Shawnee County KS Archives Biographies.....Skinner, Joseph H. 1851 - 
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Author: James L. King (1905)

JOSEPH H. SKINNER.

    JOSEPH H. SKINNER, who operates an extensive nursery in Soldier township,
Shawnee County, is an experienced man in this business, having devoted himself
to this line of work all his life. He was born September 12, 1851, at Troy,
Ohio, and is a son of Elias and Martha J. (Orbison) Skinner.

    He came to Topeka from Troy, Ohio, in 1890, and engaged in a nursery
business with two partners under the firm name of Taylor, Peters & Skinner. The
partnership continued for three years. Mr. Taylor then retired from the firm to
operate a nursery of his own, and the firm style then became Peters & Skinner.

    Mr. Skinner was married December 2, 1875, to Lizzie O. Leaf, and they have
five children: Sue, wife of E. E. Olinger; Ralph E. and George M., who are
employed on the home farm; and Nellie S. and Alice E., who are students
attending the Topeka High School. Mr. Skinner and family belong to the
Presbyterian Church. Politically he is a stanch Republican.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

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