Eighth Generation

2535. Harry Skillman was born on 16 May 1866 in Lockland, Hamilton, OH. In 1920 he was a department manager at Parke Davis Pharmaceuticals. in Detroit, Wayne, MI. According to great grand nephew Charlie Skillman he was a vice-president and a large stockholder in Parke-Davis. (email 12/28/2014) He lived in Detroit, Wayne, MI on 2 May 1924. Harry died on 18 January 1945 at the age of 78. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, Wayne, MI. The Book of Detroiters, pg 408:
Skillman, Harry, dept. mgr...public schools Hamilton Co. and business univ. Cincinnati. Paramaceutical labs of Thorp & Lloyd Bros., Cinc.; mgr of advertising and pub. dpts of Parke-Davis since 1900. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason, Shriner.

The Book of Detroiters, pg 408:
Skillman, Harry, dept. mgr...public schools Hamilton Co. and business univ. Cincinnati. Paramaceutical labs of Thorp & Lloyd Bros., Cinc.; mgr of advertising and pub. dpts of Parke-Davis since 1900. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason, Shriner.
He was issued a U.S. passport on 2 May 1924.

Harry Skillman and Anna Laura Edwards were married on 15 June 1887 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. They appeared in the census in 1920 at 34 Eliot in Detroit, Wayne, MI. In 1920 Census, dau. Marjorie Thorpe and her dau. Elizabeth Ann were living with them. Anna Laura Edwards was born on 21 August 1865 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. She died on 24 December 1929 at the age of 64 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. She was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, Wayne, MI.

Harry Skillman-2938 and Anna Laura Edwards-6485 had the following children: