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Thomas Skinker

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Thomas Skinker

Birth
Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
Death
2 Oct 1887 (aged 82)
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Burial
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Block 78-79, Lot 2342
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Once a successful planter in Mississippi, Skinker was a well-spoken successful attorney in St. Louis. However, it was his eloquently poetic letter proposing the establishment of a great new park for St. Louis that paved the way for Forest Park (site of the 1904 World's Fair). The people of the day said that the letter contained more poetry than Byron, Moore & Milton ever dreamed of.
Once a successful planter in Mississippi, Skinker was a well-spoken successful attorney in St. Louis. However, it was his eloquently poetic letter proposing the establishment of a great new park for St. Louis that paved the way for Forest Park (site of the 1904 World's Fair). The people of the day said that the letter contained more poetry than Byron, Moore & Milton ever dreamed of.

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  • Created by: Connie Nisinger
  • Added: Feb 10, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7173492/thomas-skinker: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas Skinker (20 Mar 1805–2 Oct 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7173492, citing Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Connie Nisinger (contributor 74).