Descendants of David J. Skinner
Generation No. 1
1. David J.2 Skinner (Clark1) was born April 22, 1848
in Garrard Co.,KY., and died May 31, 1921 in Spencer, Owen
Co.,IN.. He married Hamey Loruh Livingston February 04,
1872 in Greene Co., IN., daughter of Robert Livingston and
Elizabeth Cooper. She was born March 21, 1853 in Greene
Co., IN., and died August 16, 1932 in Spencer, Owen Co.,IN..
Notes for David J. Skinner:
David moved to Greene Co. IN. with his parents in ca 1851 from
Garrard Co.KY.....
David was a very active member of the Mt. Pleasant Christian
Church (35 yrs.)
Have some copies of church records on the family....and
Homer..Fidelia....
******************Civil War info**********
David was a Veteran of the Civil War he mustered in
Feb. 13, 1865 in Co. I, 146th Regiment of IND. after the
War. There is a marker at the Soldiers War Monument at the
Riverside Cemetery in Spencer,IN that has his names on it.
These are notes on David written by Claudia Scrock Scranton as
told to her by Geneva Willigman grandaughter of David :
David was born in Kentucky in Garrard Co. The 1850 census
places his family in the second division there. By 1860 his
mother is a widow, and the family is in Beech Creek Twp., Greene
Co., Indiana. His older brothers, John Riley and Peyton S.
Skinner, left home to fight in the Civil War. David
enlisted as a private during the last year of the war. He
was in Indiana's 146th Regiment, Company I. I have copies
of his enrollment from the Indiana Archives and his pension
history from the National Archives. When he enrolled in
Greensburg, Indiana, on February 14, 1865, he told them that he
was 19 and born in 1846.
Actually he was only 16. The story is that his older
brothers were already off fighting. So he left his mother
in a cabin in the woods with wolves all around to join the
fight. Also, he is said to have seen President Abraham
Lincoln several times during the War.
According to ONE YEAR REGIMENTS OF 1865, the 146th left
Indianapolis in March 11, 1865, under the command of Colonel
Merit C. Welsh. (Very little time for training!) It
arrived in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, on March 15. The
regiment was then assigned to one of the provisional divisions of
the Army of the Shenandoah. Until July 27, 1865, it was
assigned post and guard duty at Charlestown, Winchester,
Stevenson Station, Jordan's Springs, and Summit Point,
Virginia. David's medical records definitely place him
at Stevenson Station. The regiment was then assigned to the
Military District of Delaware with General Lockwood
commanding. Companies were sent to Hick's General Hospital,
Baltimore; Havre De Grace, Dover, Wilmington and Salisbury in
Delaware; and Easton, Maryland. On August 31, 1865, the
regiment rejoined in Baltimore and was mustered out.
The regiment was back in Indianapolis on September 8, 1865, and
was welcomed with a reception held on the State House lawn.
After marching to Camp Carrington, it was paid off and
discharged.
David's enlistment papers state that he had gray eyes, had light
hair and a light complexion, and was 5'5" tall. Chris
has a Civil War medal that had been his.
After the war David farmed and worked for the railroad. A
photograph, in which he and his wife are with their granddaughter
Daisy, shows that he had lost the middle finger of his left
hand. He applied for and received a pension for being
partially disabled as a result of the conditions he endured
during the months that was in the infantry. He received the
pension for "chronic diarrhea and resulting piles and
constipation and malarial poisoning and rheumatism and resulting
disease of the heart."
"He became disabled in June of 1865 while stationed at
Stevenson Station, WV,, from the exposures of camp and field
life, lying on the ground in the wet, rain, mud, etc., without
proper covering or protection, he contracted several severe
colds, which seemed to settle in and effect his heart, throat,
and lungs causing hawking, spitting up, nose running, pains and
________ in head, throat, ________ and lungs - seemed to have a
chronic cold and continued to so complain and suffer and be unfit
for duty more or less on said ______ up to his
discharge."
Medical records show that he was treated for the following at the
field hospital:
May 2 - diarrhea, May 3 - debility, May 7 - diarrhea, May 10-11 -
ague, July 6 - fever, and August 13 - diarrhea.
When David enlisted, he resided near Oak Station and his post
office was Whithall, Monroe County, Indiana. He was married
at Bloomfield in Greene Co. in 1872. (Two of his brothers
are buried in the Andrew Livingston Cemetery in Beech Creek,
Twp., Greene Co., IN.) The 1880 Soundex for Indiana
places him in Clay Twp., Owen Co., IN. (a child, Homer W.,
is listed as the oldest, age 6. )
In 1891 his address was
Spencer, Owen Co. In 1915 and 1921 (prior to his
death), he listed Romona as his address. Romona is just
outside of Spencer (about 12 miles according to Grandma
Gallagher). He was residing at E. Jefferson St. in Spencer
at the time of his death.
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I will add these remarks about David's Civil War
papers.....They did state these facts:
b. 22 April 1848 Garret Co.KY...(Garrard)
He lived at P.O. Whitehall, Monore Co.in when enlisted
He states he was married 5 Feb 1871.....but marriage lic. says 4
Feb 1872
When he lists his children....no mention of Harry b. 2 Nov 1887
On his death cert. it says Father- Clark Skinner Mother- Susanna
Skinner & place of birth KY.
He died of Pulmonary T.B.---contributing factors Tubercular
Peritonitis
Loura was receiving $40. a month pension .....her death listed
8-16-32
Grandad Skinner {Homer his son} Signed Laura's Declaration for
Widows pension papers as on of the witnesses....2 Jun 1921
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146th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 9, 1865.
Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 11. Attached to 1st
Brigade, 2nd Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah. Duty
at Charleston, Winchester, Stevenson's Depot, Jordan's Springs
and Summit Point until July 27. Ordered to Baltimore, Md., July
27, and assigned to duty in the Military District of Delaware by
detachments. Mustered out at Baltimore, Md., August 31, 1865.
Lost during service 31 by disease.
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He married Hamey Loruh Livingston in Greene Co.,IN. on Feb. 4,
1872.
They had eight children six boys and two girls , of whom three
departed this life in infancy. Also in my possession is
David and Hamey's family Bible....in it she has written her
marriage date as Feb. 4, 1871?? I have a copy of their
marriage license from Gr. Co. which is dated Feb. 4, 1872.
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1880 Census Place: Clay, Owen County , Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254303 National Archives Film
T9-0303 Page 389A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
David J. SKINNER Self M M W 31 KY
Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: KY Mo: KY
L. H. SKINNER Wife F M W 26 IN
Occ: Keeping House Fa: IN Mo: IN
Homer W. SKINNER Son M S W 6 IN
Fa: KY Mo: IN
Fidilea SKINNER Dau F S W 3 IN
Fa: KY Mo: IN
Commadra SKINNER Son M S W 2 IN
Fa: KY Mo: IN
Theodore SKINNER Son M S W 4M IN
Fa: KY Mo: IN
Melvina SKINNER Sister F S W 29 KY
Fa: KY Mo: KY
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1880 Owen Co.IN Census....{soundex}
Clay Twp.
SKINNER, David....31....KY
Laura H..................26....IN
Homer N..................6.....IN
Fidelia.....................3......IN
Commadora.............2.....IN
Theodore.................9/12..IN
Melvena..sister........29...KY
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1900 Census Owen Co. IN, Franklin Township, House #278, Page 200
Skinner, David, Head, W, M, b. April 1848, age 52, married
28 yrs., b. Kentucky, (F) Kentucky, (M) Kentucky,
stone quarry laborer, can read and write, rents
property
Laura (can't make out middle name), wife, W, F, b. Mar. {I have a
copy.....it says Laurahama}
1853, age 47, total children 5, children living 5,
b. Indiana, (F) Kentucky, (M) Indiana, can read
and write
Homer, son, W, M, b. May 1875, age 25, single, b. Indiana,
(F) Kentucky, (M) Indiana, day laborer, can read
and write
Fidelia, daughter, W, F, b. Oct. 1876, age 23, single, b.
Indiana, (F) Kentucky, (M) Indiana, can read and
write
Theodore, son, W, M, b. Feb. 1880, age 20, single, b.
Indiana, (F) Kentucky, (M) Indiana, day laborer,
can read and write
Martin, son, W, M, b. Aug. 1882, age 17, single, b. Indiana,
(F) Kentucky, (M) Indiana, day laborer, can read
and write
Everitt/Emmit, son, W, M, b. May 1884, age 16, single, b.
Indiana, (F) Kentucky, (M) Indiana, day laborer,
can read and write
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1910 Owen County, Indiana Washington
township page 116 B
Skinner, David age says 52, but that has a circle
around it married for
40 years, so age has to be 62, born KY both
parents born KY no
occupation listed
wife: Lora age 57 born Indiana both
parents born Indiana has given
birth to 8 children, has 5 children living
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1920 Owen Co.IN Census.....Washington Twp....outside of town
proper
Dist. 225.....#37
Skinner David J....71.......KY.......parents both born
KY........can read & write
Lora H...................66.......IN........parents both born
IN.........can read & write (parents info wrong?}
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They had lived in Greene Co., IN.....with their families....and
married there.....they then moved to Knox Co.,IN...where at least
their first two children were born...then eventually moved to
Owen Co.,IN.
David had been a farmer.
David's funeral service was held at their residence in Spencer
with Rev. Roy officiating on June 1, 1921 at 2 P.M.
(funeral costs $80.00) He is buried at Riverside
Cemetery....Spencer, Owen Co.,IN...
Obituary........David Skinner Dead
David J. Skinner, 73 years old, a soldier of the
Civil war and for many years a resident of Owen county, died at
his home here May 31 after a long illness of tuberculosis.
He was born in Kentucky April 22, 1848, and was a son of Clark
and Susanna Skinner, both native Kentuckians. In the Civil
war he was a private in Co.I, 146th Indiana.
After the war he was married to Hamey Lourah
Livingston on Feb 5, 1871. To this union were born eight
children, six boys and two girls; three of the children died in
infancy. Some 35 years ago he united with the Mt. Pleasant
Christian church and for a long period was one of the most active
members.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. A.A. Kay, were
held at the home Wednesday afternoon and interment was made in
Riverside cemetry. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Hamey
L. Skinner, and five children, Homer, Mrs Fidelia Willigman, both
of this city. Theodore of Bedford, Martin of Indianapolis
and Everett of Grafton, N.Dak. All these were present at
Mr. Skinner's death. He is also survived by seventeen
grandchildren
CARD OF THANKS.......
We thank the friends and neighbors for their kindness and
help in the illness and death of our dear father, also the
undertaker, then minister, the singers for the music and the
G.A.R. Post for their beautiful work.......Mrs. Skinner and
family.
A second obituary.........the only differences being this:
David J. Skinner of Spencer, Ind, was born April 22,
1848, in the state of Kentucky, coming to Indiana with his
parents in 1853. He departed this life May 31, 1921, age 73
years, one month and nine days.
He was enrolled in Co.I, 146th Regiment of Indiana,
to serve in the Civil war on the 13th day of February,
1865.
then this verse: We miss thee from our home,
dear father; We miss thee from thy place, A shadow o'er our
life is cast---We miss the sunshine of the face. We miss
thy kind and willing hand, Thy fond and earnest care, Our home is
dark without thee--We miss thee everywhere. Tis hard to
break the tender cord When love has bound the heart;
This hard, so hard, to speak the work "We must forever
part."Dearest loved one, we must lay thee In the peaceful
grave's embrace. But the memory will be cherished 'Til we
see they heavenly face.
I have a set of silverware that Aunt Chloe gave me, that belonged
to David J. Skinner.....she said he carried it with him,
I'm assuming when he was working ....it was in a flannel pouch
that rolled up and tied shut.
More About David J. Skinner:
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Spencer,IN.
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Census: 1880, Owen Co....have copy
Fact1: February 13, 1865, Enrolled in Co. I, 146th Regiment of
Indiana Vol. Infantry ...Civil War
Medical Information: contributing factors.....Tubercular
Pertinidos
Notes for Hamey Loruh Livingston:
Hamey Loruh's name is a puzzle, I have seen it as written in her
bible:Hamey Loruh, Loru H. on her headstone, Loura H. as on her
marriage rec., and Louhanna on a census rec. and it is said that
this name came from an Indian princess, but I have never been
able to document the source from which it came as to be true of
not....but the strange name does seem to run in the Livingston
line....it was said that every Livingston family was to have
named one of their daughters after this princess?? Hamey had an
Aunt Louhanna(Loramany) Livingston Rowe and I have found others
with that name too...
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1870 Greene Co.IN Census, Beech Creek Twp.
P.O. Whitehall....#172
Sims, Jackson......53....Farmer....3220/600.....KY
Juliann..................55.......................................KY
Livingston, Laru H...17...Dom Servant............IN
Sims,
Julian...........9........................................IN
This was in the neighborhood of her family.....Charles Abrams was
listed as her guardian......he must have hired her out as help
for the Sims family?? Her sister Aceneth Elizabeth was
living 2 doors away with Martha J.Day along with another
Livingston boy?? Albert MH......don't have a clue as to who
he is??
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Hamey was a very religious person and she belonged to the
Christian Church....She had several things in her bible about
different revival meetings and some sermons....her funeral was
held Thursday at 2:P.M. at the church with Pastor Rev. Bidewell
officiating...pall bearers were Ernest Teagarden, Robert Babbs,
Anthony McGuire, William Sheppard, Holmes Harmon and Charles
Carpenter.
Hamey's funeral expenses were ($291.50) She is buried
at Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Owen Co.,IN.
I have Hamey's wedding band, that was in Aunt Chloe's jewelry
box and had a paper around it stating that this was Grandma
Skinner's wedding band. I also have a amethyst color vase
trimmed with gold that belonged to her.
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Here are some family notes from Claudia Scranton.....10/99
Neva Nettle Scranton remembers her great-grandmother as sweet,
kind, and very thin. Neva, like Nancy White, says
that her great-grandmother's name was Hamey Loruh (lah-roo)
Livingston. On all public documents (marriage license and
pension files) she is listed as Laura, or Loura, H.
Livingston. A photo taken in about 1896 shows Hamey as
being fair and almost as tall as her husband. He was
5'5" at 16, so he may have been taller later.
Her mother died when she was young. She and a sister were
farmed out to live with other families. Laura lived with an
Irish family. She was courted in the main room by the fire
after the old folks went to bed. She came to Indiana after
her marriage. She had never gone to school, but was taught
to read by a colored maid. {this statement I find very hard to
believe, as I found her living with the Sims family listed as a
servant?} When she was young, they melted tubs of snow to
take a bath. (These were stories which her granddaughter,
Geneva Willigman Nettle, told.)
Nancy White says the marriage date was February 5, 1871, which is
a year earlier than mine. My date comes from a certificate
of marriage issued by the Clerk, Greene Co. Circuit Court, in
1921. If Lizzy was born in 1871, that date would be
reasonable with White's date. They were married by a
Justice of the Peace, Joseph G. Smith.
Neva remembers her great-grandmother smoking a corncob
pipe. She would slip out to the outhouse, but
everyone could see the smoke. She also would burn her apron
pockets trying hide it quickly. Laura spent 6 months
with Geneva's family in Clinton, Summit Co., Ohio, and the other
6 months with Homer's family in Indiana after David's death in
1921. There are several photographs of her visiting in Ohio
as well as the one of Laura and David with Geneva's older sister,
Daisy Willigman.
Laura would sit by the large floor register at Geneva's
house. Geneva would fire up the coal furnace until it was
red hot. Laura was very thin when she was elderly.
She wore long, cotton gingham dresses and long aprons. As
she sat there, she would dry Neva's hair with a
towel. Laura had continued to receive a government
pension after David's death due to his Civil War related health
problems. All she got was $20 per month(Neva). Laura
was living on
Franklin Street in Spencer, Indiana, at the time of her death at
the age of 79. Both David and Laura are buried in Riverside
Cemetery in Spencer.
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In finding out that after Hamey's mother
Elizabeth died in 1861........her father entered the Civil War,
only to be found missing in action after the battle of
Chicamugwa.....then finding that he died in 1863....Claudia
Scranton above mentioned in family stories that she and her
siblings were farmed out to live with other families......I found
evidence from the 1870 Greene Co. Beech Creek Twp. census that it
looks like Hamey listed as Laru H. living in the household #172
of Jackson Sims as a Domestic Servant and in the household #170
of Mariah J. Day......there was an A.E.Livingston living
there,which I believe is her sister Elizabeth.......in
household #165 A.M.Livingston lived close by, which was their
Uncle. Then in household #196 I believe her sister Sarah
Margaret was married to Caleb Stansberry and lived there. This
was in Whitehall.
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Obituary.......
MOTHER LOCAL MAN DIED HERE THIS MORNING.....Mrs.
D.J.Skinner Rites to be Held Thurs. P.M.
Mrs. D.J.Skinner 78 years old, passed away this
morning at 10:30 at the home of her son, Homer Skinner,
west Franklin Street. She had been ill for a considerable
time.
Mrs. Skinner is survived by a brother, Robert
Livingston, Missouri; a sister, Sarah Goodrich, Nelson Nebraska;
four sons; Homer, of Spencer; Theodore of Bloomington; Martin of
Indianapolis and Edward of Polk, Penn, fourteen grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services have been tentatively placed at
2:00 o'clock Thursday at the Christian church.
The body will remain at the West Funeral home until
6 o'clock Wednesday evening.
More About Hamey Loruh Livingston:
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Spencer,IN.
Cause of Death: Chronic Bronchidus
Census: 1870, Greene Co.,IN, Beech Creek Twp.
Children of David Skinner and Hamey Livingston are:
2 i. Lizzie Olivia3 Skinner, born October 1871; died June 1872.
3 ii. Homer Napoleon Skinner, born May 17, 1874 in Knox Co. ,
IN.; died November 19, 1956 in Spencer, IN. at home. He
married Clara May Scott September 07, 1900 in Freedom, IN.
at her parents home; born May 28, 1883 in Franklin Twp.,Owen Co.,
IN.; died June 14, 1974 in Bloomington,Monroe Co. IN.
Hospital.
4 iii. Fidelia Skinner, born October 31, 1876 in IN.; died 1928
in OH.. She married (1) Glenn Orban Willigman January 12,
1896 in Owen Co.,IN.; born 1877 in Owen Co.IN.; died 1960
in N.C.. She married (2) Harmon Aft. 1915.
More About Fidelia Skinner:
Census: January 12, 1896, Owen Co.,IN..Bk.33 pg. 401
5 iv. Commadore Skinner, born August 07, 1878; died Bef. 1900.
Notes for Commadore Skinner:
Commadore was not listed on the 1900 census....so he must have
died bef. this year..
6 v. Theodore Skinner, born February 10, 1880 in IN.; died 1952
in Bloomington, Monroe Co.,IN.. He married Edythe A.
January 14, 1905 in Marion Co.IN; born 1884 in IN.; died 1966 in
Bloomington, Monroe Co.,IN..
Notes for Theodore Skinner:
Theo worked at a Stone Quarry near Bloomington,IN.....I've been
told that he was in charge, so he must have been a foreman or
something like that there. The family lived in Bedford, IN,
before moving to Bloomington to live.....There they rented rooms
out in there home to college students.
Theo is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, IN.
More About Theodore Skinner:
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe Co.,IN
Census: January 14, 1905, OwenCo.,IN--Bk.37, Pg.401--have copy--
Notes for Edythe A.:
Edythe is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, IN.
More About Edythe A.:
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe Co.,IN
7 vi. Martin M. Skinner, born August 17, 1882 in IN.; died in
IN.. He married Lida Wier September 10, 1904 in Marion
Co.IN; born 1882; died in Indianapolis, IN. Marion Co..
Notes for Martin M. Skinner:
1920 Census records show that living in the household of Martin
and Lida were:
Lizzie H. Weis...M.L.....age 72...b. IN.
John E. Weis.....B.L......age 34..b. IN
Anna Kratz.........Si.L.....age 32..b. IN
Julius Kratz.......B.L......age 34..b. IN.........Believe this
was Aunt Lida's Mother, Brother , Sister and her husband.
I believe that Martin and Lida were divorced, but Uncle Earl said
no they weren't?? I don't ever remember seeing
Martin....only Aunt Lida.
More About Martin M. Skinner:
Census: 1920, Marion Co.IN...Indianapolis...Have copy
Notes for Lida Wier:
Listed on the 1920 census...they were living in Indianapolis, IN.
Marion Co. on W. Morris St.....living with them was Lizzie
Weis, M.L. 72 b. IN.....John E. Weis, B.L. 34 b.
IN...Anna Kratz Si-L 32 b. IN...Julius Kratz,
B.L. 34 b, IN....have copy....
Aunt Lida was a tiny wisp of a woman.....She use to visit Grandma
Skinner's home often.....coming down on the bus from Indianapolis
or with Aunt Irma and Uncle Casey when they came to visit....I
have a picture of Aunt Lida holding Stephanie when she was about
6 months old.
8 vii. Everett Skinner, born May 02, 1884 in IN.. He
married (1) Ola Pugh November 07, 1906 in Marion, Co.,Indiana;
born July 01, 1887. He married (2) Jennie C. Herrman July
22, 1911 in Owen Co.,IN..
Notes for Everett Skinner:
Everett and his family I know lived in Grafton N.D.....as it was
listed as such in an obit for one of his parents.....then in
Grandma Skinner's little notebook with addresses....there it is
listed that they lived in Buffalo ,N.Y.....and Claudia Scranton
told me about them living in Polk ,PA....and Everett worked at an
asylum. He ran a cottage for boys and Jennie worked there
too, she sent me a picture of them there.
Everett was still alive in 1956 when Grandad died as in his obit
it states that he is survived by his brother .
More About Everett Skinner:
Census: July 22, 1911, Owen Co.,IN., Bk. 36 pg. 293
Notes for Ola Pugh:
Ola M Pugh (19), dau of George & ?? Shaw, md Everett Skiner
Nov 7, 1906 in Marion County, IN, Bk 9, Pg 87 and Bk 39, Pg 223.
Her dob is shown to be July 1, 1887.
Everitt Skinner, son of David and Hannah Livingston, md Ola and
then Jennie C Herrmann on July 22, 1911 in Owen County, Bk 36, Pg
293. His dob is shown as May 2, 1884.
I couldn't find a second marriage for Ola.
Notes for Jennie C. Herrman:
Don't know if Everett was married more than once or not, as I
always knew his wife by Ola...??
Claudia Scranton sent me some pictures of Jennie and Everett when
they lived in Ohio.
9 viii. Harry Skinner, born October 19, 1886 in Owen Co.,IN; died
November 02, 1887 in Owen Co.,IN.
Notes for Harry Skinner:
Skinner, David Lora Levingston M 19 Oct 1886 H-1
224 Owen Owen County, Indiana
Index to Birth Records
1882 - 1920 Inclusive
Letters A - Z Inclusive .....taken from Ancestry.com
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On paper Grandma Clara Skinner had written that Harry
Skinner died 9 June 1887