Bio of Skillman, Evander (b.1838) Wabasha Co., MN
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Skillman, Evander, miller, has been a resident of Wabasha county since the
spring of 1856, at which time he came here with his parents. The latter
were natives of Suffolk, Suffolk county, New York. The family is of Dutch
descent. The great-grandfather of this subject, Thomas Skillman, had a
son, Thomas, whose son, Francis M., married Jerusha Rogers, and dwelt
thirty-two in the town of German, Chenango county, New York, where he
tilled a farm and taught school during the winter. Here was born Evander
Skillman, on May 12, 1838. He was given a common school education, and a
farmer's training. In October, 1861, he enlisted in the 3d Minn. Inf., and
was made first lieutenant of Co. G. He was soon commissioned regimental
quartermaster. At the battle of Murfreesboro, in July, 1862, he was made
prisoner with the regiment, but soon paroled. Returning to this state, he
went on an expedition against the Sioux, on Red River, and was in several
skirmishes with them at Fort Abercrombie. After being exchanged, he
returned to the south, and was detailed in the early spring of 1864, as
quartermaster of the 113th U. S. regt. of colored soldiers. He
participated in the capture of Vicksburg and Little Rock, and in the
battle of Fitzhugh's woods, on the White river. After the close of the war
of the rebellion, Mr. Skillman served on the Texas frontier, and was
discharged on April 6, 1866. In the fall of that year he opened a general
store at Mazeppa, which he sold out six years later. In 1873, in
partnership with a brother, he built Trout Brook mill, on section 19,
Chester, and has operated it ever since. He has thirty-four acres of land
where the mill stands, and eighty acres near by, which he tills with the
assistance of his sons. When only twenty-one years old, he was elected
town superintendent of schools; while in Mazeppa, he was two years village
justice; has also been elected justice and town clerk in Chester several
terms. His political preferences are republican, and religious ideas
liberal. He is a member of the Masonic order. In 1865 Mr. Skillman was
united in marriage to Edith, daughter of Elijah Lout, of Mazeppa. They
have five sons, born as follows: Francis E., April 28, 1867; Murray E.,
February 10, 1871; Stephen P., June 22, 1873; Foster, May 10, 1879;
Dwight, December 23, 1881.
Revolutionary War