Seventh Generation

1174. Abraham Board Skillman was born on 27 April 1832 at Family Farm in near Mt. Zion, KY. Before 1872 he was a merchant in Big Spring, Meade, KY. From 1872 to 1919 he was a Banker in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY. Abraham died cerebral apoplexy on 27 November 1927 at the age of 95. Contributory factors: senility, Prostatitis cystitis. intestinal auto intoxication. He was buried on 29 November 1927 at Cloverport Cemetery in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY. He was buried at Mt. Zion Meth. Church Cemetery in Westview, Breckinridge, KY. Abraham was a Methodist. He was a Mason since he was a young man. He was a member of Cloverport Lodge No. 133 and held the office of Treasurer.

Abraham Board Skillman and Mary Elizabeth Bowmer were married on 11 October 1854 in Breckinridge Co., KY. They appeared in the census in 1920 at Main St. in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY. Mary Elizabeth Bowmer was born in 1835 in Brandenburg, Meade, KY. She died on 28 November 1927 at the age of 92. She was buried at Cloverport Cemetery in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY. Mary was a Baptist.

Abraham Board Skillman-2622 and Mary Elizabeth Bowmer-6878 had the following children:

2870	i.	John Willis Skillman was born on 9 October 1856. He died on 11 October 1880 at the age of 24. He was buried at Cloverport Cemetery in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY.
2871	ii.	Laura Skillman was born about 1859. She died before 11 February 1932 at the age of 73. She was buried at Cloverport Cemetery in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY.
+2872	iii.	Charles Bowmer Skillman-2624.
+2873	iv.	Orville T. Skillman-2625.
+2874	v.	James Robert Skillman-2626.
2875	vi.	Mary Elizabeth Skillman was born in 1872 in Breckinridge Co., KY. She died on 21 February 1929 at the age of 57. She was buried at Cloverport Cemetery in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY.
2876	vii.	Abraham Board Skillman Jr. was born on 2 December 1877 in Breckinridge Co., KY. He died on 7 November 1891 at the age of 13. He was buried at Cloverport Cemetery in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY.
2877	viii.	Margaret B. "Maggie" Skillman was born in 1880 in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY. Kentucky Historical Soc. Catalogs & Databases gives death date 1890. Death cert gives dod as 11/24/1925 at age 45, so 1880 is correct dob. She died cerebral hemorrhage on 24 November 1925 at the age of 45 in Louisville, Jefferson, KY. Contributory cause of death was chronic interstitial nephritis. (death cert) She was buried at Cloverport Cemetery in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY. Maggie lived in Cloverport, Breckinridge, KY.
2878	ix.	Lillian Skillman was born (date unknown).