Eighth Generation

3930. George Reading "Gaddis" Skillman was born in September 1871 in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ. He appeared in the census in 1920 at Titusville Village, in Hopewell, Mercer, NJ. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ. In the 1930 Census he was living with his brother, Theodore. Gaddis died before 1971 at the age of 100. He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ.

George Reading "Gaddis" Skillman and Mary Emma Bowe were married about 1892. They lived in West Amwell, Hunterdon, NJ in 1900. They appeared in the census in 1910 in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ. No wife listed in 1910 census. His age was listed as 36 in the 1910 Census. Mary Emma Bowe, daughter of John Bowe and Rosa A. Heaton, was born in March 1876 in Somerset, PA. 1900 Census has age 28, in N.J. She died on 26 December 1916 at the age of 40 in Taylorsville, Bucks, PA. Cause of death was "Mitral regurgitation with edema, cerebral hemorrhage."

Notice of death in Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser. Tuesday, Dec. 26 1916 "At Taylorsville, Pa., Mary E., wife of George R.G. Skillman, aged 42 years." She was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ.

George Reading "Gaddis" Skillman-1986 and Mary Emma Bowe-10405 had the following children:

6295	i.	George Reading "Gaddis" Skillman Jr. was born on 12 September 1894 in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ. He was born on 12 September 1895 in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ. He died on 17 February 1899 at the age of 4. Gaddis was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ.
+6296	ii.	Elbert Wertz Skillman-8148.
+6297	iii.	Gaynell Whitworth Skillman-8149.
6298	iv.	Gaddis Skillman was born on 2 February 1899. He died on 17 July 1917 at the age of 18 in Wilkensburg, PA. Cause of death: "Fracture at base of skull and internal injuries due to being caught between angle iron on RR car while at work." (M. Wrona, Anc. Msg. Bd 4/5/2002) Obit in Trenton (NJ) Sunday Times, 7/22/1917, gives Elrama, Pa. as death place, but that is the address of the "informant" on the death certificate. Death Certificate File No 80125, Registered No. 296, gives Wilkinsburg, Alleghany, PA as place of death. He was found at 5 a.m. He was buried in Titusville, Mercer Co., NJ. Gaddis was a brakeman at Pennsylvania Railroad in Wilkensburg, PA.