Seventh Generation

1724. John Calhoun Skillman was born on 25 July 1842 in New Jersey. He died on 29 March 1933 at the age of 90 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ. He was a grocer in New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ. His SOA Number is 123 iv.

John Calhoun Skillman and Mary Ann Van Derveer were married about 1862 in New Jersey. They appeared in the census in 1900 at 48 Thompson St. in New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ. Mary Ann Van Derveer, daughter of Jacob Van Derveer and Jane Stryker, was born about 1842 in New Jersey. She died in 1912 at the age of 70 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ.

John Calhoun Skillman-1965 and Mary Ann Van Derveer-1970 had the following children:

John Calhoun Skillman and Susan M. Van Arsdale were married on 8 May 1913 at Parsonage of the First Methodist Church, Rev. Dr. J. Morgan Read in New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ. Old Sweethearts Wed -

Skillman a Grandfather and His Bride a Great-Grandmother. Special to the New York Times.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., May 8.- John C. Skillman, 68, and Mrs. Susan M. Miller, 71, were married this afternoon at the parsonage of the First Methodist Church, by the Rev. Dr. J. Morgan Read, the pastor. Skillman is a grandfather, and his bride a great-grandmother.

There was no opposition to the match by members of the two families. The couple were sweethearts in their youth, but drifted apart, and each married, In later life the two families were on terms of intimate friendship. Mr. Skillman's wife died a year ago, and Mr. Miller about the same time.

Because of the family disapproval there were no attendants at the wedding, and there was nobody at the station to see them off when the old couple started on their honeymoon trip. Susan M. Van Arsdale was born in July 1841 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ.