Skinner, William

SKINNER, CROUSE, LOVEJOY, WOODSON

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WILLIAM SKINNER was one of the early settlers of Mitchell county, his occupation being that of a cooper. He was born in Maine in 1806. When quite young his parents emigrated to Meigs Co., Ohio, where they were early settlers. When thirteen years of age he went to Indiana, where he lived four years, then returned to his home in Ohio. He was married in 1828 to Mary A. Crouse, of Ohio. They removed to Coles Co., Ill., where they lived until 1846, when they moved to Dane Co., Wis., where he bought a farm of timbered land, remaining until 1856 when he removed to Iowa, locating in township 98, which he improved, and built a comfortable home. He removed from here to Osage, where he opened a cooper shop, remaining there seven years, when he went to Lincoln township, purchased a farm and lived thirteen years. He now makes his home with son-in-law, G. B. Lovejoy, in Rock township. His wife died in 1838 leaving five children - Isaac, Charles, Samuel, Asel and Linus. HIs second wife was Mrs. George Woodson, a native of Kentucky, by whom he had four children - Mary A., wife of G. B. Lovejoy, Phebe Ellen, Rosa and George.

~History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa
Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing Co., 1884; pg 465

(transcription source: Iowa Biographies Project)