Skahen, Thomas

1851 - 1936  (85 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 36 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Skahen, Thomas
  Born	1 Jan 1851	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Other Info or Events	Bef 1876
  Children; John Skahen Son abt 1876 in Wisconsin June 1933 in Rantoul, Calumet, WI, USA M Skahen (Skeahen) (Skine) Daughter abt 1878 in Wisconsin Nellie Rosella (Rose) Skahen Daughter Dec 1880 in Wisconsin 1953 Nora Skahen Daughter Nov 1884 in Wisconsin, USA 1950 Evline Evelyn Evalyn I Skahen Daughter 04 JUL 1887 in Rantoul Twp., Calumet Co., Wi. 21 December 1972 in Gillett, Oconto, Wisconsin, United States of America Laura Skahen Daughter Apr 1889 in Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA 06 JUN 1944 in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Appleton, Outagamie Co., Wi. Gertrude (Gertie) Skahen Daughter 26 March 1891 in Wisconsin 1916
  1880 Census	1880	Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
  Thomas Skahen - 30 Maggie Skahen - 25 John Skahen - 4 Mary Skahen - 2 Joseph Skahen - 1
  1900 Census	1900	Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
  Thomas Skeahen - 49 Margreth Skeahen - 45 Joseph Skeahen - 21 Nellie Skeahen - 19 Nora Skeahen - 15 Eveline Skeahen - 13 Laura Skeahen - 11 Gertrude Skeahen - 9 Maggie Skeahen - 7 Daniel Skeahen - 4 Bernett Skeahen - 2
  1910 Census	1910	Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
  Tom Skahen - 59 Margeret Skahen - 55 Joe Skahen - 31 Laura Skahen - 21 Gertrude Skahen - 19 Daniel Skahen - 14 Etta Skahen - 12
  News Mention	26 Jun 1933
  Manitowoc Times Herald
  Rantoul Farmer Is Held On Murder Charge; May Be Examined CHILTON - Herman Skahen, 82-year-old farmer of Rantoul, Cal- umet county, was held in the county jail here today on a charge of having slain his son. Joseph Ska- hen, 58, with a hammer after a quarrel early today. Sheriff Gerhard Jensen said the aged farmer had confessed to striking the blows. Joseph was found fatally injur- ed in his bed about 2 a. m. by a brother, Daniel, upon the latter's return home. Attracted to his brother's room, Daniel found him with his head crushed. His assailant apparently used a claw hammer, found on the floor near the bed. Daniel immediately summoned Dr. J. J. .Minahan, the county coro- ner, who called Sheriff Jensen and District Attorney Edwin Eick. The father, who appeared feeble and dazed, said he had struck the blows after his son had used obscene language to him, the sheriff said. Something Told Him "Something seemed to tell me I should put my son out of the way," the sheriff quoted the man as saying. The son was taken to a hospital here, where he died at 8 a.m. A coroner's jury this morning reported that the son had met death as a result of being struck on the head by a blunt instrument. Dr. J. W. Goggins testified that he died as a result of a fractured skull and that there were 16 or17 marks of the hammer on the head. All of the chest bones had been fractured, he said. The district attorney then ordered Herman Skahen held on a charge of murder. He said, how- ever, that he would ask that the murder charge hearing be stayed pending a mental examination of the prisoner. The prisoner was reported to have quarreled with his son over the distribution, of some land. Frank .M. Dougal of Kaukauna was at the home during the time the attack was said to have taken place. Dougal was awakened by Daniel Skahen and said he heard no sounds of an argument or of a fight. Manitowoc Herald Times | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | Monday, June 26, 1933 | Page 1 FATHER FACES CHARGE OF MURDERING SON Chilton, Wis, June 30 - 'UP- Bound over to c circuit court. for trial on a charge of murdering his son. Thomas Skahen,. 82., will be examined by a sanity commission before trial, authorities indicated today. The aged man, confessed, officials said, that he heat his son, Joseph, 55, to death with a hammer, Testimony at a preliminary hearing indicated Skahen was mentally unbalanced. Stevens Point Daily Journal | Stevens Point, Wisconsin | Friday, June 30, 1933 | Page 1
  News Mention	15 Aug 1933
  Manitowoc Times Herald
  Aged Man Who Murdered His Son is in Hospital Thomas Skahen, 82, Calumet county farmer charged with the murder of his son Joseph, 64, was yesterday committed to the hospital for the criminal Insane by Judge C. F. Van Pelt, at a hearing at Oshkosh. The aged man, who beat his son to death wlth a hammer, was declared by Dr. Marvin J. Jeter, member of the staff of the hospital, to have been mentally unbalanced at the time of the murder.- The hearing yesterday was the final chapter of a crime that shocked this section. On June 26 Joseph Skahen was found dead in his bed by his brother Daniel. His skull had been crushed apparently by a blunt Instrument. On the floor lay the hammer. Later came the disclosure that his aged father bad been the murderer. Manitowoc Herald Times | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | Tuesday, August 15, 1933 | Page 2
  News Mention	15 Aug 1933
  Sheboygan Press
  Judge Van Pelt Sends Slayer of Son To Hospital Fond du Lac Wis __ Thomas Skahen, 82-year-old Calumet county farmer, who beat his son, Joseph, 54 years old, to death with a hammer, was committed to the State Central hospital for the Criminal Insane, Monday by Judge C. F, Van Pelt, presiding in the Winnebago county circuit court in the place of Judge Fred Beglinger who is ill. The commitment of the aged man was the last chapter in a crime which shocked residents of Calumet county. On June 26 Joseph Skahen, the son, was found dead in his bed by his brother, Daniel. His skull has been broken apparently by a blunt instrument. On the floor lay - ham- mer. Sheriff Jensen of Calumet county told a coroner's jury soon af- ter the slaying that the aged man had made an admission and that there was blood on his hands when he was arrested. The jury found that death was due to a blow on his head by a blunt instrument but named no assailant. Dr. J. W. Goggins, who appeared at the hearing, testified that the skull! was fractured in three places and that there were 17 marks on the man's skull. Sheboygan Press, The | Sheboygan, Wisconsin | Tuesday, August 15, 1933 | Page 4
  Died	22 Mar 1936	Waupun, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	24 Mar 1936
  Sheboygan Press
  Thomas Skahen Of Town Rantoul Dies After An Illness Chilton. - Thomas Skahen, 85, lifelong resident of the town of Rantoul, died of pneumonia Sunday at 10:30 a. m. at a Waupun hospital. The body was brought here Sunday evening and is lying in state at the Pfeffer Funeral Home until Wednesday at 10 a. m., when funeral services will be conducted at St. Augustine's church. The Rev. F. M. McKeough will officiate and burial will be made in St. Augustine's cemetery. Mr. Skahen was born in Milwaukee, Jan, 22, 1851, and came to Calumet county at an early age. His marriage to Miss Margaret McBride took place at St. Augustine's church here in 1873, and the couple lived on a farm in Rantoul all their lives. He was a member of the Holy Name society at St. Augustine's church. Twelve children were born to the couple, eight of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Frank Markow of Fond du Lac, Mrs. R. T. Riordan of Milwaukee, Mrs. Byron Mc Dougal of Oconto Falls, Mrs. Harvey Hodgins, of Gillette, Mrs. Ed. King and Mrs. George Bowe of Stockbridge, Mrs. Frank King of Rantoul, Daniel Skahen of Rantoul. There are 27 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. John Speers of Rantoul and two brothers, Michael in North Dakota and William of Green Bay. Sheboygan Press, The | Sheboygan, Wisconsin | Tuesday, March 24, 1936 | Page 6
  Person ID	I140282	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Skahen, Michael,   b. Abt 1820, , , , Ireland ,   d. Aft 1880, Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Gill, Bridget,   b. Abt 1820, , , , Ireland ,   d. Aft 1910  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Family ID	F42178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	McBride, Margaret,   b. 10 Jun 1855, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 6 Jun 1927, Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Bef 1876
  Children	1. Skahen, John F.   2. Skahen, Joseph,   b. 24 Mar 1879,   d. 26 Jun 1933, Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 54 years)   3. Skahen, Rose Ellen + 4. Skahen, Nora + 5. Skahen, Evelyn Isabell   6. Skahen, Laura   7. Skahen, Gretchen Gertrude + 8. Skahen, Margaret V.,   b. 25 Sep 1893, Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 1986, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 92 years) + 9. Skahen, Daniel E.,   b. 24 Aug 1895, Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 6 Dec 1977, Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 82 years)   10. Skahen, Bernadette Cecelia,   b. 20 Sep 1897, Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 24 Apr 1971, Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F41300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 1 Jan 1851 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 1880 Census - 1880 - Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA 1900 Census - 1900 - Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA 1910 Census - 1910 - Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA Died - 22 Mar 1936 - Waupun, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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