Seventh Generation

1125. Lemuel Francis Skillman was born in 1839 in Aldie, Loudoun, VA. He served in the military on 10 June 1863 in Confederate Army. Co. I 8th VA Infantry Regiment, Co. A 43rd VA Cavalry Battalion(Mosby's command) CSA.

Record of Prisoners of War at Fort Warren, Mass.
Captured at Loudoun Co.,VA, Jan 15, 1865.
Received Feb 8, 1865 from Old Capitol Prison, Wash. D.C.
Released June 15, 1865

Took Oath of Allegiance to the U.S. at Ft. Warren on June 15, 1865.
Complexion dark, hair brown, eyes grey, ht. 5' 8".
He was buried in 1892 at Sharon Cemetery in Middleburg, Loudoun, VA. Lemuel died on 2 July 1892 at the age of 53 in Aldie, Loudoun, VA.

Lemuel Francis Skillman and Margaret Ellen "Ella" Ritticor were married on 11 January 1889 in District of Columbia. Margaret Ellen "Ella" Ritticor, daughter of John Ritticor and Elizabeth Jane Lee, was born on 7 August 1848 in Loudoun Co., VA. She died on 1 June 1913 at the age of 64.

Lemuel Francis Skillman and Catharine Jane Tillett were married on 5 March 1863 in Frederick Co., MD. Catharine Jane Tillett, daughter of Samuel A. Tillett and Caroline S. Dennis, was born on 14 July 1843 in Aldie, Loudoun, VA. She was buried in 1887 at Sharon Cemetery in Middleburg, Loudoun, VA. She died on 20 April 1887 at the age of 43 in Aldie, Loudoun, VA.

Lemuel Francis Skillman and Ella M. "Mary Ellen" Kidwell were married on 11 January 1889 in District of Columbia. Ella M. "Mary Ellen" Kidwell, daughter of John F. Kidwell and Susan M. Blunden, was born in August 1849–1850 in Loudoun Co., VA.

Lemuel Francis Skillman-81529 and Ella M. "Mary Ellen" Kidwell-81531 had the following children: