Albert Wilson Skinner (1864 - 1938)

Born 21 Jan 1864 in Cass County, Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Mary B. (Richardson) Skinner — married 22 Jul 1883 in Cass County, Indiana

Died 12 Nov 1938 at age 74 in Cass County, Indiana

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Biography

This profile is part of the Skinner Name Study.

Albert was born in Indiana [1-2 & 4-7] to Thomas [2] and Sarah (Bockover) Skinner [8 & 9]. He married Mary Richardson in Cass County, Indiana in 1883 [3 & 9]. They raised a family of 2 children, a girl and a boy. Albert worked first as a farmer and then as a carpenter. Mary died in 1908 and Albert later married Amanda Shilling [9]. Albert died in 1938 [8 & 9] and was buried in Skinner Chapel Cemetery in Cass County, Indiana [10].

Sources

1. 1870 U.S. Census for the State of Indiana, Cass County, Adams Township (Albert, age 8, born in Indiana, living in the household of Thomas H. Skinner). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

2. 1880 U.S. Census for the State of Indiana, Cass County, Adams Township (Albert W., age 16, born in Indiana, living with his father Thomas Skinner). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

3. Indiana W.P.A. Vital Records Index-Marriages (Cass County)- 1850-1920, page 162.

4. 1900 U.S. Census for the State of Indiana, Cass County, Adams Township (Albert W. Skinner, age 36, born in Indiana, married 16 years, working as a farmer). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

5. 1910 U.S. Census for the State of Indiana, Cass County, Adams Township (Albert, age 45, born in Indiana, working as a house carpenter, a widower, living with his son Lee Skinner). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

6. 1920 U.S. Census for the State of Indiana, Cass County, Eel Township (Logansport City) (Albert Skinner, age 55, born in Indiana, working as a carpenter). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

7. 1930 U.S. Census for the State of Indiana, Cass County, Eel Township (Logansport City) (Albert W. Skinner, age 66, working as a carpenter). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

8. Standard Certificate of Death. Indiana State Board of Health. Division of Vital Statistics. Registered No. 32021. [Indiana Death Certificates available on ancestry.com.]

9. The Logansport Pharos-Tribune for Saturday, November 12, 1938, page 2 carried an obituary for Albert Skinner. It read: "A.W. Skinner Passes Away. Seventy-four resident of Cass and Miami Counties Dies. Albert W. Skinner, 74, a life-long resident of Cass and Miami counties, passed away at 5:15 o'clock Saturday at the home of his son Lee Skinner, 808 Unger street, following an illness of one year. Born January 21, 1864, the son of Thomas H. and Sarah Ann Skinner, near Twelver Mile, the deceased was one of nine children. He was married in August 1883, to Mary Bell Richardson, who passed away in 1908, and Skinner later married Amanda Shilling, who passsed away October 14, 1937. He was a member of the Brethern church of Mexico. Surviving are the one son Lee; a daughter Mrs. Eva Brown of California; a grandson, and a great-grandson; a brother Fred Skinner of Twelve Mile; four sisters: Mrs. Ida Wooley of Plymouth, Mrs. Florence Black of Twelve Mile, and Mrs. Jesse Musselman of Denver; and one step-daughter Mrs. Grace McGuire of Mexico, and Mrs. Ella Black of Twelve Mile. The body was removed to the Wayne Ladd funeral home in Bunker Hill where it will be prepared for burial.

10. Personal visit to Skinner Chapel Cemetery in Cass County, Indiana May 10, 1999.

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