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viii. Flossita Louise, b. Mar. 30, 1889, S. Roy .; grad. S. Roy. high school; teacher.
SHIPMAN FAMILY.
HARVEY SHIPMAN, son of Edmund and Rebecca (Bige- low) Shipman, b. Feb. 8, 1800, Worcester, N. Y .; d. Aug. 5, 1879, Newfield, N. J .; m. May 30, 1822, Betsey, dau. David and Anna (Clark) Eaton, b. Feb. 17, 1801, Rochester, N. Y .; d. Mar. 30, 1885, Newfield. In 1839 Mr. Shipman bought 90 acres of land in Roy. of John Brooks, which Clark B. sold to John D. Fales in 1867. Mr. Shipman was a man of good repute and ability. He served as selectman, 1846-48. A son writes that their removal to Roy. was soon followed by the hardest times and lowest prices for farm products that he had ever known. Mr. Shipman bought a pair of four-year-old oxen for $100, and four years after he sold them for $65. At the time he was select- man, his colleagues were J. L. Bowman and Edwin Pierce, all of whom were born in the year 1800. He had a stroke of paraly-
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sis the first night after his removal to N. J., from which he never recovered. He and wife and many of their ancestors, Ship- mans, Eatons, and Clarkes, are buried at Rochester North Hol- low. The Shipmans were early settlers of Rochester. Harvey rem. from Granville to Roy. i. Harvey Eaton, b. Feb. 7, 1823, Rochester; d. Oct. 11, 1846, Fulton, Wis. At the time of his death he was on a visit to his uncle, William B. Shipman, who went to Cal. in 1849, and who was killed by the Indians some years later, when prospecting in Wyoming. Har- vey E. was a fine scholar, fully equal to his brother, Prof. Shipman, had he lived to develop his powers.
ii. Betsey Aurora, b. Apr. 1, 1825, Rochester; d. May 7, 1833. iii. Clark Bigelow, b. June 1, 1831, Rochester; m. Nov. 6, 1855, Augusta Fanny, dau. John and Sally (Whitney) Perham, b. May 4, 1831, Bethel. He was a teacher in early life. After leaving Roy. about 1868, he went to Newfield, N. J., where he was a market gardener. In 1882 he rem. to Montana with his son Henry, and they were among the first white settlers of Judith Valley. Ch .: (a) Winifred Augusta, b. Oct. 11, 1856, Roy .; m. Dec. 5, 1887, Lewiston, Mont., Nicholas Erick- son; (b) Gratia, b. Mar. 17, 1859, Roy .; d. Mar. 24, 1859, Roy .; (c) Gertrude Janette, b. Feb. 19, 1860, Roy .; unm .; (d) Rebecca Maria, b. Dec. 20, 1862, Roy .; unm .; (e) Henry Eaton, b. Nov. 24, 1866, Roy .; civil engineer and rancher in Mont .; m. Oct. 9, 1904, Lewiston, Mont., Susan Grace, dau. Oscar G. and Susan (Hubbard) Martin, b. Dec. 28, 1877, Rochester; ch .: (i) Henry Nicholas, b. July 27, 1905, Lewiston; (ii) Richard Clark, b. Apr. 28, 1907, Rochester; (f) Margaret Maud, b. Aug. 25, 1875, Bethel; unm.
iv. William Rollin, b. Mar. 28, 1834, Granville; d. there Mar. 22, 1836. v. William Rollin, b. May 4, 1836, Granville; d. Jan. 15, 1908, Medford, Mass. For a sketch of Prof. Shipman see "Celebrities." His funeral was held in Goddard Chapel of Tufts College, where every honor that could be paid to his memory was paid to show the "high esteem and tender love in which the good old dean was held by all who knew him." His body was cremated and the ashes placed beside those of his wife in Mt. Auburn Cemetery; m. July 28, 1868, Somer- ville, Mass., Martha Frances, dau. Rev. John and Charlotte (Gleason) Howard, who d. July 6, 1894. Ch .: (a) William Willis, b. Nov. 22, 1869, Somerville, Mass .; d. there Jan. 25, 1879; (b) Albert Eaton, b. Mar. 22, 1876; m. Feb. 6, 1902, Bessie Gaylord, dau. Franklin and Beatrice (Guerney) Fowler of Boston; no ch .; salesman in piano house in Boston.
vi. Sarah DeEtte, b. May 20, 1838, Granville; m. Mar. 7, 1860, Edwin Oscar, son Chester and Lydia (Crouch) Lee; res., Vernon; has been lecturer for State Grange; ch .: (a) Edwin Massena, b. June 21, 1862, Vernon; unm .; (b) William Shipman, b. Aug. 21, 1864, Vernon; joined a company that went from N. J. to establish a colony in Mexico, and died soon after arriving, in Topolobampo, May 27, 1887; (c) Ber- tha, b. Aug. 5, 1866; m. Sep. 1, 1892, Frank Edward, son James Proctor and Mary Jane (Stevens) Aldrich of Northfield, Mass .; eight ch .: (i) Chester Lee, b. July 20, 1893; (ii) Mary DeEtte, b. Aug. 9, 1895; (iii) Jesse Edmund, b. May 5, 1897; (iv) Jennie Bertha, b. July 5, 1899; d. Oct. 27, 1899; (v) Helen Marie, b. Jan. 25, 1902; (vi) William Frank, b. Apr. 23, 1904; (vii) Alice Roosevelt, b. Feb. 19, 1906; (viii) Walter James, b. Nov. 30, 1908; (d) Chester Harvey, b. Dec. 5, 1873, New- field, N. J .; res. with parents, unm., in Northfield, Mass.
vii. Louise Janette, b. Jan. 11, 1841, Roy .; d. Jan. 18, 1860, Rochester.
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SHIRLOCK FAMILY.
WILLIAM SHIRLOCK, son of Edward and (Lee) Shirlock, b. Nov. 12, 1809, Ardillis, Co. of Kildare, Ireland; d. Apr. 17, 1888, Roy .; m. Jan. 19, 1840, Cyrene, dau. Levi and Annie (Annis) Martin, b. Nov. 14, 1811, Grafton, N. H .; d. Aug. 21, 1891, Roy .; both bur. Havens Cem. William came to Roy. from Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. He was six months in making the voyage to Quebec. He contracted ship fever, and was left at Quebec instead of at New Orleans, as he had ex- pected. He knew no one there and could not understand the French language. When sufficiently recovered he went to Bur- lington by way of Montreal and St. Johns, then, lacking re- sources, he traveled on foot to Royalton. He found only two Irish families on the way, one at Burlington and one at North- field. He worked for Mr. Rice, probably Benjamin, attending school winters, until 1833, when he went to Hartland, and later to Canaan, N. H., to work for Congressman Currier. Here Cyrene Martin, his future wife, was working. In 1839 he ret. to Roy., and bought of his brother Francis the farm on Dairy Hill which is now owned by his son Frank. He did not get a deed of it until 1853. He increased the 60 acres, the original purchase, to 125 acres. i. James Martin, b. July 26, 1842; d. Jan. 18, 1888, Roy .; m. Dec. 20, 1863, Katherine Kiley of Roy .; ch .: (a) James Martin, b. Jan. 3, 1865, Roy .; m. and res. in Pawtucket, R. I .; an employe of the Clark Thread Mfg. Co .; (b) Annie L., b. June 15, 1872; m. Dec. 30, 1891, Alton L. Ingalls of Bethel; ch .: (i) Hazel M., b. Dec. 23, 1892; d. May 5, 1895; (ii) Lawrence O., b. Sep. 5, 1896; res. Derry, N. H .; husband an employe in shoe factory; (c) Nellie Woodward, b. Sep. 6, 1874; m. Feb. 12, 1896, Walter H. Baker of Bethel; res. W. Somer- ville, Mass .; husband a railroad employe.
ii. Eunice R., b. Feb. 14, 1845, Roy .; m. George Powell of Orange, Mass., who is dead; a son, Harvey, and dau., Katie, res. with their mother in Amherst, Mass.
iii. Sarah B. R., b. Sep. 21, 1847, Roy .; d. June 12, 1866.
iv. Martha J., b. Apr. 4, 1850, Roy .; d. Mar. 27, 1905, unm.
v. Francis, b. Apr. 11, 1853, Roy .; d. May 17, 1853.
vi. Frank, b. Oct. 17, 1854, Roy .; m. Ella V. Bean of Sharon; ch .: (a) Cyrene, b. Oct. 21, 1887, Roy .; d. Sep. 3, 1898, Roy .; (b) Lesley P., adopted, b. Jan. 6, 1906. From his home is a magnificent view of S. Roy. and White River valley to the westward.
JOHN SHIRLOCK, son of Francis and Mary (McDon- ough) Shirlock, b. Mar. 30, 1848, Sharon; m. June 9, 1881, Lucy Ann, dau. James and Sarah L. (Shurtleff) Doyle, b. Feb. 28, 1861, Roy. John Shirlock first settled on the Dr. Man- chester place, but has lived on several farms, the longest on the S. C. Drew farm. i. Joseph Francis, b. Feb. 25, 1882, Roy .; m. May 21, 1907, Grace Eveline, dau. Cassius and Hannah (Merrill) Robinson, b. 1881, Burlington; res., Proctor.
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ii. John William, b. Jan. 16, 1885, Roy .; m. Feb. 15, 1910, Nellie Caroline, dau. Charles L. and Abbie (Arnold) Howe, b. 1884, Tunb.
iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1888, Tunb .; teacher. iv. Hugh Arthur, b. Aug. 17, 1890, Roy.
It is a tradition in the Shirlock family that the name originated at a time when the Israelites were at war with the Canaanites. In one of their battles an Israelite leader was wounded in the head, and a part of the scalp and hair was cut off. From that day he was known as Shear-lock, the Conqueror. Some of his descendants settled in England, and the name came to be changed to Shirlock. Edward be- longed to the British navy, and was for thirteen years on the ship commanded by Nelson. Edward m. (1) Miss Lee, and (2) Miss Donland. He had four ch. by his first wife, William, James, Margaret, and Francis, who all migrated to America. Francis m. Mary McDon- ald of Shelburne, and settled in Sharon, where twelve ch. were born to them. James never m., but lived with his brother Francis. Mar- garet m. Joseph Welch of Randolph. They rem. to Madison, Wis., and have a boy and girl. The father of Mrs. William Shirlock was descended from one of four brothers who came from Eng. to Reho- both, Mass. Levi with other relatives migrated to Grafton, N. H., and for a long time it was said that all the inhabitants of Grafton were in some way related to the Martins.
SKINNER FAMILY.
1. CAPT. ISAAC [5] SKINNER (William [4], Abraham [3], Thos. [2], Thos. [1]), b. July 24, 1759; d. Mar. 19, 1843, Roy .; m. Dec. 24, 1786, Roy., by Rev. John Searle, Lucy Shaw, b. June 17, 1764 ( ?) ; d. Apr. 27, 1843, Roy. His first deed is dated 1784, when he bought 50 acres in 54 T. P. He speculated considerably in land, buying at collector's sale, and selling at a good profit. He was frequently called upon to give his serv- ices to the town, and was selectman thirteen terms. His first office was that of brander of horses in 1786. On Feb. 5, 1787, the voters wrestled at his house with the question of the bridge lottery. His ch. were all born in Royalton. He was a Revolu- tionary soldier.
i. Fanny, b. Dec. 1, 1788; d. Nov. 3, 1859.
ii. Stephen, b. Oct. 27, 1789; d. Apr. 11, 1863; m. Jan. 7, 1821 (?), Martha, dau. Barzillai (?) and Martha (Morgan) Thacher. Soon after coming of age Stephen bought a farm in 11 L. A., and in 1821 he bought other land joining his father's and leased land of his father-in-law, Jacob Cady. He sold out in 1828, and seems to have then left town, and removed to Rand. Ch .: (a) Emily Elizabeth, b. Oct. 24, 1822, Roy .; m. Jan. 7, 1841, William Wheatley; (b) Charles Morgan, b. June 13, 1825, Roy .; (c) William Kenstry, b. May 26, 1828, Rand .; d. June 17, 1846.
iii. Daniel Havens, b. Nov. 10, 1791, Roy .; d. Mar. 25, 1875; bur. N. Roy. Cem. In 1860 he was in Baltimore, Md .; grad., Middle- bury, 1816; honorary degree, Dartmouth, 1820; student and physician in Baltimore, Md., 1817-63.
iv. Isaac, b. Dec. 10, 1793; d. at sea, unm.
v. Lucy, b. Jan. 15 or 18, 1796; d. Oct. 6, 1806.
vi. Luther, b. June 13, 1798; m. Sophia Perry.
vii. Calvin, twin of Luther; d. Mar. 16, 1802.
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viii. Darius, b. May 27, 1800; d. May 5, 1860; m. May 7, 1829, Welthia, dau. Rodolphus and Jemima (Kinney) Dewey, b. Apr. 12, 1800, Roy .; d. Sep. 4 or 5, 1877; bur. N. Roy. Cem. No ch.
ix. Sarah W., b. Feb. 27, 1802; d. Aug. 22, 1888, unm.
x. Calvin, b. Aug. 23, 1804; d. Aug. 17, 1878, Roy .; m. Mar. 17, 1853, Sarah S. Russell, b. Aug. 11, 1830; d. July 11, 1856; ch .: (a) Isaac Walter, b. Feb. 23, 1854, Roy .; d. Jan. 27, 1911, Waltham, Mass .; unm .; (b) George Calvin, b. Jan. 3, 1856, Roy .; m. (1) May 15, 1880, Susan Mercy, dau. John D. and Eliza May (Lovejoy) Fales, b. Dec. 13, 1855, Sharon; d. Nov. 6, 1892, Waltham, Mass .; m. (2) Jan. 24, 1907, Mary Hayward; no ch .; he is an employe in the Wal- tham Watch Factory. Calvin Skinner was town clerk for thirty-six years. His home was above Roy. village, the place now owned by Edwin H. Durkee, and where his father Isaac lived, and carried on his blacksmith trade. He was the only blacksmith in that section for a considerable time, and had patronage from far and near, and some- times he had to keep a crowd over night, when he was driven with work that he could not finish in one day.
xi. Lucy, b. Feb. 22, 1811; d. July 20, 1908, Brookfield; bur. N. Roy. Cem. Miss Skinner had been in failing health some years before her death, making it necessary for her to leave the home she had known so long. She was a Daughter of the Revolution, her claim being substantiated by the Royalton Woman's Club, to which she be- longed. She was a member of the Cong'l church for 76 years, and was ever most hospitable in the entertainment of pastors and others working for the interest of the church. A missionary society in the Cong'l church in the village is named in honor of her sister Sarah.
LUTHER [5] SKINNER (William [4], Abraham [3], etc.), b. Oct. 14, 1760, Woodstock, Conn .; d. Jan. 12, 1838, Roy .; m. May 8, 1788, Temperance, dau. Ebenezer and Temperance (Holdridge) Dewey, and wid. of Rev. Josiah Kilburn, b. May 25, 1761; d. Aug. 28, 1847, Roy. Mr. Skinner bought of the proprietors' committee on Oct. 28, 1782, M. 18 L. A. This was virgin soil, and Mr. Skinner does not seem to have lived long on this lot. His home was made in 17 and 25 T. P., which he deeded to Jonathan Kinney in 1817, for support of himself and wife. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and was pensioned.
i. Annie [6], b. Apr. 18, 1789; d. in infancy.
*ii. Tempe [6], b. June 2, 1790; m. Jonathan Kinney, Jr.
iii. Luther [6], b. June 5, 1792; d. Apr. 28, 1848; m. Eliza- beth Schlagles.
iv. Lucy [6], b. Apr. 27, 1794; d. Sep. 23, 1822, Roy. v. Josiah Kilburn [6], b. Apr. 2, 1796; d. Oct. 29, 1855, Lock- port, N. Y .; m. (1) Jane Chase; m. (2) Jeanette L. - , who d. June 8, 1856, Toledo, O. Josiah K. was a physician in Lockport; grad. from Dartmouth Med. Coll., 1821.
vi. Harriet Byron [6], b. May 22, 1798; d. Feb. 22, 1844; m. 1817-18, Jewett, son Eliezer and Abigail (Washburn) Walbridge, b. 1787, Litchfield, Conn .; ch .: (a) Harriet Diana [7], b. Dec. 14, 1819, Rand .; m. David H. Dutton (See) ; (b) Huldah Arvilla [7], b. Aug. 22, 1821, Rand .; d. an infant; (c) Jewett Demetrius [7], b. Dec. 24, 1824, Rand .; d. Apr. 11, 1852, Algansee, Mich .; (d) Mary Elizabeth [7], b. July 18, 1827, Rand .; d. Dec. 28, 1887, Quincy, Mich .; (e) Rodolphus Philander [7], b. Aug. 6, 1830; m. Nov. 17, 1857, Harriet L., dau. Stephen and Mary (Townsend) Knapp, b. Sep. 3, 1832, Clarkson, N. Y .; (f) William Henry [7], b. Mar. 7, 1834, Lockport, N. Y .; m. (1) Nov.
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1, 1855, Minerva McNutt, b. 1836, Jonesville, Mich .; m. (2) Nov. 21, 1864, Orphelia R. Williams of Grand Rapids, Mich .; (g) Martha Maria [7], b. Aug. 9, 1839, Newfane, N. Y .; m. Mar. 15, 1881, Charles Alex. DeWar; res. Billings, Mont.
vii. Martha [6], b. Sep. 25, 1800; d. Sep. 30, 1841; bur. N. Roy. Cem.
viii. Mary [6], twin of Martha.
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Rodolphus Dewey [6], b. Apr. 30, 1804; d. July 12, 1835.
1. CALVIN [6] SKINNER (Calvin [5], William [4], Abraham [3], etc.), b. Nov. 23, 1777, Woodstock, Conn .; d. Aug. 23, 1843, Roy .; m. Nov. 3, 1803, Sarah, dau. John and Olive (Noble) Billings, b. Jan. 1, 1782; d. Apr. 26, 1850, Roy. Calvin Skinner was the son of Corp. Calvin and Eleanor Porter Skinner. His father died the Sep. before he was born. Corp. Calvin served in the Revolution in a company from Killingly, Conn. When his widow married Capt. Zebulon Lyon, she took her two ch., Sally and Calvin, with her to Royalton. When Cal- vin came of age he made an indenture with his step-father to support him and wife and the two half-brothers until of age. He held considerable property in the village, and in 1809 Lieut. Lyon deeded him the farm later known as the Martin Skinner farm. He was the guardian of Porter Lyon, who was weak
In 1822 he stood fourth in the size of his grand list. mentally. *i. Susannah [7], b. June 6, 1806; m. Forrest Adams.
2. ii. William [7], b. June 10, 1807.
*iii. Eliza [7], b. Oct. 19, 1808; m. Dr. Joseph A. Denison.
*iv. Lucretia [7], b. 1810; m. Forrest Adams.
3. v. Lewis [7], b. Apr. 1, 1812.
vi. Calvin [7], b. June, 1815; d. July 27, 1817.
vii. Calvin [7], b. May 22, 1818, Roy .; d. Sep. 24, 1903, Malone, N. Y .; m. Roy., Sep. 15, 1842, Jane Porter, dau. Samuel and Hannah (Converse) Blodgett, b. Mar. 21, 1818, E. Rand .; d. May 2, 1893, Ma- lone. Ch .: (a) Eleanor Porter [8], b. Sep. 22, 1843; d. Mar. 16, 1894; m. Sep. 21, 1877, John W. Fay; one ch., Marion Alden [9]; res. Malone, N. Y .; (b) Samuel Blodgett [8], b. June 30, 1845; d. Oct. 7, 1907; m. June 1, 1880, Mrs. Mary Weirman Stephenson; ch., Alice Gertrude, Florence Roberts, and Eleanor Marguerite; res. Malone; (c) Henry Carroll [8], b. May 26, 1848; d. June 8, 1898; m. Oct. 5, 1873, Emma Annable; ch., Mabel Eleanor and Edith Josephine; res. Malone; (d) Alice Leland [8], m. June 21, 1887, Sidney S. Whittlesey; one son, Charles Chauncey; res. Plattsburg, N. Y .; (e) William Converse [8], m. Oct. 20, 1880, Florence Roberts; ch., Marjorie Roberts, Roberts Keney, and William Converse; res., Hartford, Conn .; (f) Elizabeth Caroline [8], m. Jan. 14, 1886, Jay O. Ballard; res., Malone; (g) Anna Catherine [8], twin of Elizabeth C .; d. Aug. 9, 1859. Calvin Skinner prepared for college at Royalton Academy; attended the U. V. M. 1836- 38; grad. from Dartmouth Med. Coll., 1841; took a special course in Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; began practice at Roches- ter; rem. to Malone, N. Y., 1842; had a wide and lucrative practice, with special success in surgery; service with N. Y. troops, 1861-62; commissioned surgeon of the 106th N. Y. Regt. 1862, and was with that Regt. in Va. until disability compelled him to resign and return home in 1864; the disease thus contracted forced him to retire from practice, and the last ten years of his life confined him to the house. In politics he was a Republican; he was one of eleven who organized
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the Republican party in Franklin Co., N. Y., and was an alternate delegate to the National Convention that nominated Lincoln for Presi- dent. He was vestryman for St. Mark's Episcopal church, Malone, for nearly fifty years; was postmaster fourteen years; member of the board of education, 1872-90; member of the Franklin Med. Soc. and a charter member of the Northern Med. Ass'n, and its first treasurer; member of the G. A. R. and of the Royal Legion.
viii. Martin [7], b. Mar. 9, 1821; d. Dec. 18, 1889, unm. Mr. Skinner lived on the home farm. Coupled with good business ability was a most amiable disposition, which made him a great favorite not only with his relatives but with all his associates. He possessed con- siderable musical talent, and for some years played the bass viol in the Cong'l church. He was selectman 1862-64, 1884-86; town representa- tive, 1865-66, 1878-79.
*ix. Eleanor Porter [7], m. George Rix.
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Richard [7], b. 1825; d. Apr. 5, 1844.
2. WILLIAM [7] SKINNER, son of Calvin and Sarah (Billings) Skinner, b. June 10, 1807, Roy .; d. Oct. 8, 1862, Roy. ; m. July 21, 1835, Maria B., dau. Col. Stafford and Betsey (Peak) Smith, b. Jan. 28, 1811, Roy .; d. Apr. 30, 1862, Roy. The inti- mate relation which Mr. Skinner bore to the civic and social life of the town has already been given in the chapters bearing on those subjects. The sketch which follows as well as the sketch of his son William were contributed by. G. A. Cheney, a well-known writer for the press, and author of "Glimpses of White River Valley," and other publications.
William Skinner in his lifetime of little more than a half century proved himself one of the main factors that made the Royalton of his day prominent as a mercantile, financial, and general business centre. As a boy he was precocious, of virile mentality, keen discernment, optimistic in disposition, and of unceasing activity. His was a personality that was conspicuous for what it wrought and accomplished in the material develop- ment of all his section of Vermont. When but nineteen years of age he entered upon a mercantile career as clerk in the store then owned and conducted by George A. Lyman, a member of the family of that name conspicuous in the commercial life of Hartford and Burlington. Young Skinner's compensation as a clerk during his apprenticeship was only $50 a year. From Royalton he went to Barnard, where for a year he was identified with a mercantile interest. From Barnard he went to the town of Rochester, then like the Royalton of his time, an important commercial centre, and there he began a mercantile career on his own account, that continued for several years, during which he attained a marked success. Ever on the alert for a wider field for the expression of his continuously growing business interests, he removed from Rochester to Bethel, in which place he formed a copartnership in the general merchandise business. In the course of time he disposed of his Bethel interests and returned to his native town.
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He was now in the full vigor of his manhood, energetic, possessing marked business acumen, and recognized as a leader among his fellowmen. In Royalton he became the owner of the store in which but a few years previous he had served as a clerk. His business interests at this stage of his career included various enterprises other than his store. At one time he owned five farms and dealt in divers lines of commodities. Later his Royalton store became a copartnership affair under the firm name of Skinner & Blodgett. His natural aptitude for finance and business early secured recognition in an appointment as member of the board of directors of the old Woodstock bank, and this position he held for a long term of years.
Through his initiative, enterprise, sagacity, and faith in the future growth of Royalton the town became the home of a state bank in 1853 (See Chap. XXXII.). It was through his efforts, unaided by any political agency or combine, that the charter for the bank of Royalton was obtained. He was chosen the first president of the bank, and so continued until 1858. The institution came to have a building exclusively for its own use and home. It will be difficult to find a bank building its superior as respects its architecture, general plan and method of construction. It remains today a monument to the man, so typical of the enterprise of the generation in which he lived, and through whose public spirit it was erected. Mr. Skinner gave the land on which were built the freight and passenger depots of the C. V. R. R. Co. in Royalton village. He held vari- ous town offices, and was a delegate to the first national conven- tion of the Republican party that named Fremont and Dayton as candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency. This in itself was not only a distinct honor to himself, but likewise to Royalton as a town. He was in early life a Congregationalist, but later an Episcopalian. During the Civil War he was re- cruiting officer for Co. E, 4th Regt., Vt. Vols., the first company recruited in Royalton. Two weeks before his death he received the appointment of deputy collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Congressional District.
Roy. i. Maria E. [8], b. June 4, 1836, Rochester; d. Mar. 13, 1854,
4. ii. William [8], b. Oct. 20, 1839, Bethel.
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Lucia [8], b. July 20, 1842, Roy .; m. Henry H. Denison.
iv. Sarah [8], b. Nov. 4, 1847, Roy .; m. June 14, 1870, Henry H. Huson of Plymouth, Wis., b. abt. 1844; has a large establishment of general mdse .; mayor of Plymouth two terms; both are Episcopal- ians; one ch., Alice M., b. Feb. 3, 1874; m. John Bush, agent for a large tobacco firm, New York City. Mrs. Bush is skilled in music and highly educated, and her training was supplemented by foreign travel.
3. LEWIS [7] SKINNER, son of Calvin [6], b. Apr. 1, 1812, Roy .; d. Feb. 6, 1879, Roy .; m. Nov. 8, 1837, Julia Ann, dau. Jonathan, Jr., and Tempe (Skinner) Kinney, b. Feb.
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10, 1815, Plainfield; d. Dec. 28, 1901-02, Roy. Mr. Skinner was a farmer living on the farm, W. 17 L. A., that was cleared chiefly by the Lymans. i. Lewis Edward [8], b. Jan. 20, 1840; d. Mar. 5, 1903; m. Irene Morrison, who d. Nov. 30, 1903; two ch.
ii. Eleanor Porter [8], b. July 6, 1841; res. with her sister in Randolph.
iii. John Calvin [8], b. Aug. 25, 1849, Roy .; m. June 3, 1873, Cincinnati, O., Mary Bailey, b. May 11, 1846, Cincinnati; ch .: (a) Lewis Bailey [9], b. July 8, 1874, Cincinnati; m. Aug. 23, 1898, Olive Ann Webb in Anaconda, Mont .; ch .: (i) Olive [10], b. June 27, 1899, Den- ver, Col .; (ii) Webb [10], b. Apr. 17, 1901, Colorado Springs; (iii) Bailey [10], b. Aug. 3, 1903, Colorado Springs; (b) Lucretia Kate [9], b. July 6, 1876, Cleveland, O .; m. July 6, 1898, Emerson C. Elett, Den- ver; ch .: (i) Kathryn [10], b. Oct. 21, 1900, Denver; (ii) Virginia Mary [10], b. Apr. 7, 1910, Denver; (iii) Emerson Skinner [10], b. May 1, 1911, Denver; (c) Mary Virginia [9], b. Aug. 31, 1878, Cleve- land, O .; m. Jan. 25, 1910, Roy W. Lamphier of Leadville, Col., and has one ch., John Skinner [10], b. May 5, 1911, Denver; (d) Julia Kinney [9], b. June 5, 1880, Cleveland; m. Feb. 5, 1902, Denver, A. K. McDaniel; ch .: (i) John Skinner [10], b. Dec. 8, 1903; (ii) Mary Jane [10], b. Aug. 14, 1906, Denver; (e) John Kennedy [9], b. Dec. 23, 1882, Cleveland, O .; (f) Paul Crossin [9], b. Dec. 30, 1885, Cleve- land, O. John Calvin Skinner has been one of the most successful and enterprising business men of Denver.
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