Brief Life History of Lewis Simon
When Lewis Simon Skinner was born on 27 April 1807, in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont, United States, his father, Austin Skinner, was 22 and his mother, Charity Stevens, was 25. He married Mary Fuller on 21 February 1833, in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 23 May 1853, at the age of 46, and was buried in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont, United States.
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- Lewis S Skinner, "United States Census, 1840"
- Lewis Simon Skinner, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lewis S Skinner, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who stripped the hide from animals to be used in the production of fur garments, or to be tanned for leather, from Middle English skinner ‘skinner’, an agent derivative of Middle English skin(n) ‘hide, pelt’ (Old Norse skinn).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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