George Rogers Skolfield

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George Rogers Skolfield

Birth
Harpswell Center, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Death
16 May 1897 (aged 87)
Harpswell Center, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Burial
Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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George Rogers4 Skolfield (George , Clement2, Thomas) was born 20 September 1809 in
Harpswell, Maine; his birth registered in Brunswick, Maine. He married, first, Ann Eliza Reed, daughter
of Joseph Orr Reed and Nancy Stover, on 15 July 1833 in Topsham, Maine; married, second, Hannah
Frances Milliken, daughter of John Milliken and Jemima Bradstrcet Minot, on 27 January 1848 in
Harpswell, Maine, by the Rev. Elijah Kellogg. George died 18 May 1897 in Harpswell, Maine, and was
buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, in Brunswick.
He entered his father's shipyard at age eighteen, and learned the shipbuilder's trade according to the
best approved methods. After his father's death, he and his brothers, Isaac and Samuel, carried on the work
very successfully until 1884. They built wooden ships including some of 1700 tons and some of these
vessels were long in active service, plying between home and foreign ports.

Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
George Rogers4 Skolfield (George , Clement2, Thomas) was born 20 September 1809 in
Harpswell, Maine; his birth registered in Brunswick, Maine. He married, first, Ann Eliza Reed, daughter
of Joseph Orr Reed and Nancy Stover, on 15 July 1833 in Topsham, Maine; married, second, Hannah
Frances Milliken, daughter of John Milliken and Jemima Bradstrcet Minot, on 27 January 1848 in
Harpswell, Maine, by the Rev. Elijah Kellogg. George died 18 May 1897 in Harpswell, Maine, and was
buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, in Brunswick.
He entered his father's shipyard at age eighteen, and learned the shipbuilder's trade according to the
best approved methods. After his father's death, he and his brothers, Isaac and Samuel, carried on the work
very successfully until 1884. They built wooden ships including some of 1700 tons and some of these
vessels were long in active service, plying between home and foreign ports.

Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"

Gravesite Details

Ann Eliza Skolfield b. Nov. 8,1833