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  • October 28, 2013
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Ken Hammontree, an historian, lecturer, and author from Ashland, will present a program on Jack Skelly when the Wayne County Civil War Roundtable meets Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Wayne County Library in downtown Wooster. The program is free of charge and is open to the public. Hammontree will portray Jack Skelly, a Union soldier who was the fiancé of Jenny Wade, the latter of whom was the only civilian casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle last three days and ended in a Union victory, and is considered to be the turning point in the Civil War. Hammontree, of "Living History Productions" portrays many historic characters, including Daniel Boone, Tecumseh, Johnny Appleseed, Meriwether Lewis, Simon Girty, the Rev. David Zeisberger, Simon Kenton, George Washington, Paul Revere, Harry Truman, Douglas Macarthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Wolfgang Mozart. He and his wife reside in the 1859 Jenny Wade Bed and Breakfast on Center Street in Ashland. Local Abraham Lincoln presenter Gerald Payn will deliver the Gettysburg Address following Hammontree’s presentation. Each family in attendance will receive a free book written by Hammontree and titled, “There Was A Time - The Story of Jenny Wade and Jack Skelly”.


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