 Birth | May 24, 1868 28 24 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 7 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Birth of a brother | John Curtis Skillern February 28, 1870 (Age 21 months) |
 Census | July 12, 1870 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Nealious Brown Skillern April 13, 1872 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lether Franklin Skillern April 5, 1874 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | Mathew Marvin Skillern July 18, 1879 (Age 11 years) |
| Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Annie Jane Skillern January 14, 1882 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Death | October 23, 1898 (Age 30 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wesley Chapel Cemetery |