Frances Herndon Moorman

Brief Life History of Frances Herndon

When Frances Herndon Moorman was born on 25 July 1812, in Campbell, Virginia, United States, her father, David Herndon Moorman, was 28 and her mother, Judith Venable Moorman, was 21. She married Peter Skillman in November 1830, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 September 1876, at the age of 64, and was buried in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Skillman
1808–1858
Frances Herndon Moorman
1812–1876
Marriage: November 1830
Martha Jane Skillman
1830–
Frances E. Skillman
1847–1888
Mary Catherine Skillman
1834–1882
John David Skillman
1836–1901
Judith Ann Skillman
1840–1907
Achilles R Skillman
1842–1888
Sarah Adeline Skillman
1849–1913
Idella Skillman
1852–
Peter Moorman Skillman
1855–1883

Sources (7)

  • Frances Skillman in household of Peter Skillman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Frances Herndon Moorman Skillman, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Frances H. Moorman in entry for Peter M. Shillman, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Isle of Wight and Gloucestershire): topographic or occupational name from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ + man ‘man’, either in the sense ‘person who lives on a moor’ or ‘official who is responsible for an area of moor or the grazing on it’.

Dutch: variant of Moerman .

Americanized form of North German Moormann: variant of Mohrmann .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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