Francis Elijah Skidmore (Trimble County, Kentucky tavern keeper/jailer)
b. 1809?
Trimble County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and jailer. Henry County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Wright Skidmore in Oldham County, Kentucky, on February 7, 1830. Father of J. Skidmore, R. A. Skidmore, Francis Skidmore, John R. Skidmore, and Isadora Skidmore. Tavern keeper and jailer in Trimble County in 1860.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trimble County, Bedford, hand written p. 799.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trimble County, p. 66.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film #000482442, p. 498.
Citation
Skidmore, Francis Elijah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210077 (November 12, 2026).
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