Charles C SKINNER

Father: Peter SKINNER
Mother: Sarah ROBERTS

Family 1: Amanda Melvina HERNDON
  1. Sarah Alice SKINNER
  2. Howard Malcolm SKINNER
  3. Charles Hubert SKINNER
  4. Isabella Frances SKINNER
  5. John Richard SKINNER
  6. Martha Ann SKINNER
  7. James Henry SKINNER
  8. Mary Eugenia SKINNER
  9. Margaret Elizabeth SKINNER
  10. Annie Laurie SKINNER
  11. Lemuel Joseph SKINNER
  12. Willie P SKINNER 
                  _Richard Alexander SKINNER _
 _Peter SKINNER _|
|                |_Adaline VAN_DEVENTER ______
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|--Charles C SKINNER 
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|_Sarah ROBERTS _|
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Notes

! Manuscript loose pages by Doris Seymour Wahl, date unknown.: or d Chillicothe, MO Manuscript: Descendants of Peter and Sarah (Roberts) Skinner, Loudon County, Virgina, of Richard and Adeline (Van Deventer) Skinner of Cornelius Skinner by Doris Seymour Wahl, date unknown.: His will was signed June 27, 1887 and probated Sept 26, 1888 in Chillicother, MO. Charles went to Elizabethtown, KY, returned to Loudon co, VA, then, 1838 to Lincoln, MO, until 1839 - then to St Louis co, until 1841. In 1860 the family were living in Trenton twp, Grundy co, MO, where Charles was listed as a farmer. Reference: Wm & Mary Quarterly (EES) E89.0304.32b Martin, Anna L PO Box 5982 Yuma AZ 85366-5982 E89.0304.38 Martin SKU 8(1):18: One of the driving forces behind the organization which was to become the North Central Missouri Fair Association was the prominent farmer of southern Grundy County, Charles Skinner. According to the Birdsell and Dean, 1881, "History of Grundy County," Charles was one of the original stockholders and first president of the Grundy County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, formed in 1859, which was later to become the fair association, of which he was president of the Board of Directors for many years. Charles Skinner was born, the 8th of 12 children, in Loudon Co., VA on 25 Mar 1813, the son of Peter and Sarah Roberts Skinner. While a young man he came West to live for a time with his uncle John Skinner in Kentucky. Later he moved to eastern Missouri where he met and married Amanda Melvina Herndon. Amanda, the daughter of John Chapman and Alice Nutt Herndon, was born in Fauquier County, VA, on 8 Feb 1817, 9th of a family of 20 children. Her father, John C. and 4 of her brothers were ministers ordained in the Long Branch Baptist Church in Fauquier County, VA. In 1838, John and Alice decided to move West with the younger members of their family. While stopping over with relatives in Anderson County, KY Alice died on 12 Sep 1838. John continued on to Missouri where he stopped in the St. Louis area. It was there, in St. Louis County that Charles Skinner met and married Amanda on 18 Feb 1841. The Skinners stayed in eastern Missouri in the Lincoln/St. Charles county area until after 9 of their 12 children were born. Then in 1857 they came to Grundy County, MO where they remained, leaving an imprint on the county. During the last quarter of the 19th century Charles was influential in agricultural circles and recognized as a leading citizen of the County. One of the first churches in Jackson township was the Skinner Union Church and for many years there was a Skinner School. The Skinner Cemetery, though in a sad state of neglect, remains on the land which was once the Skinner home place. Charles and Amanda acquired enough land, approximatedly 600 aces in 1881, that they were able to give acreages to each of their children. The land given to his daughter, Annie Laurie, still remains in the hands of her descendant. Amanda died on 26 Mar 1887 and Charles on 6 Sep 1888. They are both buried in the Skinner Cemetery. All of the children married and lived in Grundy County with the exception of Lemuel who moved with his family to California.

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