There Has Been a Mystery IN Researching This Family as I Have Five

There has been a 'mystery' in researching this family. As I have five Eskew sons carrying on this name, I have been anxious to find out about their ancestors. Their father, Charles James Eskew, was orphaned at the age of 7 and sent to the Muncie, Indiana orphanage along with his two sisters, Wilma Maxine and Babara Ann.

These children had the parents named Russell Amos Eskew and Gertrude
Whetsel. They were born in Yorktown, IN. Gertrude died before Russell and he made arrangements for the children to go to the orphanage before he died. Maxine was taken out by relatives, Barbara was adopted, but Charles remained until he joined the Navy when he was 17.

William O. Eskew married Peatl Edna Barker and they had two children:
Edith and Russell.