Eighth Generation


2159. John Canterbury Skillman was born in April 1867 in Tishomingo Co., MS. He appeared in the census in 1900 at 300 Magnolia St. in Little Rock, Hill Twp., Pulaski, AR. He died in 1913 at the age of 46. John was buried at Austin Cemetery, Old Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, AR.

John Canterbury Skillman and Ella Rebecca Triplett were married on 30 November 1894 in Altus, Jackson, OK. They appeared in the census in 1910 in Campbell Twp., Lawrence, AR. Ella Rebecca Triplett, daughter of Anthony Minter Triplett and Margaret Messinger, was born about 1875 in Illinois. Ancestry Plus has birth place as Cushing, OK, 1888, 1880 Census from FamilySearch has birth 1872 in Missouri, Ancestry.com 1880 Census has age 5, therefore born about 1875. 1910 Census has birthplace Illinois. She was born about 1882 in Illinois. Ancestry Plus has birth place as Cushing, OK, 1888, 1880 Census from FamilySearch has birth 1872 in Missouri, Ancestry.com 1880 Census has age 5, therefore born about 1875. 1910 Census has birthplace Illinois. She died in 1956 at the age of 81. Ella was buried in Altus, Jackson, OK.

John Canterbury Skillman-32319 and Ella Rebecca Triplett-32320 had the following children:

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Cecil Ray Skillman-32321.

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Hollis Carlee Skillman-32322.

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Claude Triplett Skillman-32323.

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Margaret Mary Skillman-32324.

John Canterbury Skillman and Jennie M. Chunn were married on 27 June 1889 in Jackson County, AR. Jennie M. Chunn, daughter of Robert Davis Chunn and Sally Craige, was born in August 1871 in Arkansas.