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Chapter 7: The Record, Vol. XXXVIII, July, 1907, pp 193-199

(Continued from Vol. XXXVIII, p112. of THE RECORD.)

68. WILLIAM6

72. ISAAC6

76. KATHARINE6

80. VIOLINDA6

69. ALLEN6

73. WASHINGTON6

77. NANCY6

81. RICHARD6

70. THOMAS6

74. VIOLINDA6

78. KESIAH6

82. WILLIAM G. 6

71. JACOB6

75. JOHN6

79. JOSIAH6

 

68. WILLIAM6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac,5 Jacob,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co., N. J., April 4, 1790; d. Jan 22, 1854; removed with kindred to Pennsylvania, and there (or later) m. Polly Albright (b. Aug. 28, 1806; d. May 5, 1877); whose sister, Catharine, m. Theodore Skillman, son of Samuel (Lockland, O.). Had:

 

i.

Isaac7 W., b. Aug. 16, 1825; m. Margaret Tompkins. Son Charles E., Glendale, Hamilton Co., O.

 

ii.

John, b. Nov. 13, 1826; d. Sept. 22, 1900; m. (1) Susan Pendry, Cincinnati, O. Had: 1. Eliza; 2. Frank; 3. Clara; m. (2) Mary Thompson: 1. Cora; 2. Leslie; 3. Gilbert.

 

iii.

Mary, b July 9, 1828; d. 1865; m. John Charles; no issue.

 

iv.

Sarah, b. May 13, 1830; d. unm. 1853.

 

v.

Samuel, b. May 11, 1833; d. Cincinnati, Dec. 16, 1895; m. (1) Nellie Heineman; 1 dau.; m. (2) Mary J. Wagner, April 26, 1868. Had: 1. Ida; 2. Annabelle; 3. Clarence; 4. Raymond; 5. Alice; 6. Edna; 7. Clifford Gordon. Ida m. Wallace Tuttle. Family home now in Pittsburg, Pa.

 

vi.

Edward, b. June 13, 1836; d. 1848.

 

vii.

Adaline, b. Dec. 20, 1838; d. 1840.

 

viii.

Eli, b. Aug. 26, 1842; d. March 1, 1864.

 

ix.

William Henry, b. July 23, 1844; m. Kate Peele, 1868; one dau.

 

x.

David, b. Nov. 13, 1846; m. Jennie Baldoch July 31, 1868. Had: Grace, now living. Father d. 1877.

 

xi.

James Carmon, b. Sept. 3, 1848; m. Alice Tillman (1870). Home in Indianapolis. James and Peter, sons, 1iving.

 

xii.

Arabelle, b. Jan. 5, 1852; d. Jan., 1882; m. John Tuttle, 1870. Had four sons.

69. ALLEN6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac,5 Jacob,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. in N. J., Sept. 27, 1805; d. 1881; m. 1830, Sarah Macauley (b. Sept. 3, 1811; d. 1860); full name: "Obadiah Allen;" lived at Glendale, Hamilton Co., O.; then at Middletown, Butler Co., O. Children:

 

i.

Mary Jane,7 b. April 23, 1831; m. 1848, Stephen Shepherd.

 

ii.

Richard M., b. Jan. 27, 1833; d. 1863.

 

iii.

Malinda, b. August, 1835; m. - Bachellor; d. 1897.

 

iv.

Henry P., b. Nov. 30, 1837; d. July 26, 1860.

 

v.

John M., b. Sept. 12, 1840; d. 1873.

 

vi.

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1843; m. 1860, Henry W. Bolton (d. 1889). Had large family, four yet living.

 

vii.

Stephen, twin, b. June 2, 1845, shoe dealer.

 

viii.

James, twin, b. June 2, 1845, on police force.

 

ix.

Anna, b. Feb. 11, 1847.

 

x.

Alice Carey, b. Dec. 10, 1853.

 

xi.

Lewis, b. Feb. 13, 1858.

Of these, two sons and two daus., widows, yet live, all in Middletown. Mrs. Anna M. is in Chicago, with two children - Charles, printer, and Maza (Mrs. Dunnett), in Wilmette.

70. THOMAS6 SKILLMAN

(Benjamin,5 Jacob,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. 1805; brought when five years old, or in 1810, from Pennsylvania to Colerain Township, Hamilton Co., O.; m. Mary Robinson. Children:

 

i.

Elizabeth,7 b. 1830; never m.

 

ii.

Mary, b. 1832; m. Adelbert Pentecost.

 

iii.

Benjamin, b. 1835; m. Mary Simpson. Had: 1. Elizabeth. 2. Lewis. 3 Alice; all d. 4. William, b. 1875; m. Jennie Bromley.

 

iv.

Jonathan, b. 1837; m. Hannah, eldest dau. of Elon Strong, 2nd wife Elizabeth Nevius Skillman, eldest dau. of Isaac Nevius Skillman and wife, Amelia Stryker; home at Dunkirk, Ind. Had ten children; 1. Charles, b. 1871; m. Lizzie Hamilton. 2. Lizzie, b. 1873; d. 3. Cora, b. 1874; d. 4. Ella, b. 1876 m. Jerry Ramsey. 5 Anna, b. 1879; m. William Shatto. 6. Mildred, b. 1881. 7. Ethel, b. 1883. 8. Pearl, b. 1885. 9. --, b. 1887. 10. Lillian, 1891.

 

v.

Lewis, b. 1840.

 

vi.

Sarah Ann, b. 1843.

71. JACOB6 SKILLMAN

(Jacob, 5 Jacob,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. Sept. 17, 1802, probably in Amwell, N. J.; d. Oct. 3, 1842; m. Jane A., dau. of John and Catharine LaRue (b. July 17, 1802; d. July 26, 1876). Father and his brothers were pioneer settlers of the Miami Valley, Ohio. Children:

 

i.

Miles,7 Union Soldier through the Civil War; in 1866 settled at Fayette, Howard Co., Missouri; m. and has two sons, Frank and Marion, and two daus. Luella and Ida.

 

ii.

Isaac Newton, b. Aug. 20 1838. In Comp. A, 75th Regt. O. V. Inf., Oct. 23, 1861; served until 1865; was at Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and many other engagements; twice a prisoner, at Gettysburg and at Gainesville, Fla.; confined at Andersonville and other prisons; escaped and wandered three weeks in woods and swamps of Georgia and Florida; reached the Union lines at Jacksonville Dec., 1864. June 6, 1867, m. Hattie D. Adams. Home at Mt. Healthy, Hamilton Co., O. Children living: 1. John A., b. June 25, 1868; m. Cora Lane, 1893. 2. Roger [Royer] N., b. Aug. 26, 1877; a graduate (1903) of Lehigh University. 3. George L., b. Jan. 24, 1879. 4. Warren Ellsworth, b. Nov. 25, 1890.

72. ISAAC6 SKILLMAN

(Benjamin,5 Benjamin, 4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. at Mt. Airy, N. J., July 30, d. Jan. 24, 1862; m. Christina Fritts; d. Nov. 7, 1879. Lived at White House, Hunterdon Co., N. J., nearly from boyhood. Had:

 

i.

Benjamin,7 b. No record.

 

ii.

Joseph, b. No record.

 

iii.

Charles F., b. -; d. Feb. 29[28?], 1902. Dealer in live stock, and kept general store at White House; partner in the firm Skillman & Robinson, 64 Cortland St., N. Y., 1874-5. Son, Samuel D., succeeded to his business at White House.

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N. B-Abraham Skillman, resident and property owner, 1876, at Hampton Junction, N. J.; name in Dun's Commercial Register; d. away from home some years later; probably member of family of Benjamin (see 30); had brothers, William and Peter, who moved to Mansfield, O.; m. Sarah J. MacDonald of Glen Gardner, Hunterdon Co., N.J. They had: John M., b. July 14, 1852, m. and lived in New York City in 1889, and at "The Warwick," Grand Rapids, Mich., from 1892 to 1901, where wife d. and was buried at Glen Gardner, leaving a grown-up dau. Florence.

73. WASHINGTON6 SKILLMAN

(Benjamin,5 Benjamin,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 13, 1803; d. May 24, 1840; m. Ann Stillwell, May 10, 1828; home from boyhood at White House, N. J.; one of "Jackson Committee of Vigilance" in Presidential campaign of 1828; with Isaiah P. Large and Joseph P. Thompson, in 1838, was member of Readington Township School Committee. Children:

 

i.

Theodore,7 b. Sept. 29, 1830; home in Petaluma, Cal.

 

ii.

Catharine, b. Aug. 14, 1832; m. H. Parkhurst, M. D.; live at Danvers, McLean Co., Ill.

 

iii.

Oliver, b. Mar. 18, 1834; Union Soldier; d. in the army, Feb. 12, 1863.

 

iv.

Whitfield, b. Aug. 29, 1836; went to Michigan; m. circa, 1860, Jane -. Had: 1. Lawton L., in wholesale lumber trade, Grand Rapids, Mich. 2. Harvey.

 

v.

Mary Van Nest, b. Jan. 18, 1838; d. unm. June 1, 1890.

74. VIOLINDA6 SKILLMAN

(Christopher,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) b. Jan. 9, 1794; m. 1815 in Bourbon Co., Ky., James, son of Judge Peter Fleming; d, 1838 in Macon Co., Ill. Children;

 

i.

Christopher Fleming,7 b. Aug. 31, 1818; d. at Thorp Springs, Tex., 1885; m. Cynthia Thompson. Had: 1. William M., Neosho, Mo. 2. Edward W., Seattle,

Wash.

 

ii.

John B. Fleming, b. Nov. 13, 1820; m. Mrs. Mary Booking. Had: 1. Kate. 2. James N. Fresno, Cal.

 

iii.

William A. Fleming, b. Jan. 13, 1823; d. 1886 m. 1846; Olivia, dau. of Col. Littleberry Bedford Clay, and grand dau. of Rev. David Rice and wife, Mary dau. of Rev. Samuel Blair, of Faggs Manor, Penn., one of the founders of (now) Princeton University. Children: 1. Amelia, b. 1847. 2. James, b. 1849, both with families now living in St. Louis, Mo.

 

iv.

James H. Fleming, b. April 2, 1825; m. Martha Simpson. Children: 1. Ada. 2. Henry Clay. 3. Sterling Price. 4. David S. Live at Pleasant Hill, Mo.

 

v.

David P. Fleming. b. Sept. 13, 1827; d. unm.

 

vi.

Henrietta Fleming, b. Sept. 5, 1830; m. Robert N. Bush.

 

vii.

Samuel R. Fleming, b. Feb. 7, 1832; home, Fresno, Cal.

 

viii.

Catharine Fleming, b. June 20, 1836; m. John Stevenson.

75. JOHN6 SKILLMAN

(Christopher,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 30, 1796, Loudoun Co., Va.; m. 1820, Polly Haynes (b. May 27, 1802; d. Dec. 20, 1846). Had:

 

i.

Emily Ann,7 b. Feb. 28, 1821; m. Oct. 30, 1845. Hudson B. Mays. Had seven children; three now living.

 

ii.

Henrietta, b. Nov. 3, 1822; m. May 7, 1844, Thomas Brashear. Had: 1. Joseph. 2. William H. Both with families at Sulphur Springs, Tex.

 

iii.

William H., b. May 27, 1824; d. Nov. 7, 1883, unm.

 

iv.

Christopher H., b. Jan. 31, 1826; d. Mar. 27, 1887; m. Sarah F. Oulton, 1863. One son, William F., b. Nov. 13, 1866. Banker of Sulphur Springs, Tex., m. Alice Sheppard, 1898. One son, William Oulton, b. 1900.

 

v.

Cornelia, b. Jan. 4, 1828; d. unm. Oct. 19, 1849.

 

vi.

Katharine M., b. Feb. 14, 1831; m. Mordecai Dugan. One son, Dr. Dugan, Louisville, Ky.

 

vii.

John H., b. Aug. 15, 1833; d. Oct. 12, 1852, unm.

 

viii.

Junius Rogers, b. Jan. 9, 1836; d. unm. June 22, 1857.

76. KATHARINE6 SKILLMAN

(Christopher,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Loudoun Co., Va., April 20, 1798; d. in Bourbon Co., Ky., July 6, 1852; m. (2d w.) William Rogers, only son of Nathaniel Rogers, who helped frame the second Constitution of Kentucky in 1799; b. in Campbell Co., Va., July 7, 1784; d. in Bourbon Co., Ky., Feb. 15, 1862. Presiding Elder of the "Old Cane Ridge Church," of which members of the family were officers for over one hundred years. Children:

 

i.

William Skillman Rogers,7 b. Sept. 30, 1819; d. Oct. 15, 1895; m. May 23, 1839. Henrietta, daughter of Hugh Roseberry and wife Mary Parker. Capt. in Confederate Army, staff of Gen. John S. Williams (Cerro Gordo). Had:

1. James T. Rogers, b. Sept. 5, 1841. Enlisted 1861. Captain on the staff of Gen. John H. Morgan. Made prisoner but escaped. Surrendered at Atlanta May 5, 1865.

2. Mary Katharine Rogers, b. April 11, 1843; m. May 23, 1860, Samuel Clay, Jr., b. April 19, 1825; son of Col. Littleberry Bedford Clay. Had: 1. Bella, b. 1861; m. William H. Lyons, Louisville, Ky. 2. William Rogers, b. 1864. 3. Bishop, b. 1866, 4. Samuel Blair.

3. Hiram C. Rogers, b. April 21, 1845. Soldier under Morgan at 17; in many engagements, but never wounded; m. April 14, 1874. Effie, only dau. of Maj. William Elstner, Shreveport, La.

4. John Gano Rogers, b. Aug. 8, 1846. In the Civil War was one of Gen. Richard Gano's Texas Rangers; m. June 1, 1874, Mrs. Mary Graves.

5. Hugh W. Rogers, b. June 8, 1848; at 16 sworn into Morgan's command; a prisoner at Camp Chase when the war ended; a Dept. U. S. Marshal, arresting illicit distillers in Bell and Harlan Co., Ky., he received a death wound in 1891.

6. Samuel C. Rogers, b. Aug. 7, 1853; m. Sallie, dau. of Col. John Pickett and wife, Almira Harrison, of Shreveport, La. Have four children.

 

ii.

Christopher C. Rogers, b. May 15, 1829; m. May 29, 1855, Louisa, dau. of Willoughby Scott and wife, Margaret Lindsay. Had: 1. Kate. 2. Lindsay.

 

iii.

Ann E. Rogers, b. Nov. 16, 1832; m. July 27, 1853, James M. Thomas, of Paris, Ky., Captain in C. S. A. and State Senator in 1900. Many children.

77. NANCY6 SKILLMAN

(Christopher,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1800; m. John Lander, Jan. 16, 1823 in Bourbon Co., and later moved to Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Ky.; d. there in 1876. Children:

 

i.

Sarah E.7 Lander, m. William Payne; no issue.

 

ii.

Violinda Lander, b. 1827; m. Thomas Harrison.

 

iii.

Henrietta Payne Lander; m. Rhoden Hoard. No children.

 

iv.

Christopher S. Lander b. 1832; m. Laura Jenkins.

 

v.

Mary Lander, b. Nov., 1833; m. (1) Louis Leasell. Had: 1. St. Clair. 2. Annie. 3. Mattie, m. (2) Rev. Morrison.

 

vi.

John A. Lander, b. 1837. No record.

 

vii.

James Harrison Lander, b. 1843; m. Cynthia Moore.

78. KESIAH6 SKILLMAN

(Christopher,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 31, 1805; d. 1878; m. July, 1826, Jacob Torian, Christian Co., Ky. They had:

 

i.

William H.7 Torian, b. May 15, 1829: d. Feb. 14, 1852.

 

ii.

Henrietta Torian, b. July 10, 1831; m. 1865, Dr. Franklin Moore, Memphis, Tenn.

 

iii.

Christopher Torian, b. March 20, 1834; d. 1870 m. 1867, A. E. McCargo; One son, William C., b. 1869.

 

iv.

Ann E. Torian, b. Feb. 12, 1836; m. Dec. 1, 1870, Philip A. Buford: One son, Aloyn Harper.

 

v.

Peter A. Torian, b. April 1, 1838; m. 1877, M. J. Trimble; d. 1883. Had: 1. Allie Dorris 2. Leila.

 

vi.

James Anderson Torian, b. Feb. 26, 1843; d. 1892; left for dead as a soldier (Confederate) on the field at Perryville, Ky.; m. 1871, F. E. McLenon. Had: 1. Ermine. 2. James. 3. Marion. 4. Flora. 5. George.

 

vii.

Robertson Skillman Torian, b. Feb. 26, 1843; d. July, 1879; m. April 25, 1872, N. C. Buck. One son, Clarence R., b. 1876. Family home near Memphis, Tenn.

79. JOSIAH PAYNE6 SKILLMAN

(Christopher,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 23, 1807; m. (1) Nov. 7, 1833, Amanda Hutchin son; m. (2) Oct. 8, 1840, Lavinia Wilson, mother of the children. Removed from Kentucky to Cass. Co., Mo.; d. 1871. Had eleven children:

 

i.

William,7 b. Sept. 30, 1841; d. 1868.

 

ii.

David L., b. May 18, 1843; m., but no children.

 

iii.

James P., b. June 20, 1845; m. 1869, Mary Wilson, of Pleasant Hill, Mo. Had: 1. Alice. 2. Charles. 3. Martha. 4. Harriet. 5. Josiah. 6. Nora. 7. Bessie 8. Sanford. Live now at Dayton, Wash.

 

iv.

John Harvey, b. Oct. 11, 1847; m., 1870, Sarah Smith, d. May 16, 1895, at Pleasant Hill, the family home. Children: 1. Ada, b. 1871; m. 1892, Edward Force; four children. 2. Lula, b. 1873; m. 1896 Vaughan Jackson. 3. Minnie, b. 1876; m. 1895, Jesse Rowland. 4. Pearl, b. May 20, 1881. 5. Harriet, b. May 27, 1883. 6. Grace, b. 1889. 7. Marie, b. 1894.

 

v.

Isaac Harrison, b. Jan. 2, 1850.

 

vi.

Harry Todd, b. March 28, 1852; m. three times; three sons in Dresden, Mo.: 1. George. 2. John H. 3. Lewis.

 

vii.

Amanda, b. Feb. 24, 1854; m. 1880, Elbert Taylor; three daus. Home at Weatherford, Tex.

 

viii.

Josiah P., b. 1856; m. 1880, Sarah Wilson. Had: 1. Lavinia. 2. Katharine. 3. Fred. Wilson. Home at Dresden, Pettis Co., Mo.

 

ix.

Mary K., b. Oct. 28, 1859; m. 1882, Christopher R. Bush (2nd cousin) of Pleasant Hill; 2 daus.

 

x.

Thomas J., b. Feb. 8, 1862; m. 1898, Mattie Redd, of Dresden; One son Glenn R.

 

xi.

Richard A., b. June 11, 1864; m. 1893, Edna Wellow; One son, Leslie.

80. VIOLINDA6 SKILLMAN

(Abraham,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1814; m. James Fristoe Lynn, of Loudoun Co., Va. nephew of William Fristoe, "famous Baptist preacher." Had ten children: 1 d. inft.

 

i.

James R.7 Lynn, reared a family in Iowa; d. 1883.

 

ii.

Elizabeth Lynn; m. Henry Miller, Bedford Co., Penn. d. with 1st child, 1859.

 

iii.

Delia A. Lynn; named for mother's stepmother; d. unm.

 

iv.

Bushrod W. Lynn, Superintendent of Penitentiary at Richmond, Va. Family of five boys and three girls.

 

v.

William F. Lynn, farmer and cattle dealer in Loudoun Co., Va.; 1 son, a bank officer.

 

vi.

John F. Lynn, farmer in Iowa, with large family.

 

vii.

Thomas F. Lynn, dental surgeon, Grundy Co., Ia.; three boys.

 

viii

Violinda Isabel Lynn; m. Dr. Trussell, Reinbeck, Grundy Co., Ia.

 

ix.

Henry Clay Lynn; in business, Richmond, Va.

81. RICHARD6 SKILLMAN

(John,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Loudoun Co., Va. With father's family removed to Bourbon Co., Ky., in 1806; to Breckenridge Co., 1815. Names of wife, of seven daus., and also one son, are not given; three sons had names:

 

i.

John,7 d. young.

 

ii.

Abraham, banker at Cloverport, Breckenridge Co., Ky., on Ohio River; m. and left four sons and two daus: 1. Charles B., Cloverport (Bank). 2. Orville T. 3. James R. 4. Abraham. Names of daus. unknown.

 

iii.

James. No record.

82. WILLIAM G.6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Virginia, 1798; d. in Scott Co., Ky., April 1, 1851; m. (1) Martha, dau. of Richard Grigg (b. 1812; d. 1845), mother of his children; m. (2) Mrs. Catharine A. Pryor, May 7, 1850. Family:

 

i.

Eliza,7 m. April, 1851, John Higgins. Had: 1. William Stout, Lexington (now d.). 2. Richard Wyatt. 3. Mattie, m. William H. Tanner.

 

ii.

Frances, b. 1832; d. 1848; m. Feb., 1848, Wright Allen.

Had: Frances, m. James Kimbrough. Had: 1. Wright. 2. Ella. 3. Allen.

 

iii.

Martha, m. Oct. 10, 1853, Dr. William Risque. No issue.

 

iv.

Charles Grigg, graduate of Southern Baptist Theo. Sem. at Greenville, S. C. (now at Louisville, Ky.); licensed to preach 1868; Gen. Supt. of State Sunday Schools for Kentucky, 1875; held pastorates at Georgetown, Ky., Madison, Ind., Kansas City, Mo.; m. 1866, Alice Felix, of Woodford Co., Ky. Had four daus., all now married.

 

v.

Sallie, m. Robert Kay Byrnes, Lexington, Ky. Had: 1. Lulu Bradley. 2. Mattie Lee.

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