Eighth Generation

4484. Stephen Philander Skillman was born on 22 June 1873 in Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN. He died on 21 April 1947 at the age of 73 in Montana. He was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Livingston, Park, MT. SWINGLEY Postmaster 10/9/1923-12/31/1937.

From Dee Ann Skillman:
"George Alexander Bruffey moved his family to the West Boulder area in 1890, homesteading on what is now the Triangle 7 Ranch and the family homesteaded around it. Stephen and Almeda and Francis and Fatima had adjoining homesteads."

Stephen Philander Skillman and Almeda Ione Bruffey were married on 18 December 1895 in Livingston, Park, MT. Almeda Ione Bruffey, daughter of George Alexander Bruffey and Matilda Jane Ridlen, was born on 22 March 1873 in Fish Creek, Jefferson, MT. Find-a-Grave has birth year as 1879, stone unreadable. She died on 28 November 1954 at the age of 81 in Livingston, Park, MT. She was buried at Mt. View Cemetery in Livingston, Park, MT.

Stephen Philander Skillman-546 and Almeda Ione Bruffey-547 had the following children:

+7049	i.	Clarence Bruffey Skillman-548.
+7050	ii.	Clayton Lont Skillman-553.
+7051	iii.	Geoffrey Ridlen Skillman-586.
+7052	iv.	Shirley Chappell Skillman-600.
+7053	v.	Eleanor G. Skillman-660.
+7054	vi.	Mabel Augusta Skillman-662.
+7055	vii.	Wilbur Caul Skillman-673.
+7056	viii.	Granville Stuart Skillman-688.