Eighth Generation

4495. Merrit Standish Skillman was born on 12 December 1878 in Medford, Steele, MN. In the 1930 Census he gives his birthplace as South Dakota. In 1930 he was a clerk in a county office in Valley Springs, SD. He died on 8 January 1947 at the age of 68 in Valley Springs, SD. Merrit was a bookkeeper.

Merrit Standish Skillman and Inga Louise Running were married about 1900. They appeared in the census in 1930 in Valley Springs, SD. They appeared in the census in 1940 in Valley Springs, SD. Inga Louise Running was born about 1880 in South Dakota. She died between 4 April 1940 and 28 May 1998 at the age of 60.

Merrit Standish Skillman-8267 and Inga Louise Running-8268 had the following children:

+7069	i.	Dorothy Louise "Dorothea" Skillman-8272.
7070	ii.	Clifford Milan Skillman was born on 27 January 1905. He died on 17 July 1934 at the age of 29. Died of illness.
+7071	iii.	Roland Franklin Skillman-8274.
+7072	iv.	Allen Harold Skillman-8275.
+7073	v.	Lyle Merit Skillman-8276.
+7074	vi.	Elizabeth Francis "Betty" Skillman-8277.
+7075	vii.	Norman Lester "Moe" Skillman-8269.
+7076	viii.	James Russell "Bob" Skillman-8278.
+7077	ix.	Shirley Miles "Shink" Skillman-8279.
+7078	x.	Raymond Charles Skillman-8280.