He was born in the town, of Rose, Wayne county. New York, May 19, 1817, and is therefore now in his sixty-first year. His father, John Skidmore, was a native of Saratoga county, New York, where he was born December 6, 1783, and in 1810 was married to Sally Bishop, who was born June 7, 1789. Mr. and Mrs. Skidmore, Sr., were the parents of nine children, five sons and four daughters, and these settled, six in Michigan, two in Kansas, and one in Illinois.

Solomon C. Skidmore was married on the 2d day of July, 1845, to Emily Lamb, in the town of Washington, Macomb county, Michigan. Her parents, Otis Lamb and Theodosia Wales, were born in the State of Massachusetts; the former October 16, 1790, and the latter March 26, 1792. They were married August 3, 1814, and became the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters, all of whom settled in Michigan.

In 1848, S. C. Skidmore and his wife removed to the farm where Mr. Skidmore now resides, section 29, Rose township. Mrs. Skidmore became the mother of five children, and on the 22d of December, 1858, was called from earth by the "reaper whose name is Death."

July 25, 1859, Mr. Skidmore was married to Mrs. Lavinia Eisenlord. Her father, Daniel Huntington, was born in the State of New York, March 16, 1796, and in 1817 was married to Mary Ann Cole. In 1829 they removed to Ohio, where Mr. Huntington died in 1869. They were the parents of eight children, of whom two settled in Michigan, one went to Missouri, one to Iowa, one to California, and one to Canada; another is still living in Ohio. Lavinia H. Huntington (now Mrs. Skidmore) came to Michigan in 1855, and was married to John P. Eisenlord, since deceased.

Mr. Skidmore, by his second wife, is the father of four children, all sons. For four years Mr. Skidmore held the position of township clerk in Rose, and has been since his residence here a popular man. Mrs. Skidmore (then Mrs. Eisenlord) had one son when she was married to Mr. Skidmore.

In his life of twenty-nine years in Oakland County Mr. Skidmore has witnessed many changes, not the least of which are in himself. He is now well advanced in years, though yet strong and vigorous, and has well performed his part in developing the resources of the town in which he lives.