Editing Skinner, Eugene F

"Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon." Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling,
publisher, 1884.  pg. 487.
 
EUGENE F. SKINNER

(Deceased)  --  This gentleman whose name is a household word throughout
the entire length and breadth of Lane county, was the son of John Joseph
Skinner, and brother to St. John Skinner, Assistant Postmaster General during
the administration of President Johnson.  He was born in the town of Essex,
Essex county, New York, [[September 13]], 1809, and there resided until he attained
the age of fourteen years, when he was taken by his father to Green county,
Wisconsin.  While yet in early life, however, he went back to his native State,
to Plattsburg, but again turned his face westward and settled at Hennepin,
Putnam county, Illinois.  In youth our subject was of a most industrious
disposition, and by diligent application obtained a good education which fitted
him in after life for many positions of trust and honor.  Living on a farm he
naturally learned the intricacies of agriculture, and drank in of the spirit of
adventure that subsequently developed in him the arduous undertakings of a life
on the frontier.  He married in Illinois, [[November 28]], 1839, Mary Cook, who was
born in Augusta, Oneida county, New York, February 7, 1816, and while a resident
of that State was elected to several official positions, among them being
Sheriff of Putnam county.  In May 1845, owing to certain inducements held out to
him, and hoping to regain lost health, Mr. Skinner and his family joined a
company going to California, among the number being [[Bristow, Elijah|Elijah Bristow]] and Wesley
Shannon, and arrived at the hospitable portals of Sutter's Fort in September
1845.  Here they wintered, and in the spring of 1846, journeyed to Oregon, and
located for a time at Dallas, Polk county.  In June 1846 Mr. Skinner located the
donation claim on which [[Eugene]] City, named for him, now stands.  In May [[1847]], he
left Dallas, and took up his residence on the claim, erecting a log cabin at the
west side of [[Skinner's Butte]], and where Mrs. Skinner reigned as the first and
only lady in [[Lane County]].  Theirs was not a bed of roses.  The Indians in the
vicinity took umbrage at the white man thus locating in their midst, and sought
to destroy them, but Mr. Skinner kept watch and ward with an old musket while
his wife made bullets, but no dire deed of vengeance was perpetrated.  His
family at this time consisted of a little girl, Mary, born in Polk county,
Oregon, December 2, 1846, who in time was presented with the following sisters
and one brother:  Leonora, the first white child to see the light of day in Lane
county, was born [[September 2]], [[1848]]; Phoebe, born [[March 29]], [[1850]]; St. John B. L.
born [[November 7]], [[1851]]; Amelia R., born [[April 16]], [[1855]].  Of these, the first
named, Mary, died [[October 4]], [[1860]]; Leonora died [[August 29]], [[1862]]; Phoebe married
[[August 30]], [[1868]], John D. Kinsey, a native of New York, who was born [[October 12]],
1835, and died [[March 13]], [[1881]], leaving a family of three daughters, viz:
Maggie, Clara and Mary Louis; St. John married [[November 23]], [[1871]], Amanda J.
Walton; Amelia R. married, [[August 24]], [[1871]], Byron Van Houten, and is now Mrs.
Combs, of Eugene City.  Eugene F. Skinner died [[December 15]], [[1864]]; his relict,
Mr. Mary (Skinner) Packard, died [[June 4]], [[1881]].

[[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]]
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-|name=Eugene Franklin Skinner
-|occupation=Pioneer, farmer
-|birthplace=Essex, Essex county, New York
-|birthdate=[[September 13]], 1809
-|death=[[December 15]], [[1864]] on 260 6th Street, Eugene
-|burial=Masonic Cemetery in Eugene.
-|family=[[Packard, Mary Cook Skinner|Mary Cook]] (wife), Mary (eldest daughter), Leonora (2nd eldest), Phoebe (3rd eldest), St. John B. L. (son), Amelia R. (5th eldest),
-|education=
-|hobbies=
-|religion=
-|gender=Male
-|heritage=White
-|physical_characteristics=
-|group=
-|residence=260 [[6th Street (Eugene)|6th Street]], [[Eugene]]
-}}
-=History=
 "Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon." Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling,
 publisher, 1884.  pg. 487.
+EUGENE F. SKINNER
 (Deceased)  --  This gentleman whose name is a household word throughout
 the entire length and breadth of Lane county, was the son of John Joseph
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 naturally learned the intricacies of agriculture, and drank in of the spirit of
 adventure that subsequently developed in him the arduous undertakings of a life
-on the frontier.  He married in Illinois, [[November 28]], 1839, [[Packard, Mary Cook Skinner|Mary Cook]], who was born in Augusta, Oneida county, New York, [[February 7]], 1816, and while a resident
+on the frontier.  He married in Illinois, [[November 28]], 1839, Mary Cook, who was
+born in Augusta, Oneida county, New York, February 7, 1816, and while a resident
 of that State was elected to several official positions, among them being
 Sheriff of Putnam county.  In May 1845, owing to certain inducements held out to
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 vicinity took umbrage at the white man thus locating in their midst, and sought
 to destroy them, but Mr. Skinner kept watch and ward with an old musket while
-his wife made bullets, but no dire deed of vengeance was perpetrated.
+his wife made bullets, but no dire deed of vengeance was perpetrated.  His
+family at this time consisted of a little girl, Mary, born in Polk county,
-His family at this time consisted of a little girl, Mary, born in Polk county,
 Oregon, December 2, 1846, who in time was presented with the following sisters
 and one brother:  Leonora, the first white child to see the light of day in Lane
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 Walton; Amelia R. married, [[August 24]], [[1871]], Byron Van Houten, and is now Mrs.
 Combs, of Eugene City.  Eugene F. Skinner died [[December 15]], [[1864]]; his relict,
-Mrs. Mary (Skinner) Packard, died [[June 4]], [[1881]].
+Mr. Mary (Skinner) Packard, died [[June 4]], [[1881]].
-[[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Pioneer]]
+[[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]]