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Skinner family of New York

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  Alanson Skinner (1794-1876) — of Brownville, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H., May 21, 1794. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York state senate 21st District, 1850-51; resigned 1851. Died in Brownville, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 7, 1876 (age 82 years, 17 days). Interment at Brownville Cemetery, Brownville, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Timothy Skinner and Ruth (Warner) Skinner; brother of Avery Skinner; married, September 29, 1819, to Mary Woodward; married, November 4, 1852, to Olivia Moffat; married, September 23, 1862, to Ermina Pheatt; uncle of Charles Rufus Skinner.
  Political family: Skinner family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Avery Skinner (1796-1876) — of Union Square, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H., June 9, 1796. Democrat. School teacher; tavern keeper; postmaster; Oswego County Treasurer, 1826-1838; member of New York state assembly from Oswego County, 1832-33; member of New York state senate 5th District, 1838-41; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1846; director, Syracuse Northern Railway. Died in Union Square, Oswego County, N.Y., November 24, 1876 (age 80 years, 168 days). Interment at Maple View Cemetery, Mexico, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Timothy Skinner and Ruth (Warner) Skinner; brother of Alanson Skinner; married, June 9, 1822, to Elizabeth Lathrop Huntington; married 1834 to Charlotte Prior Stebbins; father of Charles Rufus Skinner and Mary Grace Skinner (who married Maurice Lauchlin Wright).
  Political family: Skinner family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Rufus Skinner (1844-1928) — also known as Charles R. Skinner — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Union Square, Oswego County, N.Y., August 4, 1844. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1877-81; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1881-85; New York superintendent of public instruction, 1895-1904. Member, Union League; Freemasons. Died, from bronchial pneumonia, in Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y., June 30, 1928 (age 83 years, 331 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Avery Skinner and Charlotte Prior (Stebbins) Skinner; brother of Mary Grace Skinner (who married Maurice Lauchlin Wright); married 1873 to Elizabeth Baldwin; nephew of Alanson Skinner.
  Political family: Skinner family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Maurice Lauchlin Wright (1845-1911) — also known as Maurice L. Wright — of Mexico, Oswego County, N.Y.; Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y., November 27, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1892-1905. Member, Freemasons. Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, N.Y., October 14, 1911 (age 65 years, 321 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of David Parks Wright and Betsy (Woodworth) Wright; married, November 3, 1869, to Mary Grace Skinner (daughter of Avery Skinner; sister of Charles Rufus Skinner); second cousin four times removed of Jonathan Hunt; third cousin once removed of William H. Jackman; third cousin thrice removed of John Strong, Theodore Dwight, Elijah Hunt Mills and Greene Carrier Bronson.
  Political family: Skinner family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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