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Aaron Skinner Veteran

Birth: 22 Mar 1779
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 31 Aug 1862 (aged 83)
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery

Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot: Lot 211, Rt. 13
Memorial ID: 15329691 View Source

Aaron Skinner was a captain in Geneseo, NY, in Col Lawrence's company of the New York Militia during the War of 1812. He saw service at Lundy's Lane.

He was the first school teacher in Nathaniel Rochester's "100 acre tract", the village that later became Rochester, NY.

Aaron was active in the underground railroad while he lived in Marysville, Ohio, with at least two of his sons, and they are said to have continued that activity after relocating to Battle Creek.

Children:
Aaron Lathrop Skinner (1803-1805)
Aaron Lathrop Skinner (1805-1879)
Maria (Skinner) Ferris (1807-1864)
Abbie Emilia Skinner (1809-?)
Charles Mortimer Skinner (1811-?)
Lydia Sophia Skinner (1813-?)
William H Skinner (1814-1884)
Charles Mortimer Skinner (1817-?)
Henrietta Skinner Roberts (1819-1885)
Thomas Brockway Skinner (1822-1901)
Mary Skinner Moore (1825-1915)

Aaron Skinner was a captain in Geneseo, NY, in Col Lawrence's company of the New York Militia during the War of 1812. He saw service at Lundy's Lane.

He was the first school teacher in Nathaniel Rochester's "100 acre tract", the village that later became Rochester, NY.

Aaron was active in the underground railroad while he lived in Marysville, Ohio, with at least two of his sons, and they are said to have continued that activity after relocating to Battle Creek.

Children:
Aaron Lathrop Skinner (1803-1805)
Aaron Lathrop Skinner (1805-1879)
Maria (Skinner) Ferris (1807-1864)
Abbie Emilia Skinner (1809-?)
Charles Mortimer Skinner (1811-?)
Lydia Sophia Skinner (1813-?)
William H Skinner (1814-1884)
Charles Mortimer Skinner (1817-?)
Henrietta Skinner Roberts (1819-1885)
Thomas Brockway Skinner (1822-1901)
Mary Skinner Moore (1825-1915)

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Burial date 9/2/1862

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Alice Brockway Skinner

1782–1851 (m. 1802)

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Maintained by: THStew
Originally Created by: Debra Stanley
Added: Aug 13, 2006
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15329691/aaron-skinner: accessed ), memorial page for Aaron Skinner (22 Mar 1779–31 Aug 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15329691, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by THStew (contributor 47573768).

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