Eighth Generation


3578. Charles Elwood Skillman was born on 12 January 1873 in Skillman, Somerset, NJ. In 1910 he was a telegraph operator at the railroad in Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. From 1920 to 1930 he was a signalman on the railroad in Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. Charles died on 28 December 1955 at the age of 82. He was buried at Bound Brook Cemetery in Bound Brook, Somerset, NJ. He was living in Martinsville, NJ. See 1920 census for Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ

Charles Elwood Skillman and Musetta May Spencer were married on 1 November 1899. They appeared in the census in 1910 at Skillman Rd. in Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. They appeared in the census in 1920 at Zion Rd. in Blawenburg, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. Charles and Musetta appeared in the census in 1930 at Washington Valley Rd. in Bridgewater, Somerset, NJ. Musetta May Spencer, daughter of Aaron H. Spencer and Annie M. Unknown, was born in September 1875 in Martinsville, NJ. She lived at 2333 Coles Ave. in Scotch Plains Twp, Union, NJ before 29 September 1956. She died on 29 September 1956 at the age of 81 at Cranford Hall Nursing Home in Cranford, NJ. She had been a patient at the nursing home for four days.

Obit in The Newark News, Newark, NJ, 9/30/1956. Musetta was buried at Bound Brook Cemetery in Bound Brook, Somerset, NJ. Services at Taggert-Chamberlain Funeral Home, Bound Brook, Rev. Kenneth Fowler, pastor of the Martinsville Methodist Church officiating. She was a charter member of Hopewell, NJ, chapter 112, Order of Eastern Star.

Charles Elwood Skillman-839 and Musetta May Spencer-854 had the following children:

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Elwood Spencer Skillman was born on 7 August 1900. He died on 16 April 1934 at the age of 33.

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William Thomas Skillman-6444.

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Col. Charles Spencer Skillman-6445.

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Anna Musetta Skillman-6446.