Seventh Generation


1806. Dr. Edward Lewis Skillman was born in February 1824 in West Feliciana Par., LA. He received a medicine (M.D.) degree in 1845 at Univ. of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 4 December 1848 at the age of 24 in Baton Rouge, LA. Killed by John G. Bird in an altercation.

Dr. Edward Lewis Skillman and Martha Lucie Wells were married on 26 November 1845 in Louisiana. Martha Lucie Wells, daughter of Montfort Wells and Jeannette Amelia Dent, was born on 7 February 1826 at Wellswood plantation in Rapides Par., Alexandria, LA. She died on 27 March 1913 at the age of 87 in Alexandria, Rapides, LA. She was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Pineville, LA.

Dr. Edward Lewis Skillman-2027 and Martha Lucie Wells-9564 had the following children:

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Annie Jeannette Skillman-9567.

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Edwarda Lewis Skillman-9568.