Seventh Generation

2025. Benjamin L'Hommedieu Skillman was born on 9 November 1816 in McDonough, Chenango, NY. In 1860 he was a farmer in Smithville Flats, Chenango, NY. He died in 1904 at the age of 88 in McDonough, Chenango, NY. DAR record for his wife has death as 1909.

Benjamin L'Hommedieu Skillman and Lucy Lund Nichols were married on 13 June 1838. DAR record for wife has marriage in 1839. They appeared in the census in 1860 in Smithville Flats, Chenango, NY. Lucy Lund Nichols, daughter of John Nichols and Mary Read, was born on 23 May 1819 in Minnesota. Or born in New York She died on 26 May 1873 at the age of 54.

Benjamin L'Hommedieu Skillman-3039 and Lucy Lund Nichols-6167 had the following children:

+4394	i.	Cummings Pollard Skillman-6168.
4395	ii.	Lambert N. Skillman was born on 15 November 1841. He died on 13 September 1859 at the age of 17 in New York. Death reported in 1860 census of Smithville, NY. He was buried at Skillman Cemetery in Smithville, Chenango, NY.
4396	iii.	Martin R. Skillman was born on 11 June 1843 in New York. In 1860 he was a farmer in Smithville Flats, Chenango, NY. He died on 13 September 1863 at the age of 20 in Mississippi. Martin was buried at Mud at the mouth of the Miss. R. in Mississippi.
4397	iv.	George W. Skillman was born on 25 July 1845 in New York. He died on 1 March 1859 at the age of 13. He was buried at Skillman Cemetery in Smithville, Chenango, NY.
4398	v.	Harris S. Skillman was born on 22 May 1847 in Mississippi. He was born in New York according to Andrea Thurber. He died on 6 December 1854 at the age of 7. He was buried at Skillman Cemetery in Smithville, Chenango, NY.
+4399	vi.	Byron C. Skillman-6173.
4400	vii.	John Dewitt Skillman was born on 13 July 1851 in New York. He died before 1951 at the age of 100.
+4401	viii.	Frylon Bruce Skillman-6175.
+4402	ix.	Mary A. Skillman-6176.
+4403	x.	Elsie D. Skillman-6177.
4404	xi.	Albert G. Skillman was born on 21 July 1860 in Mississippi. She was born in New York according to Andrea Thurber. He appeared in the census in 1920 at Panther Hill Rd. in Oxford, Chenango, NY. He died before 1960 at the age of 100. Living in 1920 with niece Pearl and husband Harris G. Purdy.