Eighth Generation

3452. Frederick Van Dyke Skillman was born on 13 July 1844 in New Jersey. He served in the military as a private from 16 October 1861 to 20 March 1863 at Co. B, 15th NJ V.I. in Union Army. He was discharged for disability from wounds.

His is listed in Ancestry's Civil War Pension Index. In 1900 he was a vice president in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. In 1910 Frederick was a realtor at 71 Monticello Ave. in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. He died after 1910 at the age of 66.

Frederick Van Dyke Skillman and Sarah Frances King were married on 25 April 1878 in New Jersey. 1900 Census has them married 18 years, or about 1882. They appeared in the census in 1900 at 61 Brinkerhoff St. in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. Sarah Frances King, daughter of Ebenezer King and Elizabeth Berry, was born on 12 November 1843 in Scotland. She was born in November 1845 in Scotland. She immigrated in 1878 to America from Ireland. Sarah was buried in July 1915 at New York Bay View Cemetery in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. She died Cardiac Disease, probably Myocardial Failure; Syncope from Cardiac Disease. on 15 July 1915 at the age of 71 at 6 Park Street in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. Mrs. Sarah Frances Skillman, died 15 July 1915, place of death, 6 Park Street, Jersey City, Hudson County; married; born 12 November 1843; age 71 years; 8 months; 3 days; occupation, housewife; birthplace, Scotland; father, Ebenezer King, born Scotland; mother, Elizabeth Berry, born Scotland; cause of death, Syncope form Cardiac Disease, probably Myocardial Failure; burial Bay View Cemetery; informant, E.A. Renwick, Jersey City, NJ. She was buried in Newark, Essex, NJ. Both her parents were born in Scotland.