on July 16, 1892. He was a son of businessman James Curtis Skakel and Grace Mary Jordan, who were Protestants, of part-Dutch ancestry. He had an elder brother William Skakel, a younger sister Margaret Skakel, and a younger brother James Curtis Skakel Jr.

Career

Skakel began his career as a railroad shipping clerk earning $8 a week. While employed by the railroad, he noticed the price volatility of coal fines for coke, which is a byproduct

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