Seventh Generation


1875. Ralph Conover Skillman was born in 1828. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. He died on 29 January 1905 at the age of 77 in Beaver Falls, PA. Obit in Trenton Sunday Adv. 2/5/1905. Ralph was a Blacksmith in Rocky Hill, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. He was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. Genealogy of the Runyan Family, Henry Runyan, Princeton, NJ, Aug. 1891.

Ralph Conover Skillman and Sarah Elizabeth Runyon were married on 26 September 1850 in Dutch Neck, Mercer, NJ. They appeared in the census in 1870 at Ward 6 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. Neither Clifford, Clarence nor Henry were in the 1870 or 1880 U.S. Census. Sarah Elizabeth Runyon, daughter of Henry Runyan/Runyon and Ann Shangle, was born on 20 September 1829. She died on 15 May 1873 at the age of 43. She was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Trenton, Mercer, NJ.

Ralph Conover Skillman-3105 and Sarah Elizabeth Runyon-12398 had the following children:

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Anna Runyon Skillman-12402.

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Emily R. Skillman-12403.

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William Franklin "Frank" Skillman-12399.

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Ida Frances Skillman-12404.

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Clifford Skillman died in 1869. He was born in New Jersey.

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Clarence Skillman was born in New Jersey.

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Henry J. Skillman was born on 11 September 1865 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. He died before 1965 at the age of 100.