Francis was born in Indiana [1-2] in 1850 to John and Hannah (Crooks) Skinner. She married William Howell in Cass County, Indiana in 1872 [3]. Francis died of consumption in 1876 [4]. She was buried in Skinner Chapel Cemetery in Cass County, Indiana.
1. 1860 U.S. Census for the State of Indiana, Cass County, Adams Township (Francis, age 11, born in Indiana, living in the household of John C. Skinner). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
2. 1870 U.S. Census for the State of Indiana, Cass County, Adams Township (Frances E., age 20, born in Indiana, living in the household of John Skinner). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
3. Indiana W.P.A. Vital Records Index-Marriages (Cass County) 1850-1920, page 163.
4. The Peru Republican for November 10, 1876, page 3, carried the following: "DIED At the home of his father J.C. Skinner, Twelve Mile, Cass Co., Wednesday, November 1, 1876, Richard T. Skinner aged about 23 years. This is the third death in Mr. Skinner's family within a period of four months: First his wife who died in July, second his daughter, Mrs. Fannie E. Howell, whose death occurred about two months ago, and now the eldest son who had just passed the threshold of manhood. Consumption was the destroyer of them all. It is indeed sad thus to stand alone in the desolation of a home that was happy when the loved and lost were present, and our friend has the hearty sympathy of a whole community in this great affliction."
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