Brief Life History of John Robert
When John Robert Skelton was born on 13 October 1821, in Gibson, Indiana, United States, his father, John Skelton, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Potter, was 40. He married Martha Jane Warrick on 30 April 1843, in Illinois, United States. He lived in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 13 March 1891, in East Lincoln Township, Logan, Illinois, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Skelton Cemetery, East Lincoln Township, Logan, Illinois, United States.
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- Robt Skelton, "United States Census, 1870"
- John R. Skelton, "Find A Grave Index"
- John R Skelton in entry for Mrs Martha J Skelton Warrick, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name mainly from Skelton in Cumberland, or any of various places called Skelton in Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, and East Yorkshire. The placenames probably all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, with initial Sk-, instead of Sh-, due to Scandinavian influence. However, in some cases, the first element may be a lost river name, from Old Norse skjallr ‘resounding’; compare Skelding . This English surname has been established in Queen's County [Laois], Ireland, since the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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