Timothy Warner SKINNER

!.....SKU 18(2):58 Anne Youngblood Zink (3/00) From: Churchill: Landmarks of Oswego County, 1895; Mexico, Mother of Towns by Elizabeth M. Simpson (1946). From: History of Oswego County, 1877: Obit of Avery Skinner notes he was the ³father of Hon. Timothy W. Skinner of Mexico, NY, Hon. Charles R. Skinner of Watertown, NY, Rev. J. A. Skinner and Mrs. Mary G. Wright, wife of Judge Maurice I. Wright of Oswego, NY all of whom survive him, and of Mr. Albert F. Skinner and Mrs. E. H. Richardson, now deceased.² Timothy was born in Mexico in 1827 and ³admitted to the bar in Watertown in 1857, and has since practiced at Mexico. For fifteen years he was the junior partner of the banking house of Whitney & Skinner. In 1863 he was elected surrogate for four years, in 1871 for six years, and in 1877 for six years. He was also president of the village and justice of the peace for eight years. In 1856 he married Elizabeth Calkins, who died in 1861, leaving one child, Lizzie V., now Mrs. J. B. Stone of Auburn. Mr. Skinner afterwards married Sarah Rose and their children are Grace A. and Avery W.²