Seventh Generation

988. Sylvester Skillman was born on 29 July 1848 in Franklin Co., IN. He appeared in the census in 1880. In 1880 he was a bar keeper. Sylvester died on 27 November 1899 at the age of 51 in Shelby Co., IN. He was buried about 29 November 1899 at Fairland Cemetery near her mother in Fairland, Shelby, IN. Gravestone:
Here I Lay My Burden Down
Change My Cross Into The Crown
from Doris Blazy

Sylvester Skillman and Viola Florence Carson were married on 29 September 1881 in Shelby Co., IN. Viola Florence Carson, daughter of Apollos Carson and Martha Fields, was born on 30 December 1860. She died about April 1918 at the age of 57. She was buried at Fairland Cemetery in Fairland, Shelby, IN.

Sylvester Skillman-27514 and Viola Florence Carson-27516 had the following children: