Eighth Generation

3340. Jacob Thomas Skillman was born about 1846 in New Jersey. He was buried in January 1917 at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, Monroe, NY. He died on 20 January 1917 at the age of 71 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. Jacob Skillman died on Sunday in this city, aged 60 years. The body was taken to No. 265 North Street.

Jacob Thomas Skillman and Ellen Almira Merkel were married on 5 September 1887 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. Married by A.N. Fisher, Clergyman. Ellen Almira Merkel, daughter of John Palmer and Catherine McNickle, was born on 3 December 1850 in Canada. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. She died Coronary Thrombosis. on 15 September 1930 at the age of 79 at Highland Hospital in Rochester, Monroe, NY. SKILLMAN - Entered into rest at this city of Friday, September 12, 1930. Almira Skillman, aged 79 years , nine months and twelve days. She leaves tow daughters, Mrs. George Tytler at Point Pleasant, New York; Mrs. Edward Delcour, of Rochester; three sons, Ira Ostram Palmer and Charles S. Skillman of Rochester and William V. Skillman of Point Pleasant, New York; nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Remains are resting at the funeral parlors of W.H. Frick and Son, 436 at Comfort Street, where services will be held on Monday, September 15t, 1930, at 2:00 p.m. Burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Canadian papers please copy. Ellen was buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Jacob Thomas Skillman-8182 and Ellen Almira Merkel-32549 had the following children: