Individual Details

Mary Elizabeth Skeels

(11 Jul 1875 - 15 May 1968)

Events

Birth11 Jul 1875Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
Residence1880Lincoln, Audubon, Iowa, United States
Residence1885Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
Marriage2 Aug 1894Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States - Fletcher Wesley Dewitt
Residence1895Polk, Iowa, United States
Residence1900Des Moines Township, Precinct 1 Des Moines City 4, Polk, Iowa, United States
Residence1900Des Moines Township, Precinct 1 Des Moines City Ward 4, Polk, Iowa, United States
Residence1910Marietta, Stanley, South Dakota, United States
Residence1920Freeman, Clay, Iowa, United States
Residence1930Silver Lake, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States
Pension1934 - 1946Iowa, United States
Residence1935Rural, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States
Residence1940Lincoln Township, Warren, Iowa, United States
Death15 May 1968Indianola, Warren, Iowa, United States
FIND-A-GRAVEhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102143056/mary-elizabeth-dewitt

Families

SpouseFletcher Wesley Dewitt (1874 - 1953)
FatherAnson N. Skeels (1849 - 1914)
MotherLewina Louisa Sparks (1858 - 1930)
SiblingSarah Jane "Jennie" Skeels (1879 - 1965)
SiblingCharles Crawford Skeels (1880 - 1963)
SiblingMaude Skeels (1884 - 1895)
SiblingCatherine Hattie Skeels (1886 - 1985)
SiblingJames Henry Skeels (1888 - 1973)
SiblingErnest Skeels (1894 - 1962)

Endnotes

1. "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWY8-TMM : 10 March 2018), Elizabeth Skeets, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa; citing p. 29, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,177..

2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJWK-CT7 : 10 February 2018), Fletcher Wesley Dewitt and Mary Elizabeth Skeeils Or Skeils, 02 Aug 1894, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing reference cn 6545, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,014,768..

3. "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTQC-17N : 11 March 2018), Elizabeth Dewitt in household of Fletcher Dewitt, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing p. 278, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,096..

4. "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTQZ-34G : 11 March 2018), Lizzie Dewitt in household of Fletcher Dewitt, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing p. 16, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,095..

5. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9LC-WYF : accessed 7 December 2018), Lizzie Dewitt in household of Fletcher Dewitt, Des Moines Township, Precinct 1 Des Moines city Ward 4, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 15A, family 332, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,454..

6. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXV-GTL : accessed 7 December 2018), Elizabeth M Dewitt in household of Fletcher W Dewitt, Marietta, Stanley, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 99, sheet 8A, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1488; FHL microfilm 1,375,501..

7. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8B8-86Z : accessed 7 December 2018), Mary E Dewitt in household of Fletcher W Dewitt, Freeman, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing ED 35, sheet 5B, line 96, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 483; FHL microfilm 1,820,483..

8. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMV8-5HL : accessed 7 December 2018), Lizzie Dewitt in household of Fletcher Dewitt, Silver Lake, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 2A, line 35, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 671; FHL microfilm 2,340,406..

9. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM1S-TPW : 14 March 2018), Lizzie Dewitt in household of Fletcher W Dewitt, Lincoln Township, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91-16, sheet 4B, line 51, family 87, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1210..

10. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM1S-TPW : 14 March 2018), Lizzie Dewitt in household of Fletcher W Dewitt, Lincoln Township, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91-16, sheet 4B, line 51, family 87, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1210..