Eighth Generation

2669. William Francis Skillman was born on 13 November 1866 in Illinois. Find-a-Grave has born in 1865, not 1866. In 1910 he was a bank cashier in Sulphur Springs, TX. In 1920 he was a President and General Manager at Prudential Bldg & Loan Assn. in Dallas, Dallas, TX. William died on 16 February 1936 at the age of 69 in Dallas, Dallas, TX. He was buried at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, Dallas, TX. He was buried at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, TX. http://www.wilshireheights.org/index.php?id=58
Web site of the Wilshire Heights Neighborhood Association, Dallas, TX
History of Skillman Avenue
In the days leading up to the United States’ entry into World War II, the street we know today as Skillman was actually Lindbergh Boulevard and was named after the famous aviator, Charles A. Lindbergh. The name change came about after Lindbergh’s visit to Germany’s Third Reich in 1938 during which the aviator visited Hermann Goering at the palatial Goering estate, Carinhall, where buffalo were said to roam along with other tropical game. While in Germany, Lindbergh accepted an honorary medal from Goering – the Nazi order of the German Eagle – resulting in a cry of criticism from the American people. Lindbergh became known as a Nazi sympathizer. The Dallas City Council responded to the reports by eliminating the name Lindbergh from the city map. Sometime before World War II, Lindbergh Boulevard was renamed Skillman Avenue for William F. Skillman who was President and General manager of Prudential Building and Loan Association.

William Francis Skillman and Alice Sheppard were married in 1898 in Sulphur Springs, TX. They appeared in the census in 1910 in Sulphur Springs, TX. They appeared in the census in 1920 in Dallas, Dallas, TX. Alice Sheppard, daughter of John L. Sheppard and Alice Eddins, was born on 4 August 1877 in Texas. She died on 13 November 1946 at the age of 69. She was buried at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, TX. Find-a-Grave has a picture of her gravestone. Alice was buried at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, Dallas, TX.

William Francis Skillman-2569 and Alice Sheppard-2570 had the following children:

5238	i.	William Outten Skillman was born on 22 October 1900 in Texas. He received a MBA degree in 1924 at Harvard Univ. in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. He died on 19 March 1943 at the age of 42. William served in the military WWII in U.S. Army. From National WWII Memorial: ACTIVITY DURING WWII ATTAINED RANK OF MAJOR AND SERVED IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. He was a banker. He was buried at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, TX. William was buried at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, Dallas, TX.
+5239	ii.	Margaret Sheppard Skillman-13062.
+5240	iii.	Mary Frances Skillman-27528.
+5241	iv.	Olga Bernice Skillman-13063.
+5242	v.	Alice Virginia Skillman-27529.