Jul-28-2018                   

Husband: Donald Levi Skidmore
Born: Jan- 6-1909 in Webster Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Mar-15-1987 in Broward Co, FL 4,2 Resided: in Dania, Broward Co, FL 2 (see note 2) Father: John B. Skidmore Mother: Mary E. Rutherford
Wife: Goldie Elizabeth Phipps 5,6,7 Also known as: Goldie 8 Married: Dec-19-1928 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9 Born: Sep-27-1909 in Wetzel Co, WV 10,7,2 Died: Dec-20-1987 2 Resided: in Lake Wales, Polk Co, FL 2 Resided: (moved) abt 1941 to Ohio 7,11 Resided: 1939, 59 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV 12,8 Occupation: 1940s First Aid nurse for Ohio Match Co, Wadsworth, OH 7 Father: Walter Cassidy Phipps (1877 - 1960) Mother: Anna Gay Hileman (1883 - 1939) Other spouse 2 Notes
M Child 1: Don Burke Skidmore Born: Oct-14-1929 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV 13,6,2 Died: Sep-15-1997 2 Resided: from abt 1963 in Anchorage, Anchorage Co, AK 7,2 (see note 3) Wife: Living
F Child 2: Living Husband: Hurley Homer Simmons b. Jan-10-1929
M Child 3: Living
Sources: (1) Death Record - Online. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (4) Death Record - Online, Identified as Donald Levi Skidmore, b. Jan 6 1909, d. Mar 15 1987 in Broward Co, FL. (5) Obituary of wife's mother. (6) Ruby Jane Bailey McCord (1906-2002), Genealogy of Phipps Family (self-published, Oct 1983), p. 81. (7) Hileman Genealogy (1305) 1780-1981, Pearl Hileman Cooper and Maysel Hileman Pierce (self-published, 1981), p. 40. (8) Obituary of father. (9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Donald Levi Skidmore, 21, res. Webster Springs, b. Jan 6 1907 in Webster Co, son of John B. Skidmore & Mary E. Rutherford; and Goldie Josephine Phipps, 21, res. Clarksburg, b. Sep 27 1907 in Wetzel Co, dau of Walter C. Phipps & Anna Holdiny [sic]. Informant for license: Donald Levi Skidmore. Married Dec 19 1928 in Clarksburg by C. G. Stater, minister of M. E. Church. (Note: All other documents relating to this couple show that they were both born on the respective dates in 1909, not 1907. "Genealogy of Phipps Family" reports marriage of Goldia Elizabeth Phipps to Don E. Skidmore on Dec 11 1927. "Hileman Genealogy" reports marriage of Goldie Phipps to Donald Levi Skidmore on Dec 20 1928. Harrison County marriage records show that Goldie Josephine Phipps married Donald Levi Skidmore on Dec 19 1928.), MR p. 415. (10) Ruby Jane Bailey McCord (1906-2002), Genealogy of Phipps Family (self-published, Oct 1983) (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. (12) Obituary of mother. (13) Hileman Genealogy (1305) 1780-1981, Pearl Hileman Cooper and Maysel Hileman Pierce (self-published, 1981), Date stated as Oct 24 1929, at variance with the Oct 14 1929 reported in "Genealogy of Phipps Family" and in his SSDI entry. p. 40. Event Notes Note (1) Although his marriage record identifies him as Donald Levi Skidmore, b. Jan 6 1907, he was identified in "Genealogy of Phipps Family" as Don E. Skidmore. There is an SSDI entry for Don Skidmore, resident of Florida, Social Security card issued in North Carolina or West Virginia before 1951, b. Jan 6 1909, d. Mar 1987. The Florida Death Index shows that Donald Levi Skidmore, b. Jan 6 1909, died in Broward County on Mar 15 1987. Note (2) Social Security card issued in NC/WV before 1951. Name listed in SSDI as Don Skidmore. Note (3) He first went to Alaska on a hunting trip, but got a job with a contractor and decided to stay. Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Name listed in SSDI as Don B. Skidmore.




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