Joseph Skelton, retired farmer, a civil war veteran and former resident of Lynnville and Newburgh, this county, died Thursday, April 8, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur C. Bennett, Indianapolis. Funeral services were held Sunday morning at the Lynnville church and interment was at the Lynnville cemetery. He was born in Gibson county, Indiana, Oct. 1, 1846, and died April 8, 1926. In 1863, at the age of 17, he enlisted in Company F, 42nd Ind. Vols. and served his country during the remainder of the civil war. He was with Sherman on his march from Atlanta to the sea. Mr. Skelton was a member of the Joseph R. Gordon Post, G.A.R., of Indianapolis. May 17, 1871, he married Martha Ann Allen, who preceded him in death 22 years ago. To this union two children were born, Mabel Skelton, who died in 1880, and Mrs. Arthur C. Bennett. Early in life he joined the Primitive Baptist church, later becoming a member of the Walnut Grove Primitive Baptist church at Lynnville, of which he was a member 43 years.
Joseph Skelton, retired farmer, a civil war veteran and former resident of Lynnville and Newburgh, this county, died Thursday, April 8, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur C. Bennett, Indianapolis. Funeral services were held Sunday morning at the Lynnville church and interment was at the Lynnville cemetery. He was born in Gibson county, Indiana, Oct. 1, 1846, and died April 8, 1926. In 1863, at the age of 17, he enlisted in Company F, 42nd Ind. Vols. and served his country during the remainder of the civil war. He was with Sherman on his march from Atlanta to the sea. Mr. Skelton was a member of the Joseph R. Gordon Post, G.A.R., of Indianapolis. May 17, 1871, he married Martha Ann Allen, who preceded him in death 22 years ago. To this union two children were born, Mabel Skelton, who died in 1880, and Mrs. Arthur C. Bennett. Early in life he joined the Primitive Baptist church, later becoming a member of the Walnut Grove Primitive Baptist church at Lynnville, of which he was a member 43 years.
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