Daniel Skidmore Jr.

  General Notes:

DANIEL SKIDMORE, Jr., farmer; P. O., West Mansfield; was born April 12, 1830, on the homestead, the eldest of a family of ten children. His father was born in Virginia, Sept. 2, 1803, and came West when thirteen years of age. On July 23, 1827, he was married to Hope Ballinger, who was born in New Jersey, Dec. 17, 1807, and who was a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Walker) Ballinger, who came West about the year 1809, and settled in Zane Tp. After the marriage of Joshua and Hope, they settled in the Skidmore settlement, where his widow still survives him. He died April 21, 1879. Daniel, our subject, was married April 17, 1851, to Rachel McDonald, who was born in 1832 in this township, and is a daughter of John and Rebecca (Fitzsimmons) McDonald. The McDonalds are from Scotland and emigrated to Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1863, Daniel moved to White Co., Ind., and lived there until 1870, and then returned to the homestead. He has three children-Elmira E., Rachel E. and Dora. Daniel and his brother John H. now farm the homestead. John was born Nov. 30, 1845; is the ninth child of the family. At the age of twenty-three, April, 1868, he was married to Elizabeth Inskeep, who was born in February, 1843, in this township, daughter of David and Martha Inskeep. But one child is living- Earl L, born in October, 1875. The home stead consists of 216 acres. Daniel and his family are members of the, Disciples Church. John is of the Baptists.

Daniel married Rachel McDonald on 17 Apr 1851. (Rachel McDonald was born on 4 May 1832 in Union, Ohio, USA and died on 25 Mar 1901.)