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SKEEN GRAVEYARD

Shelby Township
Jefferson County, Indiana

April 2000 Survey – done by Jackie Owen

KEY: SS = Same Stone, W = Wife, S = Son, D = Daughter, y = year(s), m = month(s), d = day(s)

    LAST NAME
    FIRST
    MIDDLE
    BORN
    DIED
    INSCRIPTION(S)
    COMMENTS
  
    Matthews
    Rebecca
    I.
    
    03 Dec 1872
    W of E. – Age 22y
    
    Skeen *
    Izellar
    
    16 Feb 1847
    05 May 1887
    
    Skeen
    James
    R.
    18 Mar 1815
    23 Feb 1893
    
    Skeen *
    Martha
    A.
    25 Mar 1840
    24 Feb 1850
    
    Skeen *
    Mary
    J.
    04 Sep 1841
    
    Skeen *
    Rebecca
    V.
    20 May 1850
    03 Dec 1874
    
    Skeen *
    Sallie
    J.
    30 Jan 1857
    05 Feb 1861
    
    Skeen *
    Samuel
    F.
    12 Mar 1844
    
    Skeen
    Sarah
    F.
    09 Mar 1819
    03 Dec 1896

COMMENTS:

I checked and rechecked both Rebeccas names and dates. I thought maybe I had misread Rebecca Matthews' stone because her death date was so close to Rebecca Skeen's. I thought maybe Rebecca Skeen & Rebecca Matthews were the same person.
All the names listed were on just one stone, except for Rebecca Matthews her stone was in poor shape and hard to read, (the other one was in great shape and easy to read) but I think I have all the info correct according to the stones.
The following inscription was on the back of the Skeen stone:

                                                                                                                Family Record.
                                                                James R. Skeen & Sarah Fallis were married in Vevay, IN
                                                                                by Rev. Wm. Northcote, June 20, 1839

* These names and dates were also on the back of the Skeen stone, but it is thought to be a memorial site and that these people aren’t actually buried here.