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1870 Washington, Jackson, WV # 172
Skean, Joseph 44 VA
Matilda 37 VA
James H 18 Va
Jasper H 16 V
Margaret 14 Va
Sarah J 11 Va
Jewell 8 Va [Joel]
Talitha 6 WV
Stephen 4 WV
David 7 Va
# 173
Skean, Charles 19 KY Mar [another son???]
Cynthia 20 Ky Mar
1880 Census Place: Washington, Jackson, West Virginia
Joseph SKEEN Self M M W 55 VA
Matilda SKEEN Wife F M W 42 WV
Joel SKEEN Son M S W 18 WV
David L. SKEEN Son M S W 16 WV
Telitha SKEEN Dau F S W 14 WV
Stephen SKEEN Son M S W 12 WV
Joseph SKEEN Son M S W 9 WV
1900 Washington, Jackson, WV # 99
Joel Skeen 1/1862 m 19y WVVAWV
Silvie 3/1857 m 19y 4-3 children WV VAVA
Virgil L son 7/1884 WV
Lillie M da 5/1893
Arthur B son 5/1896
Georgia da 3/1899
Matilda mother 7/1836 wd 5-4 children WVWVWV
George W neph 3/1888 WVWVWV
Matilda is third wife
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 468
Jackson
HERBERT SKEEN is in his second term of efficient service as Circuit Court clerk of Jackson County.. . . .
Mr. Skeen was born at Kentuck, in Jackson County, August 3, 1887. His grandfather, Joseph Skeen, was born in West Virginia and was an early day hunter and farmer at Kentuck, where he lived out his life. The grandmother was his third wife, Matilda Casto, a native and life-long resident of Jackson County. David L. Skeen, father of the Circuit Court clerk, was born at Kentuck in 1864, and has spent all his life there. He owns a large farm, is a cattle raiser, a timber man, and for two years was road surveyor of Washington District. His political affiliation is with the republican party. David L. Skeen married Cordelia Winter, who was born in Jackson County in 1863. . .
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