Peyton SKIPWITH^[1]

1839 - 1882  (43 years)

• Name	Peyton SKIPWITH
  Birth	14 Feb 1839	Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  resided	17 Sep 1850	DeSoto Co, MS   [3]
  	Peyton was residing in Desoto County, Mississippi with the family of his deceased mother's cousin Wilson C. Newsum. His father was practicing medicine in neighboring Tunica County.
  Death	19 Mar 1882	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [2]
  	Peyton died of apoplexy [stroke] on 19 March 1882 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 43 years old at the time of his death.
  Person ID	I59591	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Dr. Grey SKIPWITH,   b. c. 1812, Virginia d. After 12 Sep 1850 (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Virginia Randolph CARY,   b. 1812   d. 1841 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1836	Maury Co, TN   [4]
  	The couple was married by Rev. Monroe in Maury County, Tennessee on 5 October 1836.
  Notes	According to Wilson Miles Cary's "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", there was a third child of this union.
  Family ID	F745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Isabella COLLIER
  Marriage	24 Mar 1859	Shelby Co, TN   [5]
  	The couple was married on 24 March 1859 by Rev. George P. Schetky, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
  Children	1. William Grey SKIPWITH,   b. Sep 1860, Tennessee   2. Peyton SKIPWITH,   b. Dec 1861, Tennessee d. Before 28 Jun 1959 (Age 97 years)   3. Mary Isabella SKIPWITH   4. Virginia Cary SKIPWITH,   b. Jul 1869, Tennessee
  Family ID	F5918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Mattie B. MCCLELLAN
  Family ID	F5919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382. [S1176] Peyton Skipwith, Memphis, TN Death Register, File #30469A (1882). [S956] 1850 US Census / Newsum, Wilson C. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Skipwith - Cary marriage, downloaded 1 January 2007. [S2517] Peyton Skipwith - Mary I. Collier, Shelby Co, TN marriage bond & minister's return (1859). .