Frederick Henry Skinner

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1815

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1893-04-06

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"Frederick Henry Skinner" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00006362, (accessed March 15, 2025).

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Lyon County, Kentucky, hotel keeper, attorney, and judge. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Married to Helen M. Catlett Skinner in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on July 26, 1843. Father of Thomas C. Skinner, Isabella Skinner, Aurelia Skinner, Marian Skinner, Helen M. Skinner, Giles L. Skinner, and Hylan Skinner. Guardian of Hylan Benton Lyon. Hotel keeper in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Attorney and presiding judge of the Lyon County Court from 1860 to 1863. Owned ten enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860. Enslaved an additional ten persons as agent for Hylan B. Lyon in Lyon County in 1860. Presiding judge of Lyon County Court in 1861 and 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 329A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 760.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 415B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 45B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644.
KYR-0001-004-0057.
KYR-0002-022-0103.

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