Seventh Generation

1187. Richard Stith Skillman was born on 6 July 1834 in Breckinridge Co., KY. He served in the military between 11 August 1861 and 1862 at Confederate Army. From Kentucky Genealogy & Biography, Vol. I, Breckinridge Co.

Enlisted in Co. A, Forrest's famous Confederate cavalry, with which he served until the spring of 1862, when he was transferred to the First Kentucky Cavalry under Col. (afterward General) Ben Hardin Helm. He served in that regiment until Sept., when he was discharged, having served the time for which he enlisted, on account of physical disability. In 1863 he joined Gen. John Morgan and took part in his raid through Indiana and Ohio. Escaping capture he returned to Hardinsburg and srurendered to the Federal authorities in order to prevent his father being held as a hostage; he was sent as a prisoner to Louisville and denied the priveiege of exchange. This was owing to a charge made against him of holding a Lieutenant-colonel's commissin to recruit within the Federal lines. The accusation was wholly without foundaton, but was believed by many to be true. His only purpose was to make his way back to Gen. Helm's command and volunteer on that officer's staff.
Served in Company D, 1st Regiment, Ky. Cavalry, C.S.A., according to "Find A Grave" website. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Hardin Co., KY. In 1910 Census he was living with son Abraham. Richard died after 1910 at the age of 76 at Confederate Home in Kewee Valley, Louisville, KY. Kentucky Death Index has death place as Oldham, KY. He was buried at Old Ivy Hill in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, KY. Mr. Skillman is a Mason, a Methodist and a zealous Democrat.

Richard Stith Skillman and Hester Elizabeth Atwill were married on 3 April 1855 in Meade, KY. Hester Elizabeth Atwill, daughter of Joseph Helm Atwill and Cecelia Unknown, was born on 27 October 1834 in Meade, KY. Thomas Lee Skillman has birthplace as Breckenridge Co., KY. She died on 12 June 1889 at the age of 54. She was buried at Old Ivy Hill Cemetery in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, KY.

Richard Stith Skillman-6882 and Hester Elizabeth Atwill-6979 had the following children:

2919	i.	Joseph Helm Skillman was born on 23 February 1856. He died before 1956 at the age of 100.
2920	ii.	Lucy Cecelia Skillman was born on 29 September 1857. She died before 1870 at the age of 13.
+2921	iii.	Emma Sidney Skillman-6982.
+2922	iv.	Richard Amos Skillman-6983.
+2923	v.	William Edward Skillman-6984.
+2924	vi.	Alta Murray Skillman-6985.
2925	vii.	Charles Walter Skillman was born on 1 April 1868. He died before 1968 at the age of 100.
+2926	viii.	Abraham Board Skillman-6987.
2927	ix.	Elizabeth Lee "Bettie" Skillman was born on 14 January 1870. She died on 31 January 1928 at the age of 58 in Jefferson Co., KY.
+2928	x.	Wallace Larue Skillman-6988.
2929	xi.	James Lewis Skillman was born on 3 December 1874. He died on 7 April 1890 at the age of 15. He was buried at Old Ivy Hill Cemetery in Breckinridge Co., KY.
2930	xii.	Herbert Lowery Skillman was born on 12 February 1877. He died on 8 February 1901 at the age of 23. He was buried at Old Ivy Hill Cemetery in Breckinridge Co., KY.

Lucy Moorman (private).