- Birth: 4 MAR 1820, Brownville,Jefferson,NY
- Death: 24 SEP 1908, Oswego,,NY
- Burial: Riverside Cem,Oswego,,NY
Father: Warren SKINNER
Mother: Nancy FARNSWORTH
Family 1:
Emma SHERMAN
- Marriage: 5 MAR 1846, S Richland,Oswego,NY
- Stephen Tinker SKINNER
- Ella Avaline SKINNER
- Willie Irving SKINNER
- Winnie Herman SKINNER
- WILSON Ernest SKINNER
- Gratia Alice SKINNER
_John SKINNER ____________
_Ezra SKINNER _________|_Sarah BURROUGHS? PORTER _
_Timothy SKINNER _|
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Notes
!Copley Skinner Book p. 234, 289 d 315 E 10th St, Oswego;
One morning his step-mother (Lucretia (Slapp) Reddington Skinner (See
Otis A Skinner's "Footlights and Spotlights")) told him to fill the tubs for
the family wash, and he decided it was time to take his leave. At the
age of 17 he ran away and for the next 7 years he went whaling. One of
his whaling trips:
George Skinner,
who at the age 19 sailed on the Ship Phenix of New Bedford,
departing April 27, 1839.
The voyage was to the Pacific and returned May 29, 1842,
with a large cargo of 3,039 barrels of sperm whale oil.
Date of birth: 4 March, 1820
Place of Birth: Brownville, Jefferson Co., N.Y.
The above record on file at Old Dartmouth Historical Society Whaling
Museum ‹ 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, Mass., 02740. Information
furnished by Richard C. Kugler, Director. (1978).
When he returned, about 1844, he went to Union Square, (now Maple
View) Oswego Co. to visit his uncle, the Hon Avery Skinner. While there
he met Emma Sherman who was brought up by the Tinker family who
owned Tinker's Tavern at Union Square. They were married at So.
Richland, Oswego Co., N.Y., 5 Mar 1846.
They settled at Oswego, NY soon after, as their first son, Stephen
Tinker Skinner was born there, 17 Jun 1848. They spent the remainder
of their lives there.
It was in 1854 that George Warren Skinner bought the property at 315
East 10th Street that has been the home to five generations of Skinners:
George Warren Skinner (8)
Wilson Ernest Skinner (9)
Winnie Sherman Skinner (10), later resided 312 E 10th St
Wilson Sheldon Skinner (11), later resided at 276 E 10th St
Wilson Sherman Skinner (12), now resides at 236 E 10th St
Michael James Skinner (12)
The home lot on the northeast corner of East 10th and the Hall Road
was located in "Hamilton Gore". (John Laurance, John B. Church and
Alexander Hamilton had holdings in the "wild lands" of Oswego. The most
valuable acquisition was the Hamilton Gore ‹ a wedge-shaped tract
extending eastward from the harbor at Oswego) "Oswego, From Buckskins
to Bustles" by Charles M Snyder.
Excerpt from a letter written by Ella Avaline (Skinner) Chandler, to
Alice A Skinner, upon the death of Fanny (Forrester) Skinner, mother of
Alice and Winnie, dated 4 Nov 1929.
"You do not know how I hope you or Winnie can see your way clear to
keep the old home (315). It has never been occupied nor owned by anyone
but the Skinners. Father bought the land in 1854 and built on it early the
next spring. One of my earliest recollections is walking with mother
from the home where I was born, it was the other side of 10 St., next
north of the old Hall place, up to the new home. Mother was drawing
little Willie, the baby who died that month of May about three weeks
after moving into the new house. She had a stone gallon jar of plum
preserves in the foot of the wagon. Uncle Winnie, your father, and Aunt
Alice (Gratia Alice) were born there. Aunt Alice and I were married
there. My mother and father died there. Your father and mother both died
there, too."
The Skinner home was once a stop of the stage coach route that came in
the Hall Road.
George Warren Skinner had a "green thumb". The yard was filled with an
orchard of many varieties of fruit. Some of the apple trees had five
varieties of apples that he had grafted.
At one time he had a barge that he took to N.Y.C. occasionally. While
there he delighted in "taking in" the plays through the courtesy of his
nephew, Chas. Montgomery Skinner, who was with the Brooklyn Eagle and
furnished the passes. The barge later sank in the Oswego River.
He carved a large wooden chopping bowl and curved knife with a wooden
handle that has been used by five generations of Skinners to make
stuffing for Thanksgiving birds.
He made wooden forks and shovels by hand that were used in the malt
houses that were numerous in Oswego. His shop was on the back of his
property facing the Hall Road.
The night that he died, his grandson, Winnie Sherman Skinner, had
brought his fianceé, Jessie Mary Sheldon, home to meet his family.
"Grandpa George" had a large silver watch with a cover over its face and
wound with a key. He handed it to Winnie and said, "If I'm not back in 15
minutes, come and get me." He did not return and Winnie went out and
found him dead in the "privy".
Ella Avaline Skinner was a graduate of the first teacher training course
instigated by Dr. Sheldon; Stella (Skinner) Morton was 2nd generation to
graduate from the Oswego Normal School, an outgrowth of Dr. Sheldon's
Course, Genevieve (Skinner) Copley was the 3rd generation, and Lynn
(Beckstead) Young was the 4th generation to graduate from what is New
York State University at Oswego.
So. Richland, where Geo. Warren Skinner and Emma Sherman is on the
old County Map of Oswego just about where Fernwood is now on the
latest map. We found the old cemetery with many Shermans but not
Emma's parents. We did find Sherman Road between Fernwood and Mexico
off County Rte. 41, and the next road was Cole Road. Emma's sister,
Adeline, M. John Cole and Winnie S. SKinner spent many summers at "Aunt
Linie's" farm. His mother gave him one white shirt to take to the farm
with the reminder that he could stay until his shirt got dirty. Adeline
washed it every night to prolong his stay.
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