History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 532.
[Bourbon County]  [Flat Rock Precinct]

A. J. SKILLMAN, farmer; P. O. Cane Ridge; proprietor of Walnut Grove
Farm; is a son of John W. Skillman (whose sketch appears in this work);
born Nov. 24, 1834, on Cane Ridge, where he has since resided, coming
to his present home in February, 1858.  He received a limited education,
then engaged in farm work with his father, and spent a short time near
Decatur, Ill., returning home in July and on the following Sept. 26, 1856,
he was married to Miss Julia Allen, of Harrison County, and daughter of
David and Ellen (Berry) Allen; he a native of Bourbon County, where he
spent his early manhood, then moved to Harrison, where he afterward became
a prominent farmer and stock raiser of that county. By this marriage there
have been ten children, a son and daughter died in infancy.  Those living
are: John A., born July 17, 1857, David Clay, Dec. 8, 1858; Harvey A.,
Jan. 22, 1860; Charles M., April 22, 1864; Benjamin F., Feb. 15, 1866;
I. B., Jan. 7, 1871; Wm. F., July 1, 1873; Hattie S., July 4, 1879.  Mr.
Skillman is an industrious and enterprising farmer.  A conservative
democrat politically and with his wife a member of the Cane Ridge Church.

Skillman Allen Berry
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Harrison-KY IL

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