George Cowan Skeen - Russell County, Virginia in the Civil War

George Cowan Skeen


Biography
Born	08/20/1824
Birth Location	Russell Co.
Died	10/08/1917
Death Location	Wise Co., VA
Father	John Morgan Skeene
Mother	Lydia Jane Banyon
Married	1850
Spouse	Lucinda Catherine Murphy
Military Units
51st Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
51st Infantry
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Census Information:

1850: 702, Age 26
1860: 1394, Age 34
1870: Wise Co., Richmond 18, Age 47
1880: Wise Co., Richmond 43, Age 54
1900: Lee Co., Seminary 24, Age 75
1910: Lee Co. 25, Age 85, Veteran: Yes
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Filed pension: 1902 (Wise County)
Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1902 (Wise County)

Newspaper mention:
Big Stone Gap Post, 8/23/1916, 2/28/1917, 10/10/1917

Notes: Mentioned in Civil War in Wise and Buchanan Counties. Mentioned in diary of Thomas T. Dickenson, 3/18/1861 as moving to Wise County.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record

Card 1
Private, Company I, 51st Virginia Infantry

Appears on a
Roll of Prisoners of War
paroled at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, by Col. William Y. Dillard, 34 Ky. Infty. Vols.

Roll dated: Not dated

Where paroled:
When paroled: May 9, 1865
Remarks: Wise Co., Va

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Compiled Service Record
Card 1 Private, Company I, 51st Virginia Infantry Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War paroled at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, by Col. William Y. Dillard, 34 Ky. Infty. Vols. Roll dated: Not dated Where paroled: When paroled: May 9, 1865 Remarks: Wise Co., Va