Person:James Skillern (2)

http://www.mindspring.com/~jogt/surnames/skillern.htm

James and Rebecca Skillern James and Rebecca Skillern's children were: Gillespie b. ca 1801 may have settled in Alabama Anderson b. 30 December 1803 in Virginia m. (1) Margaret Christian (2) Mary Ann Buchanan (3) Temperance Springfield Isaac Campbell Alexander b. 2 August 1807 Bledsoe County, Tennessee m. 30 April 1835 to Lucinda Wilsford William Skillern b. ca 1809 m. Jane Wilsford George A. Skillern b. ca 1811 m. Margaret Ann Braden Luvana b. ca 1813 m. Isaac Goolsby 3 May 1833 in Rhea Co., Tennessee James Porter b. ca 1816 m. Susan McGown Mary Ann Skillern b. ca 1820 m. Audley M. Anderson

A number of these siblings settled in Madison County, TN as early as 1822, and several settled near each other in Arkansas during the 1850s. Anderson, I.C.A., and George all lived in the Lonoke, Prairie and White County areas, where I.C.A. and his soon-to-be son-in-law, Thomas J. Payne, both witnessed Anderson Skillern's will - and both were attorneys as well as merchants. The will, dated 27 May, 1857, appoints "my brother Isaac C. A. Skillern the executor thereof."

1. ↑ Skillern and Allied Families, site of Jo Thiessen.