Ransom Skillings (b. 1817)

SKILLINGS, HILLS

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/5/2003 at 10:39:40

Skillings, Ransom, farmer, Section 7 (Oran township); PO Fairbanks; born in Onondaga Co., NY, in 1817; settled in Greene Co., Wisconsin in 1844; in Lee County, Iowa in 1847; then returned to Wisconsin in 1848; and finally located in this county in 1867. Married Miss Nancy Hills in 1842; she was born in Onondaga Co., NY, in 1826; they have eight children ---- Polly A., born April 9, 1844; Hannah M., born Dec. 10, 1846; Mary L., born April 8, 1849; Isaac M., born March 13, 1852; Amos J., born June 23, 1854; Alice B., born Dec. 3, 1857; Irvin R, born March 2, 1860; Linus H., born August 16, 1864. Methodists; Republican; he is Township Trustee. He owns 170 acres of land, worth $25 per acre.

Page 669, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"