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Chapter 8: The Record, Vol. XXXVIII, Oct., 1907, pp 294-302

(Continued from Vol. XXXVIII, p. 199, of THE RECORD.)

83. CATHARINE6

87. JOHN6

91. WILLIAM6

95. ISAAC6

84. SUSAN6

88. CHRISTOPHER6

92. CYNTHIA6

96. ANNA6

85. JULIETTE6

89. JOHN W. 6

93. THOMAS6

97. WILLIAM L. 6

86. HARRIET6

90. EVAN6

94. ELIZABETH6

98. MARY6

 

83. CATHARINE6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. July 31, 1800; d. 1883; m. 1818, Joseph Allen of Loudoun Co., Va. (b. 1792; d. 1846, in Scott Co., Ky.), very likely one of the Allen family that came with her grandfather, John Skillman, from Somerset Co., N. J., to Virginia in 1769. (see No. 14) Children:

 

i.

Julia7 Allen, b. Sept. 24, 1819; m. George Emerson. No children.

 

ii.

David Skillman Allen, b. Feb. 8, 1822; d. 1880.

 

iii.

Wright Allen, b. 1824; d. 1895; m. Fanny, second dau. of William G. Skillman and wife Martha Grigg.

 

iv.

Mary Allen, b. Feb. 8, 1827; never m.

 

v.

Alfred Whitely Allen, b. 1830; m. Anna Allin of Danville, Ky.

 

vi.

Alathea Allen, b. April 23, 1837; d. 1904; m. 1864, William J. Quinlan, Decatur, Ill. Had: 1. William H., b. 1866, Attorney-at-Law, Chicago. 2. Edgar. 3. Ethel, twins, b. 1878; latter d. inf.

84. SUSAN6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Virginia, Feb. 25, 1804; d. 1879; m. Dec. 26, 1822, Milmer Haynes, d. 1866, ae. 67. Children:

 

i.

Nancy7 Haynes, b. Oct. 11, 1823; d. July 28, 1866; m. 4 July, 1843, Thomas A. Dale. Had ten children.

 

ii.

Mary Haynes, b. July 20, 1826; m. May 4, 1848, Floyd Leach. Had three boys and four girls.

 

iii.

William S. Haynes, b. Aug. 11, 1829; d. July 27, 1845.

 

iv.

John Haynes, b. Sept. 24, 1831; m. 1856; Lorinda Wart. Had four boys and three girls.

 

v.

Eliza Haynes, b. June 20, 1834; d. Aug. 31, 1893; m. April 5, 1855, Leonard W. Ligon. Had six boys and two girls.

 

vi.

Agnes Haynes, b. Sept. 10, 1837; d. March 8, 1848.

 

vii.

Charles W. Haynes, b. Aug. 29, 1841; m. 1866, Bettie Ewing. Had three girls.

 

viii.

Henry Haynes, b. March 29, 1844; m. (1) 1868, Mollie Davidson; m. (2) Annie Tillman, who had three daus.

85. JULIETTE6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b.1806, in Virginia; m. William Wright Allen of Scott Co., Ky. Had:

 

i.

Catharine7 Allen; no record.

 

ii.

Newton Allen, m. Emily Allen.

 

iii.

Washington Allen, m. Hettie Houston.

 

iv.

Christopher Allen m. Martha Jewett.

 

v.

Adaline Allen, m. Thomas Cannon of Sadieville, Ky.

86. HARRIET6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Virginia, Dec. 20, 1808 d. March 30, 1883; m. Dec. 14, 1826, John Fletcher Willmott, d. Aug. 11, 1855. Had:

 

i.

Priscilla7 Willmott, b. 1827; m. 1847, Smith Kenney, Bourbon Co., Ky.

 

ii.

William W. Willmott, b. 1829; m. March 2, 1858, Mary T. Breckenridge.

 

iii.

Robert Willmott, b. 1832; m. 1853, Elizabeth Tanner.

 

iv.

Isaac Willmott, b. 1834; m. 1855, Nancy Tanner.

 

v.

Rebecca Willmott, b. 1837; m. 1856, Adam A. Breckenridge of Plattsburg, Mo.

 

vi.

Sally Willmott, b. 1839; m. 1860, Dr. B. F. Cummins.

 

vii.

John B. Willmott, b. 1841; m. 1870, Mary E. Smith.

 

viii.

Eliza Willmott, b. 1843; m. 1867, H. W. Bain.

 

ix.

Charles E. Willmott, b. 1846; m. 1873, Lutie Jones.

 

x.

Curtis Willmott, b. 1848; m. 1872, Jemima Webb.

 

xi.

Mary L. Willmott, b. 1852; m. 1873, Smith Kenney, widowed husband of her sister Priscilla.

N. B. In this single Willmott family, with mother Harriet Skillman, are now (1902) 11 children, 50 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren, or with the original pair 88 in all.

87. JOHN WHITELY6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 10, 1811; m. (1) Feb. 2, 1832, Adaline Henderson; m. (2) Nov. 29, 1849, Lydia Chambers. Six children by the first, three by the second wife:

 

i.

Isaac,7 b. Oct. 23, 1832; m. Cynthia Hays. Had: 1. Dora. 2. Jack. 3. Emily. 4. Charles. 5. Rebecca. 6. Adeline, 7. Benjamin, who went west.

 

ii.

Andrew, b. Nov. 24, 1834; m. Sept. 25, 1856, Julia Allen. Had: 1. John A. 2. Clay. 3. Harvey. 4.Charles. 5. Benjamin. 6. Benjamin. 7. Isaac B. 8. William E. 9. Harriet Stoner. Home in Bourbon Co.

 

iii.

John W., Jr., b. March 20, 1837. Had four daus., Dixie, Mamie, Lizzie and Emily, by first wife, Susan Marks; of second wife, Emma Rice (Dec. 19, 1882), were no children.

 

iv.

Amanda, b. Aug. 15, 1839; m. (1) June 15, 1858, W. C. Holt; three children; m. (2) John G. McCauley; 1 dau.

 

v.

Nancy, b. Dec. 23, 1841; m. Oct. 30, 1861, George Cunningham. Had: Clara, Harry, John, Orma and Lewis. Home in Texas.

 

vi.

Charles, b. March 20, 1844; m. Olivia Price, Atlanta, Ga. Children: Fairy, Lewis, Adaline. Live south.

 

vii.

William G., m. Jan. 28, 1875, Mary D. Rice. Had: Carrie, Pattie and Wallace.

 

viii.

Richard; no record.

 

ix.

Benjamin; no record.

The father, a widower, m. (3) Sept. 27, 1887, Mrs. Harriet D. Horton, dau. of Maj. Nath'l Brown. Has lived his entire life in the home built by his uncle Christopher when he came from Virginia to Bourbon Co., Ky. For years, having a good voice, he led the singing in the historic "Old Cane Ridge Church."

88. CHRISTOPHER6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 6, 1813; getting his name from Christopher Beekman of New Jersey, father of his grandmother, Catharine d. 1896; m. (1) Eliza Jane, dau. of Capt. Andrew Johnson; settled in Platte Co., Mo.; m. (2) 1872, Elizabeth Brown. Five Children by first wife, one by the second:

 

i.

Verona,7 b. May 17, 1843; m. Sept. 8, 1860, John B. Slone, b. Feb. 21, 1836, at Shelbyville, Ky.; Confed. soldier. Had: 1. William, d. 1881. 2. Emily, m. 1880, J. M. Calvert; five children.

 

ii.

Elvira, b. Jan. 20, 1845; m. 1886, William C. Wilhite. Had six children. He d. at Huntsville, Mo., 1898

 

iii.

Anne True, b. Sept. 30, 1848; m. twice; four children by J. J. Raymond; two by James M. Calvert.

 

iv.

John, b. Feb. 26, 1860; m. Sallie Thomason. Had: 1. Christopher. 2. Alice.

 

v.

Henry Clay, b. June 4, 1852; m. Alice Conway. Son John, student (1901) in William Jewell College, Kansas.

 

vi.

Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1874; m. Sept. 27, 1897, J. G. Wayland. One dau., E1izabeth, b. July 25, 1900.

89. JOHN W.6 SKILLMAN

(William,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Sept 22, 1811, Highland Co., O.; m. May 12, 1841, Mary French, b. 1823; moved to Warren Co., Ind., 1834; d. 1880. Had:

 

i.

Samantha,7 b. June 11, 1842; m. 1862, James Kimball. Children: 1. Edwin. 2. Charles. 3. Caroline. 4. Frank. 5. John E. 6. Dudley. Home at West Lebanon, Ind.

 

ii.

Armatha, b. Sept. 23, 1845; m. 1868, John Hornaday. Had: 1. Harry. 2. Myrtle.

 

iii.

Jane, b. Nov. 13, 1847; d. March 11, 1872.

 

iv.

Maria, b. Oct. 23, 1850; d. May 31, 1860.

 

v.

Mary Ann, b. Oct. 8, 1852.

 

vi.

William D., b. Oct. 22, 1854; d. 1885, unm.

 

vii.

Thomas, b. Oct. 26, 1858.

 

viii.

Clara, b. April 26, 1864; d. Oct. 27, 1874.

90. EVAN HENTON6 SKILLMAN

(William,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Highland Co., O., Dec. 31, 1812; d. in Sigourney, Ia., March 19, 1891; m. Jan. 8, 1837, Eliza Ann Browder (b. Oct. 10, 1817; d. Feb. 6, 1894); practicing physician and man of business. Children:

 

i.

James W.,7 b. May 9, 1838; d. Dec. 10, 1839.

 

ii.

Nancy, b. Nov. 27, 1839; m. (1) 1857, John D. McNeff. Had: 1. Emma. 2. Addie, m. Dr. J. A. Leonard, Belle Plain, Ia. M. (2) Dec. 13, 1864, D. E. Moore. Had: 3. Anna, b. June 6, 1871.

 

iii.

John Thorp, b. June 9, 1841; d. April 30, 1842.

 

iv.

Mary Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1843; m. July 4, 1859, G. D. Woodin (lawyer and banker), Sigourney, Ia. had: 1. Guy G., b. 1871; m. 1897, Nell Gibs. 2. Grace, b.1874; m. Dec. 1, 1897, H. C. Hadley, Chicago. Judge Woodin d. 1903.

 

v.

Allen Cary, b. Dec. 13, 1844; d. July 3, 1889.

 

vi.

Elenora, b. March 20, 1846; m. David Porter Hovens. Had: Georgia, b. 1870; m. 1889, Edward Wright, St. Joseph, Mich.; three children.

 

vii.

Evan Henton, b. Oct. 20, 1848; m. April 24, 1894, Emma Runyon of Washington, Ia.

 

viii.

Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1850; m. William O. Marshall, d. May, 1887, Pottawattamie, Ia., leaving Joseph, Robert and Mary.

 

ix.

Sarah Wilmuth, b. Oct. 12, 1856; m. Sept. 25, 1876, J. M. Kelly. Had: 1. Grace. 2. May. 3. Evan H.

91. WILLIAM6 SKILLMAN

(William,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Warren Co., Ind., March 20, 1816; d. May 26, 1894; m. Dec. 19, 1844, Elizabeth Swank. Had:

 

i.

Renson,7 b. Nov. 8, 1845; enlisted in Union Army, Sept., 1863; d. March 7, 1864.

 

ii.

Eliza Ann ("Lide"), b. Oct. 9, 1847; is unm.

 

iii.

Byron Deward, b. Jan. 1, 1850; m. Nov. 9, 1881, Lucy St. Clair; live in Denver, Col.

 

iv.

James, b. Aug. 23, 1853; m. Dec. 18, 1887, Duella Bunkert. Had: Leo B., b. Aug. 20, 1891, Denver, Col.

 

v.

Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1854; d. inf.

 

vi.

Nora, b. Nov. 23, 1857; d. young.

 

vii.

Clarendon, b. June 10, 1867. Practicing physician, Denver, Col. Head of this family was a country merchant and farmer of Raccoon, Putnam Co., Ind.

92. CYNTHIA ANN6 SKILLMAN

(William,5 John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Indiana, Jan., 1825; d. Jan. 2, 1896; m. Feb. 7, 1847, David Swank. Had:

 

i.

John F. Swank, b. Jan. 25, 1851; m. 1871, Julia Day. Had seven children.

 

ii.

William Clinton Swank, b. July 30, 1854; m. 1899, Mary Caldwell.

 

iii.

Eudora Swank, b. April 8, 1856; m. Manchester Garrison.

 

iv.

Mary Swank, b. Oct. 19, 1858.

 

v.

Cary Alvin Swank, b. March 9, 1860; m. 1901, Rhoda Grimes.

 

vi.

Ida Swank, b. Feb., 1862; m. 1886, Stephen Thompson; d. 1893.

 

vii.

Nora Swank, b. May 3, 1869; d. 1893; m. 1889, Oliver, M. Harris. One son, Earl D. Harris.

93. THOMAS6 SKILLMAN

(John,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas, 2 Thomas1), b. in Ringoes, N. J., Sept. 17, 1781; m. (1) Mary, dau. of Abraham Stryker and wife Cornelia Beekman, Hopewell, N.J. (See No. 43); m. (2) Mrs. Kitty Jewell, nee Bishop. Had seven children by first wife and two by second wife:

 

i.

Anna,7 b. 1804(?); m. Emestus Schenck, grain merchant, Millstone, N. J.; joined by confession, 1831, Hillsborough (Ref. D.) Church. Had four sons and three daus. of latter one m. Rev. Uriah De Hart Gulick, New York.

 

ii.

Maria, m. Mortimer Holcombe(?).

 

iii.

Cornelia, b. 1808; m. John C. Fisher, Ringoes, son of Jacob3 Fisher (Jacob,2 Peter1) and wife Anna Chamberlain.

 

iv.

Caroline, b. 1810; m. Thomas Holcombe.

 

v.

Jacob, b. Aug. 27, 1812; d. July 27, 1892; m. Feb. 10 1835, Ruth, dau. of Samuel McNair and wife Sarah Ruth (b. Sept. 1, 1815; d. June 30, 1864); watchmaker Ringoes; moved 1868, to Rochester, N. Y. Had two sons and four daus.

 

vi.

Abraham Stryker, b. 1814; m. Sarah Williamson lived in Pennington, N. J. Had: 1. Isaac, harnessmaker Philadelphia; wife Sarah, both d.; had many sons. 2. Sarah, m. Charles Augustus Skillman, lawyer, Lambertville, N. J.

 

vii.

Isaac, d. y. .

 

viii.

Bishop, Pennington; m. Roland Wyncoop. Had. Willis B., graduate of Princeton College and Theo. Sem.; many years pastor of Tabor (Presby.) Church. Philadelphia; and five other children. Both parents long dead.

 

ix.

William, farmer near Rocky Hill, N. J.; m. and had nine children: 1. Augustus H., a physician, New Brunswick, N. J.

94. ELIZABETH6 SKILLMAN

(John,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas, 2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 24, 1784; d. Oct. 20, 1868; m. May 30, 1801, Elijah Wilson (b. March 15, 1780; d. Jan. 12, 1859); most inscriptions from family plot near Larisons (Ringoes), in Prall graveyard. They had fourteen children:

 

i.

Charles7 Wilson, b. March, 1802; d. June 6, 1802.

 

ii.

Uri Wilson, b. Sept. 22, 1803; d. Nov. 7, 1847; m. Jan. 25, 1821, Asa Higgens.

 

iii.

John Wilson, b. June 20, 1805; d. May 29, 1869; m. May 18, 1829, Jane Porter.

 

iv.

James Wilson, b. May 7, 1807; d. Aug. 25, 1865; m. (1) Elizabeth Kügler: m. (2) Dec. 17, 1834, Elizabeth Sutphen.

 

v.

Eliza Wilson, b. June 13, 1809; d. Nov. 23, 1894; m. Jan. 13, 1829, Henry Schenck.

 

vi.

Theodore Wilson, b. May 13, 1811; d. Aug. 7, 1845; m. Feb. 26, 1834, Martha McNair.

 

vii.

Ann Wilson, b. Oct. 28, 1812; d. Jan. 8, 1885; m. May 30, 1832, Adam M. Bellis.

 

viii.

Mary Wilson, b, Oct. 29, 1814; d. Aug. 23, 1901; m.17 Jan. 23, 1833, John J. Sutphen.

 

ix.

Cornelia Wilson, b. Oct. 5, 1816; m. Oct. 12, 1833, Joseph Boss.

 

x.

Caroline Wilson, b. July 23, 1818; d. March 22, 1889; m. Nov. 4, 1835, Noah Blackwell.

 

xi.

Julia Wilson, b. Feb. 7, 1820 (living 1902); m. Feb. 12. 1839, Ferdinand S. Holcombe.

 

xii.

Amanda Wilson, b. April 12, 1822; d. Aug. 21, 1897; m. Nov. 19, 1842, Dr. George Roland, Ringoes.

 

xiii.

Sarah Wilson, b. Jan. 9, 1825; d. March 9, 1864; m. Sept. 12, 1846, James Agin (Eagan?).

 

xiv.

Margaret Wilson, b. April 21, 1827 (living 1902); m. Sept. 15, 1845, Newton K. Young.

95. ISAAC6 SKILLMAN

(John,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas, 2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 8, 1786; d. Dec. 18, 1848 and buried in Presby. churchyard at Keene, Coshocton, Co., O.; m. (1) Wilhelmina Nevius ("Aunt Wemmy"), dau. of David Nevius (Pleasant Plains, near Six Mile Run, now Franklin Park, N. J.) and wife Elizabeth Schureman (d. July 16, 1831), niece of James Schureman Nevius, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey; descend from Johannes Nevius, immigrant from Holland, and a Schepin of N. Amsterdam, 1658. With eight motherless children the father in 1836 removed from near Pennington, N. J., and settled in central Ohio (Bethlehem Township, Coshocton Co.); m. (2) May 9, 1843, Jane Burrell.

 

i.

Mary,7 b. Aug. 16, 1816; d. 1892; m. Rufus Eldridge; lived at Knoxville, Ia. One son Charles, d. ae. 19, while at school in Chicago.

 

ii.

Elizabeth Nevius, b. March 13, 1819; d. 1889; m. John Clark; lived at Coshocton, O. Had eleven children, ten living in 1902, eight with families amid many children.

 

iii.

Lydia Ann, b. Feb. 22, 1822; m. April 12, 1842, John Hogle, Coshocton. Five daus. living with families, 1902.

 

iv.

David Nevius, b. March 9, 1823; m. Clara Park of Lorain, O.; removed to Nebraska. Two sons and five daus.

 

v.

Charlotte Prall, b. Aug. 21, 1824; d. at Pennington, N. J., 1829.

 

vi.

Margaret Nevius, b. Dec. 23, 1825; d. April 28, 1850; m. 1848, William Moore, Coshocton. One dau., Wilhelmina.

 

vii.

Catharine W., b. March 27, 1828; m. 1848, James Anderson; lived at Bolton, Mo. Four sons and one dau.

 

viii.

William, b. July 14, 1831; m. in Illinois, Martha Potter; served in the war for the Union to its close. Have one dau., Wilhelmina.

In this family, down to 1902, parents included, were 122 members, 99 direct, and 23 collateral, but only 18 bearing the Skillman name.

96. ANNA6 SKILLMAN

(John,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas, 2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 23, 1790; d. Nov. 9, 1867; m. Dec. 19, 1812, John Barber (b. July 6, 1787; d. Jan. 4, 1867). Had:

 

i.

Mary Ann7 Barber, b. Feb. 22, 1814; d. June 14, 1851; m. Dec. 2, 1840, Dubois Forman, Ringoes, N. J.

 

ii.

George Clinton Barber, b. May 8, 1816; d. Sept. 20, 1901; m. Nov. 10, 1852, in Philadelphia, Fidelia Vidler Boswell. A grandson is Prof. Edward Livingston Barbour of Rutgers College.

 

iii.

Elizabeth Barber, b. Aug. 26, 1818; d. Sept. 24, 1841.

 

iv.

Edward Barber, b. Dec. 20, 1820; d. Dec. 9, 1847; m Jan. 13, 1846, at Ringoes, N. J., Emeline Holcombe.

 

v.

Charles D. Barber, b. Dec. 20, 1822; d. Dec. 22, 1881; m. Oct. 5, 1852, at Lambertville, N. J., Henrietta Warford.

 

vi.

Catharine Barber, b. Feb. 28, 1825; d. Feb. 23, 1856; m Feb. 10, 1852, Alfred Snyder of Ringoes.

 

vii.

Martha Barber, b. April 9, 1827; d. Oct. 2, 1830.

 

viii.

Thomas Barber, b. Sept. 11, 1829; d. Jan. 10, 1830.

 

ix.

William H. Barber, b. July 19, 1832; m. Nov., 1838, Margaret Warford.

97. WILLIAM L.6 SKILLMAN

(John,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas, 2 Thomas1), b. March 20, 1795; d. June 11, 1861; m. Rachel Sutton (b. April 1, 1794; d. Jan. 1, 1860); was tavern keeper at Larisons; in Philadelphia, proprietor of an omnibus line, 1850; of hotel with sons, 1854. Children:

 

i.

Charles Nelson, b. Dec. 2, 1815; d. Jan. 22, 1850 m. Rosemary Wilson. Had: 1. John Welling. 2. Elizabeth, m. Elijah Brewer, Philadelphia.

 

ii.

William Emley, omnibus proprietor, Philadelphia, 1854.

 

iii.

Richard W., b. Oct. 26, 1828; d. Feb. 2, 1851, and by his grave at Larisons, "Hiram D., son of Richard W. and Maria Louisa, d. Dec. 3, 1850, ae. 2 mos. and 5 days" is buried.

 

iv.

David Livingston. Name first in Philadelphia Directory, 1854, where it remains to date, 1907, but no record.

 

v.

John Newton, b. Nov. 24, 1831; d. May 29, 1852; buried in family plot of the old graveyard at the Kirkpatrick Church (Larisons), but no further record.

98. MARY6 SKILLMAN

(Gerardus,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas, 2 Thomas1), b. at Harlingen; bap. March 24, 1782, in Ref. Dutch Church there; d. Jan., 1844; m. Sept. 18, 1802, John Joline (d. May 8, 1835, ae. 60), son of John Joline and wife Elizabeth Swaim, and grandson(?) of Jean Jolin (b. March 3, 1693-4), one of three brothers and two sisters, children of ancestors of the name in America, André Jolin and Madeleine Poupin, Huguenots, from Saint Falaise of Saintonge, now in department of Charente-Inférieure, France. André, of hardy sailor race, with Daniel Lambert, a fellow refugee, was made denizen of New York, Aug. 6, 1686, became a member of the French Church there in 1688, and was naturalized April 15, 1693. John and Mary made their life home in Princeton, N. J., of high repute as keepers of the chief tavern there, and there their eight children were born:

 

i.

Eliza7 Joline, b. Nov. 24, 1803; d. ae. 10 years.

 

ii.

William Joline, b. April 16, 1805; grad. 1824, of College of N.J.; d. Sept. 16, 1880; m. Aug. 28, 1833, Catharine Ann, dau. of John Wetherill Dye and wife Catharine Rue. Had: 1. Mary Jane, b. 1834; m. 1857, Rev. Jos. Beggs, Presby. pastor, Philadelphia; two children. 2. John, b. 1838; d. 1899; private under Capt. Wm. V. Scudder in Co. E, 2d N. J. Cav., in Civil War; at close of war settled in Cleveland, O.; m. but no children. 3. William Alexander, d. 4. Ashbel Green, d. 5. Catharine Dye, Princeton University Library, unm. 6. Margaret Duncan, unm. 7. Charles Oliver, b. 1853; d. 1904; m. 1882, Carrie Eichelberger, Texas; cattleman; for three terms mayor of Wichita Falls; two daus. 8. Henry Billings, b. 1855; d. inf.

 

iii.

John V. D. Joline, d. Dec. 22, 1806; graduate of Princeton, 1827; M.D. of Penn. Univ., 1831; d. a practicing physician at Camden, N. J., March 11, 1887; m. Jan. 5, 1847, Alice, dau. of Peter van Voorhees and Jane Schenck, his wife (b. at Blawenburg, Feb., 1810; d. at Camden, 1878). Had: 1. Peter van Voorhees, b. 1848; d. 1852. 2. Ferdinand Schenck, twin with Peter, d. 1891; lawyer of New York City. 3. John Forsyth, Princeton Graduate, 1870; Camden lawyer; m. Oct. 13, 1881, Jeanie Laurence, dau. of Laurence Turnbull, M. D., Philadelphia, and Louisa Palaske Smith; four children. 4. Charles Van Dyke, graduate of Princeton, 1871; m. Dec. 18, 1878, Lucie Thomas Cooper; lawyer, and Camden, N. J., Dist. Court Judge. Daughters: 1. Alice van Voorhees. 2. Constance Van Dyke.

 

iv.

Jane Joline, b. June 23, 1808; d. Dec. 9, 1813.

 

v.

Mary Joline, b. Aug. 10, 1810; d. Nov. 20, 1875; m. Aug. 29, 1834, Ashbel Green, son of President of Princeton of same name; lawyer of Philadelphia till removal to Texas, 1846; in control of Pass Christian Mil. Institute, Miss., till its destruction by the Civil War, when they removed to New Orleans. Their only child, Mary, b. in Philadelphia, April 28, 1839; m. July 19, 1854, Edward G. Dill at Columbia, S. C. Both d. at New Orleans, she Oct., 1875; he 1880.

 

vi.

Catharine Joline, b. Feb. 22, 1812; d. Feb. 22, 1889; m. May 21, 1833, Rev. Silas Billings, Presby., a lifelong educator; Principal of Fairfax Seminary, Winchester, Va., from 1869 till his death 1881. Had: 1. Mary E., b. 1835; d. 1899. 2. Cornelia F., b. 1837; d. 1897. 3. Henry Martyn, b. 1839; d. 1878. 4. Clarissa Kibbe, b. 1841; m. 1864, Geo. C. Shepard; had six children. 5. Martha Russell, b. 1847; d. 1854.

 

vii.

Cornelia Joline, b. May 3, 1814; d. 1878; m. at New Brunswick, N. J., May 15, 1838, Charles Frazier Maurice, b. 1812, at No. 7 Pearl St., N. Y. City; Princeton graduate, 1834; teacher at Perth Amboy, N. J., at Napanoch, Ulster Co., N. Y., and 1845 Principal Mt. Pleasant Military Academy, Sing Sing, and president bank there till 1880. Had two sons: 1. Charles Stewart, b. 1840; grad. at Williams Col., salutatorian and Phi Beta Kappa, 1861; Engineer U. S. Navy, 1862, in both fights at Fort Fisher on James River; resigned 1866. 2. Benjamin, b. 185-; Yale 1877; teacher in Sing Sing; then lived in Nebraska and Wyoming, 1883-8; m. Feb. 11, 1882, Mary, dau. of John C. Adams, and wife Lucy Pynchon. Had: 1. Nathalie. 2. Chas. Stewart. 3. Benjamin Van Dyke. 4. Rossiter. 5. Joline. Home now at Mamaroneck, N. Y.

 

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Charles Oliver Joline, b. March 1. 1816; d. Feb. 17. 1885; m. Sept. 27, 1848, Mary Evelyn, dau. of Adrian Kissam Hoffman and wife Jane Thompson; member (not graduate) of class 1834, Princeton; merchant at Chilicothe, O.; Adjt. 2d O. Vols. in Mex. War, 1847-8; in positions of responsibility in Federal service later; was Capt. and Asst.-Adjt. Gen. of Vols., 1862-3; Maj. and Aide-de-Camp, 1863-6, on staff of Gen. John A. Dix; Brevt. Lieut.-Col. Vols.; Clerk N. Y. Supreme Court, Special Term; and State Agt. of N. Y. Comptroller for many years. Had three children: 1. Adrian Hoffman, b. 1850; Princeton University, 1870; Columbia Col. Law School, 1872; lawyer in New York City; author; LL.D., 1904. 2. Kate Hoffman, b. Dec. 11, 1853; m. Rev. J. O. Drum. 3. Cornelia Maurice, b. Oct. 18, 1857.

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