20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . ield Township he had visited othersections of the country, going as far southas Natchez, Mississippi, where he couldeasily have obtained a remunerative posi-tion as slave driver had he not scornedthe offer. He returned north, lived forsome time in Cincinnati, and worked inthe salt works at Kanawha, on the OhioRiver. After settling on a place of per-manent abode he was married to AnnaCraig, who was a daughter of John latter had served with his father, An-drew Craig, in the Revolutionary
20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . ield Township he had visited othersections of the country, going as far southas Natchez, Mississippi, where he couldeasily have obtained a remunerative posi-tion as slave driver had he not scornedthe offer. He returned north, lived forsome time in Cincinnati, and worked inthe salt works at Kanawha, on the OhioRiver. After settling on a place of per-manent abode he was married to AnnaCraig, who was a daughter of John latter had served with his father, An-drew Craig, in the Revolutionary Skillings was born at Roxbury, Ver-mont, and her parents came to ClarkCounty, Ohio, among the very early set-tlers. A family of seven children wasborn to Lewis and Anna Skillings, name-ly : Mary, who married James Leybourn;Hannah, who married William McKin-ney; Sarah, Avho married Abel Leybourn;John, who died in 1852; Lewis, who is aprominent farmer in Green Township;Eben, subject of this notice; and Wesley,who died in 1861. The only survivors ofthe famiiv are Lewis and Eben, the par-. JR. AND MRS. EBEN SKILLINGS / AND REPEESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 751 ents having also passed away, the fatherwhen aged eighty years and the mother atthe age of seventy-three. Even Skillings was reared on the homefarm and has devoted the larger part ofhis life to its improvement. He was mar-ried, first, to Susan Eunyan, who died inthe spring of 1860, leaving one child,Laura, who is the wife of liev. James , a Baptist minister, locatedat Clyde, Ohio. Mr. Skillings married forhis second wife Phebe Paullin, who diedSeptember 2, 1881. There were six chil-dren born of that marriage, namely:Otis G., who is a farmer in Miami County;Wesley, who is a farmer in Kansas;Luella, now deceased, who was the wife ofJames Rodgers; Elizabeth, who marriedAnson A. Garlough, of Green Township;Prank, who resides at home; and ByronE., who lives on a part of the home Skillings was married (thirdly) toLuc
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