| Birth: | Apr. 19, 1806 | | Death: | May 20, 1879 | 
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent New Jersey's 2nd District in the Thirty-Second and Thirty-Third Congresses, serving from 1851 to 1855. Skelton was born in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Trenton, New Jersey around 1829. Following a stint in the mercantile industry, he studied at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia (1835 to 1838) and became a practicing physician there and in Trenton. Skelton's interest in public health issues led him to serve as superintendent of the Trenton Public Schools in 1848. He did not seek a third term in the US House of Representatives and returned to the New Jersey capital to resume his medical practice. (bio by: Bobb Edwards)
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Spouse:
Elizabeth Hutchinson Skelton (1805 - 1875)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Charles Skelton | | | Burial:
First Presbyterian Churchyard
Hamilton Square
Mercer County
New Jersey, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Aug 07, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7743482 |
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