FamilySearch has a collection, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954" in which a death record appears for "Mirza Skinner" who died St. Albans, Vermont, 29 October 1868.
This collection sports an index and digital images, but these are images of the "cards" that were developed by Vermont. For this entry entry, see
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V8M1-SR3 : accessed 29 Oct 2014), Mirza Skinner, 29 Oct 1868, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27686.
The index and the card report the father's name as H. J. Skinner.
She was born at Orange; said aged 73 yrs, 8 mos and 16 days at death.
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