Fayette Skinner, blacksmith and wagon maker of Canton, is one of the honored and respected men of the community. He is an excellent workman of long experience, he is a good business man, and he is genial and jovial in temperament, qualities which make him well liked by all who know him. He was born in Pennsylvania May 12, 1849, the son of Josiah and Hannah (Belcher) Skinner, natives of New York State. The father, who was a blacksmith, brought the family to Wisconsin and located at Stevens Point, Portage County. There he died at the age of fifty-six. His wife lived to the good old age of eighty-four. Their children were: Fayette, Ernest, Joseph, Albert, Emma, Bertha and Mary. Fayette, being the eldest of this large family, had but little opportunity for schooling. He learned the blacksmith's trade from his father, and for several years worked in the railroad shops at Stevens Point. Then he opened a shop of his own there and later established a branch at Plover. He came to Canton and established his present place in 1910. He is a thorough exponent of Odd Fellowship, belongs to the Subordinate Lodge, the Encampment and the Canton, and is entitiled to a seat in the Grand Lodge. Mr. Skinner was married Sept 5, 1874 to Addie Booth, who was born in Lake County, Indiana, June 14, 1855, the daughter of A. J. and Sarah Booth, natives of New York State. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner have had five children: Mable died at the age of twenty-one. Frank is a circus man. Martin lives in Fond du Lac. Allison, like his father, is a blacksmith, the third generation of blacksmiths in the family, and is located in Ladysmith, Rusk County, this state. Fayette is a railroad postal clerk.

History of Barron County, Wisconsin. (H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.) 1922. Pg 777 - 778