SkipworthNelson

Acree/Sachse/Hoover/Ogden/Skipworth/Nelson/TenEyck/Williamson
& Associated Families

Vonce Skipworth Stella Nelson Taken 1922 at age 48 Taken c1895 at age 20 Photos from Robert E. Miller and Carole (Nelson) Ketterer

Vonce DeLeon Skipworth: was born in New Madrid, Missouri, in 1874, the oldest of four children. He grew up living all around the mid-West in railroad towns. His father was a Civil War veteran. He married Stella Nelson in 1895 and they raised two children. In 1900 they were living in Kansas City, Missouri, with Stella's family. They then moved to Chicago, where Vonce did very well for himself - eventually becoming a vice-president of the Wilson Meat Packing Company. In 1938 he started the Skipworth Packing Company in Springfield, Ohio. Unfortunately, it soon went bankrupt. However, he kept his dignity intact until he died in 1945 in the city where he once had had high hopes for his business.
Ozella Nelson,: known as Stella, was born in Iowa in 1875, one of four children. There are indications that she moved around the mid-West in her early years - her father, a Swedish immigrant, was a saloon keeper and her mother ran a boarding house. She married Vonce Skipworth in 1895 and eventually raised two children in Chicago. Her and her family's circumstances went from lean to plenty to lean again, but she wasn't deeply fazed by it. She died in 1962 in Florida, where she and her sister, Minnie, then lived.

1874	Vonce was born in Point Pleasant, New Madrid Co., Missouri, as the eldest of four children (with an older half-sister).
1875	Stella was born in Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa, as the third of four children of Swedish/German parents.
1884	Stella's paternal grandparents emigrated from Sweden to Nebraska, following her father's example.
c1890	Vonce's parents moved to Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, after living seven years in Blue Mound, Linn Co., Kansas.
c1890	Stella's parents moved to Kansas City to open their second boarding house.
1895	Vonce and Stella married in Kansas City.
1896	Their daughter, Helen, was born in Kansas City.
1900	The family was living at Stella's mother's boarding house in Kansas City, as Vonce, then a clerk, began his career in the meat-packing & distribution industry.
c1902-1926	The family lived in Chicago, Illinois, where Vonce eventually became a vice-president of Wilson and Company. In 1905, Vonce, then an assistant traffic manager, pled guilty, with superiors in the Schwarschild & Sulzberger Packing Co. of Chicago, of conspiracy in illegally accepting rebates from railroads and was fined $5,000.
1910	Stella's mother died of heart disease in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha Co., South Dakota, having lived with her younger married daughter there for several years.
1911	Stella's father died in Kansas City, having separated from her mother in the 1890s and lived since then with another woman.
1916	Their son, Edward, was born in Chicago.
1920	Helen married and continued to live in Chicago.
1922	Vonce's mother died of neuroasthmia in Sulphur, Murray Co., Oklahoma.
1925	Stella took Edward to Europe for a visit, perhaps to Sweden.
1927	Vonce's father died of heart disease at his daughter's home in Denison, Grayson, Co., Texas.
c1926-1930	The family lived in New York City (Forest Hills), where Vonce was president of the Silz Packing Company.
1930	Vonce visited Paris, France, alone, perhaps on business, for two weeks in the fall.
1931-1933	The family lived in Detroit, Michigan, where Vonce was general manager of Parker-Webb Co.
1933-1937	The family moved back to Forest Hills, when Vonce was named president of Adolf Gobel, Inc., another packing company.
1934	Edward vacationed in Bermuda.
1936	Vonce travelled with Edward to Germany in the summer.
1937	Stella vacationed in Bermuda with her divorced sister, Minnie, who had moved in with them.
1937	Edward married Frances TenEyck in New York.
1938	Vonce, Stella, Minnie, Edward and his bride moved to Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, where Vonce purchased the Springfield Abattoir Company, established about 1890, and re-named it the Skipworth Packing Co., Inc.
1940	Vonce and Stella bought an expensive home at 47 S. Kensington Place.
1941	The Skipworth Packing Co. went bankrupt. Vonce opened a small second-hand furniture store. He and Stella moved with Minnie to a more modest home. Edward left Springfield with his wife and daughter.
1945	Vonce died, at age 71, in Springfield, eight months after their golden wedding anniversary, having closed the furniture store due to illness.
c1952	Stella and Minnie moved to 609 Palm St., in West Palm Beach, Florida.
1962	Stella died of heart disease, at age 87, in West Palm Beach.

Above vignettes by S. Acree THE SKIPWORTH HOME c1940

47 S. Kensington Place, Springfield, Ohio

Photo from Frances (TenEyck) Skipworth

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1874 Vonce was born in Point Pleasant, New Madrid Co., Missouri, as the eldest of four children (with an older half-sister).

1875 Stella was born in Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa, as the third of four children of Swedish/German parents.

1884 Stella's paternal grandparents emigrated from Sweden to Nebraska, following her father's example.

c1890 Vonce's parents moved to Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, after living seven years in Blue Mound, Linn Co., Kansas.

c1890 Stella's parents moved to Kansas City to open their second boarding house.

1895 Vonce and Stella married in Kansas City.

1896 Their daughter, Helen, was born in Kansas City.

1900 The family was living at Stella's mother's boarding house in Kansas City, as Vonce, then a clerk, began his career in the meat-packing & distribution industry.

c1902-1926 The family lived in Chicago, Illinois, where Vonce eventually became a vice-president of Wilson and Company. In 1905, Vonce, then an assistant traffic manager, pled guilty, with superiors in the Schwarschild & Sulzberger Packing Co. of Chicago, of conspiracy in illegally accepting rebates from railroads and was fined $5,000.

1910 Stella's mother died of heart disease in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha Co., South Dakota, having lived with her younger married daughter there for several years.

1911 Stella's father died in Kansas City, having separated from her mother in the 1890s and lived since then with another woman.

1916 Their son, Edward, was born in Chicago.

1920 Helen married and continued to live in Chicago.

1922 Vonce's mother died of neuroasthmia in Sulphur, Murray Co., Oklahoma.

1925 Stella took Edward to Europe for a visit, perhaps to Sweden.

1927 Vonce's father died of heart disease at his daughter's home in Denison, Grayson, Co., Texas.

c1926-1930 The family lived in New York City (Forest Hills), where Vonce was president of the Silz Packing Company.

1930 Vonce visited Paris, France, alone, perhaps on business, for two weeks in the fall.

1931-1933 The family lived in Detroit, Michigan, where Vonce was general manager of Parker-Webb Co.

1933-1937 The family moved back to Forest Hills, when Vonce was named president of Adolf Gobel, Inc., another packing company.

1934 Edward vacationed in Bermuda.

1936 Vonce travelled with Edward to Germany in the summer.

1937 Stella vacationed in Bermuda with her divorced sister, Minnie, who had moved in with them.

1937 Edward married Frances TenEyck in New York.

1938 Vonce, Stella, Minnie, Edward and his bride moved to Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, where Vonce purchased the Springfield Abattoir Company, established about 1890, and re-named it the Skipworth Packing Co., Inc.

1940 Vonce and Stella bought an expensive home at 47 S. Kensington Place.

1941 The Skipworth Packing Co. went bankrupt. Vonce opened a small second-hand furniture store. He and Stella moved with Minnie to a more modest home. Edward left Springfield with his wife and daughter.

1945 Vonce died, at age 71, in Springfield, eight months after their golden wedding anniversary, having closed the furniture store due to illness.

c1952 Stella and Minnie moved to 609 Palm St., in West Palm Beach, Florida.

1962 Stella died of heart disease, at age 87, in West Palm Beach.

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