Notes for Joseph Skelton: Joseph Skelton is written about by William Fredrick Graves in Collin County, Texas, Families, Volume II found at McLennan Couty Library. This is said about him ---
"..............Joseph Skelton died at his own hand .......at his farm home outside Murphy, Texas. Joseph Skelton had a saloon in Plano, Texas during the 1880s. His brother, William Skelton also lived in Collin County and ran a saloon in Plano. There were a number of Housewrights in Plano also in the saloon business which were probably brother-in-laws of Joseph Skelton. Housewrights were also related through marriages with Wallis family members. These saloons had the financial backing of some of Plano's prominent businessmen and citizens, which attests to the fact that they were money makers and also to their widespread acceptance by many people."
More About Joseph Skelton: Burial: Unknown, Decatur-Maxwell Cemetery, Collin County, Texas.1648 Cause of Death (Facts Pg): October 20, 1884, Suicide, farm outside Murphy, Texas. Children: Had 5 children by each of his two wives.1648 Died 2: October 20, 1884, Wylie, Collin County, Texas.1649, 1650, 1651 Occupation 1: 1880, had Saloon in Plano.1652, 1653 Occupation 2: July 16, 1860, Miller.1654 Occupation 3: June 18, 1880, farmer.1655 Residence 1: November 9, 1850, District 7, Hawkins County, Tennessee.1656 Residence 2: July 16, 1860, District 7, Hawkins County, Tennessee.1657 Residence 3: August 17, 1870, New Canton, Hawkins County, Tennessee.1658 Residence 4: June 18, 1880, Precinct 5, Plano, Collin County, Texas.1659, 1660
More About Joseph Skelton and Catherine Bradshaw: Marriage 1: Bef. November 9, 1850, Hawkins County, Tennessee.1661 Marriage 2: 1843
Children of Joseph Skelton and Catherine Bradshaw are:
Joseph Skelton (b. June 1, 1826, d. October 20, 1884)
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