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Matthew Skiffington (Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. )

b. 1830 d. 1889

Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. New York native. Married to Janett Skiffington. Laborer in Dutchess County, New York in 1850. Barkeeper in Peoria County, Illinois, in 1860. Charged with stealing from Thomas Forman in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865. Fugitive from justice in Illinois in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Dutchess County, North East, p. 318A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Peoria County, Peoria Ward 4, p. 268.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Illinois, Peoria County, Peoria, p. 307C.

"Matthew Skiffington (1830-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 93245262, accessed May 2, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93245262.

KYR-0001-006-0086.

KYR-0001-006-0093.

Citation

Skiffington, Matthew. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212088 (November 12, 2026).

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