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Chapter 12: The Record, Vol. XXXIX, Oct., 1908, pp 285-292
(Continued from Vol. XXXIX, p. 166, of THE RECORD.)
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147. HIRAM6 SKILLMAN
(William H.,5 George,4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 23, 1823; d. Jan. 31, 1894; m. Jan. 16, 1844, Catharine Huff (yet living, 1907), sister of Lucretia (No. 146), at Elizabeth, N. J. Children:
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John R.,7 b. 1848; Engineer; m. (1) Maggie Smith, 1868. By her had five children: 1. Lizzie. 2. Levi. 3. Charles (of Raritan, N. J.). 4. Kate. 5. Gertrude (of Plainfield). He m. (2) Sophia Du Shannick, 1885, and had: 6. Henry George. 7. John Harvey. 8. Cora. Family now of Garwood, N. J. |
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David H., b. 1852; m. and lives in Elizabeth; has three boys; carpenter and builder. |
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James Harvey, b. 1855; weaver; unm. at Plymouth, Mass. |
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William Dilts, b. 1857; m. - Sherwood; one dau.; also a weaver of Plymouth. |
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Ella, b. Feb., 1861; m. John Matthews; three boys and two girls. |
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Wesley, b. 1864; never m.; with Cent. R. R., N. J. |
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Edgar, b. Feb. 1867; m. - Button; machinist at Hartford, Conn. |
148. THEODORE6 SKILLMAN
(Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Benjamin,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Kingston, N. J., March 4, 1800; d. 1842; m. (in Pennsylvania) Oct. 23, 1819, Catharine Albright, sister of " Polly" (see No. 68), who m. William. She was b. June 15, 1803; d. May 28, 1886. Family home, Lockland, Hamilton Co., O. Children:
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Mary Ann,7 b. Sept. 25, 1820; m. John Turner. Had: 1. John. 2. Henry. 3. Jane. 4. Maria. |
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Anna, b. Dec. 12, 1821; d. April 10, 1892; m. -- Parsons, and had one dau., Drusilla. |
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John, b. June 11, 1824; m. Julia Bigum. Had: Mollie. |
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Hiram Newton, b. 1826; m. 1849, Eliza Palmer. Had: 1. Chas. Wesley. 2. John Wellington. 3. Alice. 4.William Edwin. 5. Albert Nelson. 6. Irvin Bingley. 7. Luella. 8. Henry. 9. Flora. |
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Isaac, b. 1827; m. May 30, 1850, Martha Ann Bachelor. Had: 1. Theodore Suel. 2. Louisa. 3. Hannah. 4. Belle. 5. Cassius M. 6. Orrin Grant. |
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Margaret, b. 1829; m. - Sullivan and had seven children, all living in 1901. |
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Louisa, b. Feb. 1, 1832; m. William Bachelor; three children, all m. and living in Hamilton, O. |
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William, b. Feb. 8, 1834; d. Jan. 10, 1880; m. but no children. |
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Jacob A., b. 1836; d. 1873; m. but childless. |
In this single Lockland Family are 57 of the Skillman name, or 102 all related, Dec. 2, 1901.
149. JOHN6 SK1LLMAN
(Benjamin,5 Thomas,4 Benjamin,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Kingston, N. J., Sept. 12, 1790; d. 1870; m. Aug. 17, 1815, Susan Hollingshead, elder sister of Hetty (see No. 50) and of Ann who m. John Scudder (writer's uncle) who removed 1847 from Princeton, N. J., to Maysville, Ky. Children:
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George,7 b. Nov. 20, 1816 d. 1818. |
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Charles, b. April 7, 1818; d. inf. |
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Edward, b. 1820; d. 1893; coal dealer, Harlem, N. Y., 1863; two Sons: 1. James, b. 1845, Pocomoke City, Md. 2. Archibald A., Williamsbridge, N. Y.; m. and has one dau. |
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Caroline, b. April 3, 1822; d. Oct. 9, 1823. |
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Archibald A., b. 1824; printer, Nassau St., N. Y., 1847; in California, 1848, half-owner of Pacific News, San Francisco; later, editor and proprietor of Eureka Sentinal, Nev.; d. 1900; m. (1) 1845, Elizabeth Hicks, Princeton; one son, James Carnahan, Allegheny, Pa., b. 1846; six boys and four girls; m. (2) 1857, Mrs. Sarah Black, nee Baker, Princeton; one son, Edward A., b. 1858, "Sentinal," Nev. |
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Hettie H., b. Jan. 16, 1828; d. inf. |
150. SAMUEL6 SK1LLMAN
(Samuel,5 Thomas, 4 Benjamin,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Kingston on farm given by Lemuel Scudder to eldest son, Richard, circa 1783 (writer's grandfather); d. 1847; m.1803, Sarah, dau. of William Hight, Princeton; lived and d. at Harlingen. Children:
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Aaron,7 b. 1804; d. 1869; m. 1827, Mary A. Van Pelt (b. 1808; d. 1860); shoemaker, Six Mile Run. Had: 1. Catharine, b. 1828; d. 1834. 2. Sarah, b. 1831; m. Dr. Lucien King; one dau., Emma. 3. Abraham V. P., b. 1834; d. inf. 4. James Romeyn, b. 1836; d. inf. 5. John Stryker, b. 1838; m. 1865, Mary, dau. of Simon Wyckoff, Pleasant Plains, N. J.; three daus. Home, Brooklyn; business in N. Y. City. |
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Randall, b. 1806; m. 1833, Maria Stryker; lived at Post Town (Plainville), N. J. Had: 1. John, b. 1834. 2. Margaret, b. 1836. 3. Jane, b. June 11, 1838; m. Benjamin Hageman, Fairview, Ill. 4. Sarah, b. 1840. 5. David B., b. 1845. 6. Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1849. All but John bap. at Harlingen (Ref. Dutch) Church. Later the family removed to Illinois. |
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James, m. March, 1841, Eliza Wood at Neshanic; lived at Harlingen. Had three children. |
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David Bayard, b. 1852; m. Jane Williamson; a shoemaker, N. Brunswick, N. J. Had: 1. John, d. inf. 2. Sarah, m. Jacob N. Outcalt. 3. David. 4. Augusta. |
151. THOMAS B.6 SKILLMAN
(Thomas,5 Thomas, 4 Benjamin,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. May 31, 1800, at Kingston, N. J.; d. Hamilton Co., O., March 15, 1896, oldest man of the region; m. Feb. 13, 1822, Jane Van Dyke. Children:
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Thomas,7 b. 1823; m. 1843, Mary Davis, and d. six weeks later, April 17. |
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Dominicus Van Dyke, b. 1824; m. (4th cousin) Lavinia, dau. (see No. 111) of Thomas Q. Skillman, large farmer adjoining. |
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Sarah Jane, b. 1827; m. (1) 1844, William Sater; two children, Amanda and Charles; m. (2) 1854, Casper Gearhardt; three daus., Allie, May, and Mattie. |
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Mary Ellen, b. 1830; d. unm., June 23, 1897, of melancholia. |
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William R., b. 1833; d. 1891; m. Sarah C. Carroll, now living (1905) in Cincinnati; no issue. |
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John, b. 1836; d. 1859 from an accident. |
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Charlotte, b. 1838; m. May 17, 1857, Ezra Wetherbee (d. Sept. 11, 1894); two children. |
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George, b. Nov. 17, 1840; d. Jan. 21, 1841. |
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Katharyn, b. May 28, 1842; m. May 15, 1867, William V. Sater, Bevis, O. Children: 1. Alma. 2. Stanley. 3. Clifford. |
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Annice, b. June 27, 1847; m. Nov. 11, 1869, Frank A. Wetherbee, Transit, O. Had: 1. Albert. 2. Clara. 3. Goldie. |
152. ALFRED6 SKILLMAN
(Isaac,5 Thomas, 4 Benjamin,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1803, near Princeton, N. J.; d. April 11, 1847; m. 1830, Sarah, dau. of Jacob Parker and wife Susan Sutphen. Home at Kingston. Children:
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Phineas Withington,7 b. 1831; farmer at Rhode Hall. |
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Joachim, b. 1833; Sept. 18, 1861, joined Co. B., 9th N. J. V. I.; discharged July 12, 1865. |
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Archibald Alexander, b. 1836. |
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Hannah, b. 1840; d. Aug. 14, 1847. |
153. JOHN SCUDDER6 SKILLMAN
(Joseph,5 Thomas,4 Joseph, 3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1791; d. 1836; m. Dec. 26, 1810, Mehitable Fanning; d. 1834. Both buried at Aquebogue, L. I. (W. of the church). Children:
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Ida Harris.7 b. 1811; m. 1830, George Lee. |
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Joseph Hazzard, b. 1813; lived at Greenport, L. I.; d. 1868; m. Emeline Chase. Had three daus. and one son. |
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John Scudder, b. 1816; lived at Hartford, Conn.; d. 1887; m. Oct. 3, 1837, Nancy Hunt. Had: 1. John H. 2. Mary J. 3. Frances A. 4. Joseph Hazzard, b. 1848. 5. Hiram S. 6. Mehitable F. |
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Mary J., b.1818; m. 1842, the Rev. William Tobey. No children. |
154. JANE6 SKILLMAN
(Francis, 5 Thomas,4 Joseph, 3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1786; m. 1874, Samuel Griffing (b. 1788; d. 1856); was from Cutchogue, L. I.; taught school at the Wallabout; then was a grocer in New York, later a prosperous up-town lumber dealer. Had six children, only two arriving at maturity.
155. THOMAS6 SKILLMAN
(Francis, 5 Thomas,4 Joseph, 3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1791, at the Wallabout in the old Skillman home; early a deacon in the church on Joralemon St. (1st Ref. Dutch); in 1835 removed to a farm in Chenango Co., N. Y. (Smithville); d. 1841; m. 1816, Catharine Onderdonk. Children:
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Francis,7 b. Sept. 1, 1817, in the old home on the Wallabout site, now occupied by the U. S. Naval Hospital; d. Sept. 7, 1898, at Roslyn, L. I., on the farm given him in his youth by his grandfather Onderdonk; a J. P. for 24 consecutive years; Member of N. Y. Assembly (1st District) 1867-8; m. (1) 1842, Sarah Ann Schenck (d. 1864); m. (2) 1865, Josephine D., dau. of Horatio Gates Onderdonk (b. 1835; d. 1906). Had an only dau., Elizabeth O., b. 1871; m. 1907, Samuel H. Andrews, Brooklyn. |
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Eliza B., b. 1820; d. July 31, 1827. |
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Joseph Onderdonk, b. 1825; d. inf. |
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Joseph Onderdonk, b. 1827; d. 1872; home at Jamaica, L. I.; deacon in church there (Ref. Dutch); m. March 17, 1858, Gertrude Van Sicklen. Had: 1. Mary C., b. Dec. 21, 1858. 2. Ida Kouwenhoven, b. 1860; d. 1879. 3. Joseph Hegeman, b. July 16, 1863. |
156. JOHN6 SKILLMAN
(Francis,5 Thomas,4 Joseph, 3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. March 2, 1797, on the Wallabout; d. 1865; from a boy was a member of First Ref. Dutch Church, Brooklyn, and like his father, long a ruling elder therein; inherited the homestead farm which he sold about 1835; First Pres. of City Bank, Brooklyn; m. (1) March 13, 1828, Catharine Newberry (b. 1794; d. 1838); m. (2) Nov. 26, 1839, Mary K. Duffield (b. 1808; d. 1883). Of seven children only three survived infancy:
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John Moon,7 b. 1831; never m.; paymaster in U. S. Navy; d. suddenly at Mobile, Jan. 13, 1865. |
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Anna, b. 1833; d. at Claverack, 1865; m. July 9, 1857, the Rev. Acmon P. Van Giesen, descendant of Rynier Bastiansen Van Giesen who came to America previous to 1660 from Holland; graduate of N. Y. University, 1849, and of N. B. Theo. Sem., 1852; pastor of the First Church (Ref. Dutch) of Poughkeepsie, N. V., for nearly 40 years; d. there 1906; served at Catskill, Brooklyn, and Claverack Churches (Ref. Dutch). Two daus. survive. |
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Mary Emily, b. Feb. 14, 1835; d. Feb. 14, 1841. |
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Catharine Newberry, b. 1840; m. Henry M. Curtis. |
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Emily Maria, b. May 16, 1842; d. May 10, 1870. |
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Mary Duffield, b. Aug. 25, 1844; d. Nov. 7, 1848. |
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Francis, b. Sept. 5, 1847; d. Aug. 9, 1849. Interments are all in Greenwood. |
157. THOMAS6 SKILLMAN
(Thomas,5 Thomas,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 12, 1789; d. 1876?; m. (1) Nov., 1813, Abigail L'Hommedieu (b. 1791: d. 1847); m. (2) Sept., 1848, Rosanna Barber (b. 1825; d. 1859); removed 1823 from Aquebogue to Chenango Co., (McDonough); a large and prosperous farmer. Children by Abigail, seven, by Rosanna, four:
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Jesse Carr,7 b. 1814; m. May 16, 1837, Anna Youngs (b. 1818). Home at Troupsburgh, N. Y. Had ten children. |
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Benjamin L'H., b. 1816; m. June, 1838, Lucy I. Nichols; d. 1873. Had eight boys and three girls. |
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Albert R., b. 1819; m. 1843, Cordelia Beckwith. Had: 1. Thomas. 2. Harmanus, b. 1847. 3. Elsie, b. 1853. |
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Sarah, b. 1822; d. 1856; m. 1843, Samuel Beckwith. |
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John, b. 1827; m. 1854, Clarinda Philley. Home at Zumbrota, Minn. Had six boys and one girl. |
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Josiah, b. 1830; d. 1864; m. Harriet Fairchild. |
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Mary, b. Aug. 8, 1833; m. Harmanus Beckwith. |
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Rachel, b. June 26, 1851. |
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Thomas W., b. June 20, 1852. |
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Nancy, b. May 22, 1854. |
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Alfred H., b. June 13, 1857. |
158. JOSIAH6 SKILLMAN
(Thomas, 5 Thomas,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1794; d. 1854; removed about 1820 from N. Y. City (a carpenter) to Chenango Co., and became a farmer; then for sake of health went to Baltimore; m. 1819, Catharine Thomas. Five children d. inf.; the rest are of record as follows:
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Griffith,7 b. 1820; d. unm. 1855. |
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Jane, b. 1822; m. George Brunson, Oswego, N. Y. |
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Joseph F., b. 1824; d. 1873; m. 1849, Lucretia Welch. Had 10 children. Live at Magnolia, Md. |
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Hannah, b. 1825; m. 1845, Samuel C. Hush. |
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William, b. Sept. 27, 1835; no record. |
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Caroline, b. 1840; m. 1857, John A. McPherson. |
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Sarah, b. 1846; m. June, 1863, Noah Underwood. Family mainly in Baltimore or environs. |
159. JOSEPH6 SKILLMAN
(Thomas, 5 Thomas,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1802; d. 1875; a carpenter with Josiah in N.Y. City, but became an extensive farmer in Chenango; lover of singing and long chorister in Baptist Church (and member); m. 1828, Miranda Carpenter. Had:
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John C.,7 b. 1829; m. 1854, Mary B. Philley and six children were theirs, five daus. and one son. |
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Jerusha, b. 1831; m. 1857, Theodore H. Fitch. |
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Elsie, b. 1833; m. 1862, Ephraim Loomis. No children. |
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Fred'k A., b. 1835: m. 1858, Eglantine Wait. Had two boys, Elmer and Frank M. |
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Joseph Hudson (twin with Josiah who d. inf.); b. 1838; m.1866, Lettie B. Cline; Member N. Y. Assembly, 186-; prosperous farmer and man of affairs. Two children: 1. Ida May, b. 1867. 2. Henry Elwyn, b. 1870. |
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Francis M., b. 1840; d. Oct. 19, 1864, of wounds received Sept. 6, at the battle of Winchester, Va. |
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William H., b. 1846; home and wife but no children at Leavenworth, Kan. |
160. FRANCIS MARTIN6 SKILLMAN
(Thomas,5 Thomas,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Aquebogue, L. I., 1812, and a lad of 12 removed with family to Chenango Co., N. Y.; lamed by accident he became a teacher and farmer; m. 1837, Julia A. Chappell (b. 1815; d. 1879); removed 1856 to Mazeppa, Minn., and took up land; elected to State Legislature, 1858; d. 1886. Children:
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Evander,7 b. 1838; enlisted in 1861 in Co. G., 3d Minn. V. I., then was 1st. Lieut. and Q.-M. in 113th U. S. Col. Inf.; discharged April 10, 1866; m. 1865, Electa C. Lont. Had five boys. Home, Livingston, Mont. |
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Elsie, b. 1840; m. (1) 1857, J. O. Wilcox; d. a soldier, 1864; m. (2) 1869, T. F. Sturtevant; lives a widow with one child, Nellie, in Red Wing, Minn. |
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Milon, b. 1842; served in Co. B., Brackett's Bat., Minn. Cav.; then in Indian service; discharged June 1, 1866; m. July, 1867, Mary Southwell (now dead); one son, Herbert, b. 1872. Home, Tyndall, S. D. |
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Frank, b. 1844; 1st Lieut. Co. K., 113th U. S. Col. Inf.; resigned Oct., 1865; m. 1867, Lizzie Hopkins. Had four children. Druggist, 1880-90, at Valley Springs, S. D. Home now on a ranch near Oregon City, Ore. |
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Phil, b. 1845; enlisted 1861; later was 2d Lieut. Co. A., 113th Col. Inf.; mustered out, April 10, 1866; m. 1878, Fannie A. Rawson; lawyer; City clerk, Red Wing, Minn. (5 years); Mayor (3 terms), Aberdeen, Dak.; removed 1890, to Olympia, Wash. Children: 1. Fannie C. 2. Philip A., U. S. N., highest record as gunner in the entire service. 3. Katherine R. |
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Sarah, b. 1847; m. 1868, Stephen O. Lont. Home, Waterbury, Conn. |
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Ida, b. Jan. 18, 1850; d. April 13, 1871. |
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William B., b. 1851; m. 1878, Mary E. Annible. Two boys, Charles A. and Edward. Home, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Cal. |
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Charles Nelson, b. 1855; m. 1877, Julia Prescott. Two boys, Roy and Guy. Home, Big Timber, Mont. |
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James H., b. 1859; lives unm. with Elsie at Red Wing, Minn. |
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Nellie E., b. 1862; m. Lynn Merrick. One son, Albert. Home, Alleghany City, Pa. |
161. JOSEPH6 SKILLMAN
(Joseph,5 Joseph,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. on Chambers St., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1804; with his brother, Abraham B., in hardware business, 1839; also in basket trade, 1844; removed to Scotch Bush, Montgomery Co., N. Y.; m. 1832, Maria L. Anderson. Children:
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Catharine,7 m. John B. Hyatt. |
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Josephine, m. Charles Lockwood and lived in Montgomery Co., N. Y. |
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Joseph, lived unm. in Brooklyn. Nothing clear. Was this the man crushed in doing his duty by the falling of a chimney on him at the Ocean Mills Fire, 208 Fulton St., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1861, and buried in Greenwood with all the honors of the Fire Department for heroism? Newspapers of the time glow with praise of him, but is this the Joseph? Who knows? |
162. ABRAHAM B.6 SKILLMAN
(Joseph,5 Joseph,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in New York City, Jan. 8, 1806; lifelong in hardware trade, his brothers along with him; many years at 271 Greenwich St.; m. Catharine Heroy. Children:
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Martha B.,7 d. Oct. 6, 1875. |
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Isaac Brower, clerk, 1878; dealer in Glassware, 1886. |
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George Augustus, no record. |
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James Henry, no record. |
163. JOHN6 SKILLMAN
(John,5 John,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Brooklyn (Bushwick), March 21, 1819; dealt in books as "Skillman & Lane," 400 Pearl St., 1840-41, and "John Skillman," 1842; m. (1) 1840, Sarah Ann Devoe; two daus.; m. (2) Dec. 3, 1846, Caroline Sevoe, stepdau. of - Cadet, and by her were four additional children:
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Susan Frances,7 d. inf. |
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Sarah A., b. Sept. 30, 1842; d. 1868. |
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Caddie, b. May 5, 1848; d. Sept. 28, 1867. |
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Susanna Gardner, b. 1849; d. Feb., 1851. |
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Susanna Church, b. 1852; m. April 24, 1872, Edgar Halliday. |
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John Henry, b. 1855; drowned Jan. 5, 1864. |
164. JOSEPH HENRY6 SKILLMAN
(John,5 John,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Bushwick (Brooklyn), Dec. 19, 1837; d. May 2, 1890; m. 1873, Anna Stebbins. Children:
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Henry Christopher,7 b. July 23, 1874. |
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Edwin Joseph, b. July 6, 1876. |
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May, b. June 14, 1883; d. inf. |
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Ethel, b. Feb. 4, 1885. |
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Ralph Francis, b. May 17, 1889. |