Seventh Generation


1246. John Whitely Skillman Jr. was born on 28 March 1837 in Virginia. Death certificate gives b. 3/27/1839 and d. 3/26/1916, but also gives age as 78rys 11 mos 27 days which doesn't compute! He died of cancer on 26 March 1916 at the age of 78 in North Middletown, Bourbon, KY. He was buried on 27 March 1916 at North Middletown Cemetery in Middletown, KY. John served in the military Civil War at Confederate Army, Co. C, Unit 9, Kentucky Cavalry. He was paroled at Washington, GA, 10 May 1865. He was a farmer.

John Whitely Skillman Jr. and Susan Marks were married on 24 October 1867 in Montgomery, KY. They appeared in the census in 1870 in North Middletown, Bourbon, KY. Heritage Quest, couldn't find in Ancestry.com's Census. Susan Marks was born about 1848 in Montgomery Co., KY. She died in June 1879 at the age of 31.

John Whitely Skillman Jr.-2648 and Susan Marks-2701 had the following children:

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Dixie Forsyth Skillman-2702.

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Mamie Skillman-2703.

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Lizzie Skillman-2704.

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Emily Skillman was born (date unknown).

John Whitely Skillman Jr. and Emma Rice were married on 19 December 1882. Emma Rice, daughter of John Adams Rice and Mary Adeline Waugh, was born about 1851.