William Skiles, Sr. was married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Elizabeth Miller.
Some of this Skiles family spelled their surname Skyles.
See the book "History of Dent Co., MO" (and other counties) published in 1889 by The Goodspeed Publishing Co. See page 1034 for biography of Thomas Jefferson Bowman. The biography mentions that William Skyles was a early settler of Green Co. TN and he died in that State while en route for Missouri. William Skiles wife is not mentioned in the biography.
Source:
Greene Co., TN Marriage Record
1889 Dent Co., MO History Book page 1034
Erma Lee (Skyles) Brown, a relative of the Skyles/Skiles family.
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Find A Grave contributor Bobby Skiles has made a suggestion for memorial of William Skiles.
Their suggestion:
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According to his son-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Bowman (Goodspeed 1889:1034), George William Skiles served under General Andrew Jackson in the First Creek War [also known as the Red Stick War], and fought in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 Mar 1814 on the Tallapoosa River in present-day Alabama). Service records indicate "William Skyles" was enlisted as a private in the 2nd Regiment, Mounted Gunmen (Brown's Company), East Tennessee Volunteers.
After the battle, some of Jackson's troops made bridle reins from skin taken from Indian corpses, conducted a body count by cutting off the tips of their noses, and sent their clothing as souvenirs to the "ladies of Tennessee" (Takaki 1993:85).
Sam Houston [the future statesman and leader of Texas] served as a third lieutenant in Jackson's army in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Houston was one of the first to make it over the enemy's log barricade, alive, and received a wound in his groin from a Creek arrow that troubled him for the rest of his life (Remini 1976). My grandfather, Samuel Houston Skiles (1876-1954), was named in honor of this great Tennessean and Texan. Family folklore avers his great-grandfather had known Houston "when they were both in the army together, back in Tennessee" [Bobby D. Skiles 14 Oct 2017].
REFERENCES CITED
The Goodspeed Publishing Company
1889 History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties Missouri. The Goodspeed Publishing Company. Chicago.
Remini, Robert
1976 Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821. Harper & Row. New York.
Takaki, Ronald
1993 A Different Mirror. Little, Brown & Co. Boston, New York, London.
War of 1812 Service Records
1812-1815 "William Skyles." National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Microfilm Publication M602, Roll No. 191.
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Middle name, birth and death place and death date are from are from Bobby Skiles contributor #49367138.
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William Skiles (156828034)
Suggested edit: Forgot to mention that Elizabeth Miller's mother was Mary Broyles (1752-1823) born in VA and died in TN. Husband " Knob Creek" Peter Miller died in 1801. There is so little on the family. It's always mixed up with another Peter Miller who married Elizabeth Bohn.
Contributor: C. Graham (48061958
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Message from C. Graham:
I believe I have found your William George Skiles first wife. I have posted a photo about her on William's Find A Grave memorial. She is listed in her father's 1801 will (photo of will on FAG) in Washington Co., TN which borders Greene Co., TN. There are also marriage records listing William Skiles and Elizabeth Miller, they were married in Greene Co., TN. I don't have any other info except that her sister Margaret "Peggy" (Miller) Laney 1788-1872 ended up in Greene Co., MO.
Some of this Skiles family spelled their surname Skyles.
See the book "History of Dent Co., MO" (and other counties) published in 1889 by The Goodspeed Publishing Co. See page 1034 for biography of Thomas Jefferson Bowman. The biography mentions that William Skyles was a early settler of Green Co. TN and he died in that State while en route for Missouri. William Skiles wife is not mentioned in the biography.
Source:
Greene Co., TN Marriage Record
1889 Dent Co., MO History Book page 1034
Erma Lee (Skyles) Brown, a relative of the Skyles/Skiles family.
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Find A Grave contributor Bobby Skiles has made a suggestion for memorial of William Skiles.
Their suggestion:
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According to his son-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Bowman (Goodspeed 1889:1034), George William Skiles served under General Andrew Jackson in the First Creek War [also known as the Red Stick War], and fought in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 Mar 1814 on the Tallapoosa River in present-day Alabama). Service records indicate "William Skyles" was enlisted as a private in the 2nd Regiment, Mounted Gunmen (Brown's Company), East Tennessee Volunteers.
After the battle, some of Jackson's troops made bridle reins from skin taken from Indian corpses, conducted a body count by cutting off the tips of their noses, and sent their clothing as souvenirs to the "ladies of Tennessee" (Takaki 1993:85).
Sam Houston [the future statesman and leader of Texas] served as a third lieutenant in Jackson's army in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Houston was one of the first to make it over the enemy's log barricade, alive, and received a wound in his groin from a Creek arrow that troubled him for the rest of his life (Remini 1976). My grandfather, Samuel Houston Skiles (1876-1954), was named in honor of this great Tennessean and Texan. Family folklore avers his great-grandfather had known Houston "when they were both in the army together, back in Tennessee" [Bobby D. Skiles 14 Oct 2017].
REFERENCES CITED
The Goodspeed Publishing Company
1889 History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties Missouri. The Goodspeed Publishing Company. Chicago.
Remini, Robert
1976 Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821. Harper & Row. New York.
Takaki, Ronald
1993 A Different Mirror. Little, Brown & Co. Boston, New York, London.
War of 1812 Service Records
1812-1815 "William Skyles." National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Microfilm Publication M602, Roll No. 191.
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Middle name, birth and death place and death date are from are from Bobby Skiles contributor #49367138.
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William Skiles (156828034)
Suggested edit: Forgot to mention that Elizabeth Miller's mother was Mary Broyles (1752-1823) born in VA and died in TN. Husband " Knob Creek" Peter Miller died in 1801. There is so little on the family. It's always mixed up with another Peter Miller who married Elizabeth Bohn.
Contributor: C. Graham (48061958
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Message from C. Graham:
I believe I have found your William George Skiles first wife. I have posted a photo about her on William's Find A Grave memorial. She is listed in her father's 1801 will (photo of will on FAG) in Washington Co., TN which borders Greene Co., TN. There are also marriage records listing William Skiles and Elizabeth Miller, they were married in Greene Co., TN. I don't have any other info except that her sister Margaret "Peggy" (Miller) Laney 1788-1872 ended up in Greene Co., MO.
William Skiles, Sr. was married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Elizabeth Miller.
Some of this Skiles family spelled their surname Skyles.
See the book "History of Dent Co., MO" (and other counties) published in 1889 by The Goodspeed Publishing Co. See page 1034 for biography of Thomas Jefferson Bowman. The biography mentions that William Skyles was a early settler of Green Co. TN and he died in that State while en route for Missouri. William Skiles wife is not mentioned in the biography.
Source:
Greene Co., TN Marriage Record
1889 Dent Co., MO History Book page 1034
Erma Lee (Skyles) Brown, a relative of the Skyles/Skiles family.
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Find A Grave contributor Bobby Skiles has made a suggestion for memorial of William Skiles.
Their suggestion:
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According to his son-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Bowman (Goodspeed 1889:1034), George William Skiles served under General Andrew Jackson in the First Creek War [also known as the Red Stick War], and fought in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 Mar 1814 on the Tallapoosa River in present-day Alabama). Service records indicate "William Skyles" was enlisted as a private in the 2nd Regiment, Mounted Gunmen (Brown's Company), East Tennessee Volunteers.
After the battle, some of Jackson's troops made bridle reins from skin taken from Indian corpses, conducted a body count by cutting off the tips of their noses, and sent their clothing as souvenirs to the "ladies of Tennessee" (Takaki 1993:85).
Sam Houston [the future statesman and leader of Texas] served as a third lieutenant in Jackson's army in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Houston was one of the first to make it over the enemy's log barricade, alive, and received a wound in his groin from a Creek arrow that troubled him for the rest of his life (Remini 1976). My grandfather, Samuel Houston Skiles (1876-1954), was named in honor of this great Tennessean and Texan. Family folklore avers his great-grandfather had known Houston "when they were both in the army together, back in Tennessee" [Bobby D. Skiles 14 Oct 2017].
REFERENCES CITED
The Goodspeed Publishing Company
1889 History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties Missouri. The Goodspeed Publishing Company. Chicago.
Remini, Robert
1976 Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821. Harper & Row. New York.
Takaki, Ronald
1993 A Different Mirror. Little, Brown & Co. Boston, New York, London.
War of 1812 Service Records
1812-1815 "William Skyles." National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Microfilm Publication M602, Roll No. 191.
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Middle name, birth and death place and death date are from are from Bobby Skiles contributor #49367138.
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William Skiles (156828034)
Suggested edit: Forgot to mention that Elizabeth Miller's mother was Mary Broyles (1752-1823) born in VA and died in TN. Husband " Knob Creek" Peter Miller died in 1801. There is so little on the family. It's always mixed up with another Peter Miller who married Elizabeth Bohn.
Contributor: C. Graham (48061958
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Message from C. Graham:
I believe I have found your William George Skiles first wife. I have posted a photo about her on William's Find A Grave memorial. She is listed in her father's 1801 will (photo of will on FAG) in Washington Co., TN which borders Greene Co., TN. There are also marriage records listing William Skiles and Elizabeth Miller, they were married in Greene Co., TN. I don't have any other info except that her sister Margaret "Peggy" (Miller) Laney 1788-1872 ended up in Greene Co., MO.
Some of this Skiles family spelled their surname Skyles.
See the book "History of Dent Co., MO" (and other counties) published in 1889 by The Goodspeed Publishing Co. See page 1034 for biography of Thomas Jefferson Bowman. The biography mentions that William Skyles was a early settler of Green Co. TN and he died in that State while en route for Missouri. William Skiles wife is not mentioned in the biography.
Source:
Greene Co., TN Marriage Record
1889 Dent Co., MO History Book page 1034
Erma Lee (Skyles) Brown, a relative of the Skyles/Skiles family.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Find A Grave contributor Bobby Skiles has made a suggestion for memorial of William Skiles.
Their suggestion:
-------------------------
According to his son-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Bowman (Goodspeed 1889:1034), George William Skiles served under General Andrew Jackson in the First Creek War [also known as the Red Stick War], and fought in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 Mar 1814 on the Tallapoosa River in present-day Alabama). Service records indicate "William Skyles" was enlisted as a private in the 2nd Regiment, Mounted Gunmen (Brown's Company), East Tennessee Volunteers.
After the battle, some of Jackson's troops made bridle reins from skin taken from Indian corpses, conducted a body count by cutting off the tips of their noses, and sent their clothing as souvenirs to the "ladies of Tennessee" (Takaki 1993:85).
Sam Houston [the future statesman and leader of Texas] served as a third lieutenant in Jackson's army in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Houston was one of the first to make it over the enemy's log barricade, alive, and received a wound in his groin from a Creek arrow that troubled him for the rest of his life (Remini 1976). My grandfather, Samuel Houston Skiles (1876-1954), was named in honor of this great Tennessean and Texan. Family folklore avers his great-grandfather had known Houston "when they were both in the army together, back in Tennessee" [Bobby D. Skiles 14 Oct 2017].
REFERENCES CITED
The Goodspeed Publishing Company
1889 History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties Missouri. The Goodspeed Publishing Company. Chicago.
Remini, Robert
1976 Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821. Harper & Row. New York.
Takaki, Ronald
1993 A Different Mirror. Little, Brown & Co. Boston, New York, London.
War of 1812 Service Records
1812-1815 "William Skyles." National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Microfilm Publication M602, Roll No. 191.
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Middle name, birth and death place and death date are from are from Bobby Skiles contributor #49367138.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William Skiles (156828034)
Suggested edit: Forgot to mention that Elizabeth Miller's mother was Mary Broyles (1752-1823) born in VA and died in TN. Husband " Knob Creek" Peter Miller died in 1801. There is so little on the family. It's always mixed up with another Peter Miller who married Elizabeth Bohn.
Contributor: C. Graham (48061958
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Message from C. Graham:
I believe I have found your William George Skiles first wife. I have posted a photo about her on William's Find A Grave memorial. She is listed in her father's 1801 will (photo of will on FAG) in Washington Co., TN which borders Greene Co., TN. There are also marriage records listing William Skiles and Elizabeth Miller, they were married in Greene Co., TN. I don't have any other info except that her sister Margaret "Peggy" (Miller) Laney 1788-1872 ended up in Greene Co., MO.
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