY, "widowed", Filing Saws, Sawmill, Lumber

There is a Social Security claim, 30 Aug 1946, which also lists his birth as 24 Aug 1881. States it is a "Life Claim" but he was certainly living until 1962.

California death index states his mother's maiden name was Hamilton.

Find A Grave Memorial# 135974797
Buried Sunrise Cemetery, Fortuna, Humboldt, CA.
Jonathan Skeen 1879-1962 (Note: birth was apparently 1881 based on draft registrations and census data)
Jonathan was the son of William Jasper Skeen and Susan Hamilton.
Jonathan married Maude Armada Harrison on 2 August 1905 in Frisco, Arkansas. They divorced sometime prior to 1940.
Residences: Kentucky; Porter Township, Crawford, Arkansas; Avant, Oklahoma; Anderson, California; Rio Dell, California
Occupations: railroad trackman; machinist's helper(Wolverine Oil Co.); employed on L.C. Smith Ranch(Anderson, CA)
Cause of death was coronary occlusion. Jonathan was divorced at the time of his death.
Interred 9 May 1962.
Nearest Known Relatives: Mrs. Mildred Krawchuk, 3415 Oro Dam E Blvd, Orville, California

Published in the Humboldt Standard, Wednesday 9 May 1962
SKEEN, JONATHAN GARFIELD - May 7, 1962, Rio Dell.
Father of Mrs. Mildred Crawchuck of Oroville; Mrs. Rosin Davies, Redding; Olin Skeen, Watsonville; Everett Skeen, Watsonville; John Skeen, Burney; Robert Skeen, Marysville.
Survived by 13 Grandchildren, 5 great grandchild. Member of Seventh Day Adventist church. Employed in the logging industry. A native of Kentucky, age 82. Services will be hald at chapel, Goble's Forinna Mortuary at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 with Elder Malcolm Macwell officiating. Interment, Sunrise Cemetery, Fortuna.

Birth	24 Aug 1881
Marriage	2 Aug 1905	Crawford County, Arkansas - Maudie A Harrison
Death	7 May 1962	Humboldt County, California

Spouse	Maudie A Harrison (1889 - 1969)
Child	Charley E. Skeen (1906 - 1920)
Child	Olin Earnest Skeen (1907 - 1964)
Child	Everett Erwin Skeen (1910 - 1995)
Child	John Alvin Skeen (1912 - 1985)
Child	Mildred Skeen (1914 - 1964)
Child	Robert Thurman Skeen (1917 - 2004)
Child	Rosine Thelma Skeen (1923 - 2003)