Seventh Generation


881. David Isaac Skillman was born on 10 September 1842 in Connersville, Fayette, IN. In 1920 he was a farmer in Brown Twp., Darke, OH. He was living between 1923 and 1935 in Mt. Carmel, IL. David died of senility after an illness of six weeks on 23 January 1935 at the age of 92 in Mt. Carmel, IL. He died at the residence of his son Albert at 131 West 7th St. at 9:30 pm. Obit in Mount Carmel, IL newspaper, Jan 24, 1935. Funeral services at the Teagarden Church.

Find-a-Grave stone picture shows born 1847, not 1842. He was buried at Teagarden Cemetery in Ansonia, Darke, OH.

David Isaac Skillman and Elizabeth Ann Worth were married on 26 August 1866 in Connersville, Fayette, IN. They appeared in the census in 1880 in Greens Fork Twp., Randolph, IN. The 1880 Census lists: David, 26, Elizabeth, 26, and their children George 11, David 8, Charles, 5 and Albert, 2. Note that Mary is missing. They appeared in the census in 1900 in Brown Twp., Darke, OH. In the 1900 Census their sons Robert and Grover were living with them David and Elizabeth appeared in the census in 1920 in Brown Twp., Darke, OH. Elizabeth Ann Worth, daughter of Joseph Worth and Unknown Unknown, was born in 1848 in Darke Co., OH. She died on 9 December 1921 at the age of 73 in Brown Twp., Darke, OH. She was buried on 12 December 1921.

David Isaac Skillman-31975 and Elizabeth Ann Worth-31978 had the following children:

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George Washington Skillman-31979.

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Mary Jane "Molly" Skillman-31980.

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Charles Henry Skillman-31981.

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David Dudley Skillman-31982.

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Albert Clinton Skillman-31983.

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Robert Royal Skillman-31984.

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Grover Cleveland Skillman-31985.