- Birth: 10 AUG 1822, Path Valley,Cumberland,PA
Father: John SKINNER
Mother: Judith DOYLE
Family 1:
Catherine BARKLEY
- Washington SKINNER
- Sarah A SKINNER
- John M SKINNER
- William B SKINNER
- Anna A SKINNER
- Lizzie C SKINNER
- Jeanetta A SKINNER
- David M SKINNER
- Ada B SKINNER
- Lotta B SKINNER
_William SKINNER _
_John SKINNER _|
| |_Martha DUNCAN ___
|
|--David J SKINNER
|
| _Barnabas DOYLE __
|_Judith DOYLE _|
|_Mary MCELHENNY __
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Notes
!.....R60/756 History of Franklin Co., Fannett twp. p 756-757: Farmer,
P.O. Dry Run, D.J. is a descendant of one of the old pioneer families of
Path Valley, this county, where he was born August 10, 1822, the third
son of John and Judith (Doyle) Skinner. John Skinner was born April 17,
1786, in this township, as was also his wife, Judith, a daughter of
Barnabas Doyle, whose ancestors came here as early as 1748. The
grandfather of David J. was William Skinner, one of the pioneers of Path
Valley. Our subject remained at home until he was twenty-two years of
age, when he married Catherine, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Stark)
Barkley, the latter a daughter of Isaac Stark. Mr. Skinner remained on the
homestead farm fifteen years after his marriage, and, about 1859 moved
to the Adam Crouse farm, where he remained until 1869. He then moved
to his present residence, where he has since lived, and up to the present
time has been contiuously engaged in farming pursuits, having several
hundred acres of choice land, highly improved. He is the father of ten
children, as follows: Washington, Sarah A., John M., William B., Anna A.,
Lizzie C., Jeanetta A., David M., Ada B., and Lotta B., all of whom are
residents of the county, except John M. and William B., the former a
merchant, the latter an attorney, in Mount Vernon, MO. Washington
entered the service of his country at the age of sixteen, and returned as
captain; he was subsequently elected county treasurer. Mr. Skinner is a
member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
Presbyterian.
!.....E94.0726.34 SKU 11(5)95 Skinner, Norman family history
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