Elizabeth Skiles

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Skiles was born on 16 March 1792, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Isaac Jacob Skiles, was 28 and her mother, Martha Granger, was 36. She married Jesse Beeson on 10 March 1810, in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 26 June 1886, in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Beeson
1767–1826
Elizabeth Skiles
1792–1886
Marriage: 10 March 1810
Henry Skiles Beeson
1813–1853
Mary C. Beeson
1816–1828
Drucilla Beeson
1818–
Katharine Beeson
1820–
John Beeson
1822–
Susan Beeson
1824–
Martha Beeson
1826–

Sources (8)

  • Elizabeth Guthrie in household of James Guthrie, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elisabeth Beeson or Skiles, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Elisabeth Beeson or Skiles, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: variant of Skoyles (see Scholes ). Compare Skyles .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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