| Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | Seventh Generation2053. Frederick Augustus Skillman was born on 10 January 1835 in McDonough, Chenango, NY. He served in the military from 5 September 1864 to 30 May 1865 in Union Army. Sergeant in Co. G, 185th Inf. regiment, N.Y.S.V. until end of war. Sixteen battles including Hatches Run, Weldon Rd, sieges and capture of Petersburg and Richmond. Mustered out 30 May 1865 in Wash. D.C. He is listed in Ancestry's Civil War Pension Index. He died on 14 July 1885 at the age of 50 in Smithville Flats, Chenango, NY. Cause of death was a stroke. Frederick was buried at Skillman family plot, Upper, Old Cemetery in Smithville Flats, Chenango, NY. Frederick Augustus Skillman and Eglantine Wait were married on 3 February 1858. Eglantine Wait, daughter of Alverdo Wait and Rachel Jipson, was born on 26 April 1832 in New York. She died on 8 October 1883 at the age of 51 in Smithville Flats, Chenango, NY. Cemetery record has d. Oct. 8, 1883. She was buried at Skillman family plot, Upper, Old Cemetery in Smithville Flats, Chenango, NY. Frederick Augustus Skillman-231 and Eglantine Wait-232 had the following children:
Frederick Augustus Skillman-231 and Ella Potter Mead-233 had the following children:
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