I am trying to determine which Wm. SKINNER family is my family.....if
anyone can help me in solving this puzzle, please contact me. Here is the
information that I have on these 2 Wm. SKINNER families:
First of all my William SKINNER b. ca 1835 KY....is the son of Clark SKINNER
b. 1794 and Lucinda "Susanna" unknown b. ca 1812 KY....{the family lived in
Rockcastle & }Garrard Co. KY in 1850 as I found them on the census
there.....then most of the family migrated to Greene Co.IN ca1852 and later.
I next found a Wm. SKINNER had mar. Fannie BAYS 4 Mar 1855 Greene
Co.IN....then I found them on the 1860 Gr.Co.census in Highland Twp. with 2
children James & Louiza......
Then I found a Wm.SKINNER had entered the Civil War....Co.I 82nd
Ind.Inf.....(in the same reg, that brothers Payton S.SKINNER and John Riley
SKINNER)
I next found my 2nd Wm.SKINNER b. ca 1835 KY on the 1880 Sullivan Co.IN
Haddon Twp. census living close by was brother John Riley SKINNER and
family.....William mar. to Arabel unknown.....children: John, Riley, Sarah,
Rachel & Charles.
Then I rec'd his Civil War papers....and it is the Wm.SKINNER m. Fannie
BAYS??...Now keeping in mind that both Wm's were born ca 1835 KY.....these
papers stated that Wm. was born Rockcastle Co.KY....I know the family lived
there ,as Clark purchased land in 1831 & 1833....in these papers it listed
his date of death 1889 and was in Knox Co.....Vincennes as was Fannie's death
in 1902...so I sent for his obit.....which told me nothing.....and on the
Knox co. death records 1882-1920 they are not even listed there....so now I
don't know which way to turn next.....I still don't know which Wm.SKINNER is
my Wm???? As the second one I found living next to his brother and
obviously Wm.'s children were named after his brother and his wife
Sarah....so I'm totally confused?
If anyone has ANY knowledge of these two Wm. SKINNER's with either wife
Fannie BAYS of Arabel unknown b. ca1840 KY.....please contact me.
Thanks so much,
N.J.Skinner White
in MI.