Newton Co., IN Biography

Newton County, McClellan Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper and Newton Counties, 1883.

   ALONZO M. SKINNER was born in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York,
May 11, 1829.  His parents, Sydney M. and Naomi (Peck) Skinner, are 
still living, at an advanced age, and will celebrate their fifty-eighth
wedding anniversary October 8, 1883.  Alonzo received a good education
at the schools of his native county; he remained at home, working on 
the farm until twenty-five years years of age, when in 1854 he came to 
McClellan Township, where he worked for a few years at the cooper's 
trade.
   January 1, 1857, he was married to Maria Peck, of Chenango County,
New York and settled on a farm of forty acres, where four children 
were born to them--Elmer E., Albert B., Elva N., and a son born June 
19, 1883, all of whom are living.
   Mr. Skinner has added 180 acres to his farm, having now 220, well
improved.  He gives considerable attention to bee culture, having 
eighty-five swarms, with the latest improved hives.  Mr. Skinner is 
Republican in politics, a prominent man, and has frequently held the
office of Trustee, having been the first Trustee of the township.


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