Thomas Skinner
b. 11 March 1795 at Rockingham Co., NC, son of Thomas and Sarah (Pickrell) Skinner
d. 3 April 1880 at Cass Co. IN
bur. Skinner Chapel Cemetery, Cass Co., IN

Thomas Skinner

m1. 7 Sept. 1820 at Montgomery Co., OH
Permelia Cox
b. 1800 in TN to Richard and Fannie Cox
d. 21 March 1868 at Cass Co., IN
bur. Skinner Chapel Cemetery, Cass Co., IN

m2. 24 May 1870
Mary Bockover

Children with Permelia Cox:

• John Calvin Skinner (1821–1896), m. Hannah Crooks, Sarah Han, and Fannie Bell
• Daniel Pickrel Skinner (1824–1882) m. Rebecca Belew and Amanda Bell
• Samuel Edwards Skinner (1826–1884) m. Mary Johnson
• Richard Cox Skinner (1827–1905) m. Elizabeth Conrad
• Caroline Skinner (1830–1920) m. Joseph Young Belew/Ballou
• Margaret Jane SKinner (1832–1917) m. George W. Coil
• Ira Hollingsworth Skinner (1834–1919) m. Nancy Ann Arthahultz
• Thomas Harrison Skinner (1836–1927) m. Sarah A. Bockover
• Sarah Ann Skinner (1838–1873) m. Tipton Clary

Skinner’s obituary in the Logansport Weekly Journal (10 April 1880) states that he moved as a youth with his parents to Ohio, then in 1836 with his family to Adams Township, Cass Co., Indiana. His funeral was one of the largest in the township. Thomas B. Helm’s History of Cass County, Indiana, states that Thomas and his wife were among the founding members of the Twelve Mile Christian Church and donated land for the first church building.

Submitted by:
Kathy Jones Stickney
Ormond Beach, FL
kstickney2@cfl.rr.com