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Dr. Bradford Hewlett SKINNER

Male 1833 - 1897  (63 years)


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  • Name Bradford Hewlett SKINNER 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 15 May 1833  Greenwich, Kings, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Exeter, Scott, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1865  Bethel, Morgan, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1880  Merritt, Morgan, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 12 Apr 1897  Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Siblings 4 brothers and 4 sisters 
    Person ID I9420  bmds
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2020 

    Father Rev. Joseph Churchill SKINNER,   b. 16 Feb 1800, Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1860, Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Eliza A. CHASE,   b. 22 Jun 1803, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1888, Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F2394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Ann STEWART,   b. 17 Sep 1839, Exeter, Scott, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1927, Virden, Macoupin, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 2 May 1861  Scott, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Bradford : 28 years old | Eliza : 21 years old. 
    Children 3 sons and 4 daughters 
     1Male. Dr. Henry Stewart SKINNER,   b. 9 May 1862, Exeter, Scott, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1925, Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     2Female. Caroline SKINNER,   b. Abt 1865, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1923, Oakland, Alameda, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    +3Male. Horace Chase SKINNER,   b. Oct 1867, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1933, Jacksonville, Jackson, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +4Male. Dr. Fritz Emmet SKINNER,   b. 10 May 1870, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1923, De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     5Female. Eliza SKINNER,   b. 12 Sep 1875, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1883, Merritt, Morgan, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 7 years)
     6Female. Mabel SKINNER,   b. 14 Jan 1877, Merritt, Scott, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1947, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +7Female. Robie Bernice SKINNER,   b. 9 Feb 1884, Exeter, Scott, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1942, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     
    Family ID F3798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 May 1833 - Greenwich, Kings, New Brunswick
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Exeter, Scott, Illinois
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 May 1861 - Scott, Illinois
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1865 - Bethel, Morgan, Illinois
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Merritt, Morgan, Illinois
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Apr 1897 - Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Source: Alumni Association of the University of Michigan, 1897. – Bradford H. Skinner was born in Queen’s, New Brunswick, May 15, 1833. In 1849 he moved to Illinois, and in 1853 he went across the plains to California. Two years later he returned and took a course in medicine at Rush College. In 1859 he entered the law office of Lincoln & Herndon. at Springfield, Ill. After being admitted to the bar he traveled a year for a fire insurance company, and then came to Ann Arbor and graduated in the law class of 1863. The disturbed condition of the times again turned him to medicine, and after taking another course in medicine at St. Louis he again took up its practice.

      Bradford Skinner is counted in the Illinois 1850 census [Skinner Bradford ; age: 20; occup: Laborer ; birthplace: New Brunswick] (Source).

      Source: The Illinois State medical register. 1874/75, p. 154 – Skinner, B. H., Merritt, Scott Co. St. Louis Med. Coll., 1870.

      Source: The Annual medical directory of regular physicians in the State of Illinois v.2, 1878, p. 26 – Skinner, B. H. : Univ. Mich., ’63. He also graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, ’63.

      Source: The Michigan University book, 1844-1880, p. 296 – Skinner, Bradford Hewlett, (p. 217). Student in Rush Med. Coll., ’57-8; practiced Med. in Chicago, ’58-9: admitted to the Bar at Springfield

      Source: The Saint John Daily Telegraph, July 6, 1882 – Dr. SKINNER and daughter, from Illinois, returned from Cambridge (Queens Co.) yesterday after a visit to the old homestead and to his aged mother. The doctor from the Prairie State is the third son of Rev. J.C. SKINNER, deceased who, with Rev. Joseph and David Crandall, was one of the pioneer preachers of this province. Dr. Skinner is a cousin of Hon. C.N. SKINNER of Saint John city and, with his daughter, is stopping at Lorne Hotel.

      Source: Original Record Book of the Old Settlers’ Association (Jacksonville Public Library, Morgan, Illinois) – Bradford H. Skinner died on 12 Apr 1897, at the age of 64, after having spent 47 years in the county. [Old Settlers Association Necrological Lists 1879-1899, by Florence Hutchison. This list does not include the Registrants Lists. The death date is included in all entries, birth date is included in a few instances, as well as the age, how many years in Illinois and their place of birth/nativity. This is an invaluable research tool for those whose ancestors stayed in Morgan, Cass or Scott Counties IL. As Cass & Scott counties were a part of Morgan until 1837 and 1839, these people were also eligible for membership in the Association.]

      LDS: Benjamin H M.D. Skinner (birth 1833, Queens, NB) married Mrs. C.A. Skinner. Abt 1861 Merritt, Scott, Illinois

  • Sources 
    1. [S57] Letter.
      “[...] We had an other son born to us last week which we call Bradford for a respectable friend of ours [...]”
      Note: This “respectable friend” could be Bradford Gilbert Hewlett (b. 10 Feb 1800; d. March 3, 1892). Bradford G. Hewlett was a wealthy farmer in Gagetown, NB who may also have operated a small mercantile business and a sawmill. Bradford G. Hewlett is a grandson of Colonel Richard Hewlett a famous Loyalist.
       Richard Hewlett was born 1 November 1729 at Hempstead, Long Island, New York, the son of Daniel Hewlett and Elizabeth Jackson. He married Mary Townsend, born 25 June 1734 the daughter of John Townsend and Phebe Carman, 6 December 1753 and they settled in East Rockaway, on the south shore of Long Island, eventually having eleven children. Hewlett, and one of his brothers, was a veteran of the Seven Years War and according to one source, almost succeeded in capturing George Washington, after which Washington issued an order for Hewlett’s capture, dead or alive!
       In 1783, Colonel Richard, his wife and only one of his sons, Joseph Hewlett (1772-1821), came to New Brunswick settling at present day Queenstown. (Two sisters, Jemima and Mary came with their Loyalist husbands) About 1785 Richard Hewlett built a fine house, known today as Hewlett House, but died in 1789 at the age of 60. He is buried in the cemetery beside St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Queenstown. His wife, Mary, returned to the United States and lived with one of her other sons on Long Island, until her death in 1819. The sword, on loan courtesy of the New Brunswick Museum, is of British origin and dated between 1776 and 1783. Also in the collection of the New Brunswick Museum but not part of the Loyalist Legacy exhibition is Richard Hewlett’s sword belt. The Hewlett Family remained a prominent force on Long Island, New York and the town of Hewlett, just outside of Brooklyn, is named in the family’s honour.
      Letter from Joseph Churchill Skinner to Rev. Edward Manning Greenwich, Kings, New Brunswick, 24 May 1833.

    2. [S24] 1850 US Census.
      Skinner, Bradford | age: 20 | occup: Laborer | bp: New Brunswick (source)

    3. [S15] Internet.
      Source: Illinois, State Census, 1865.
      Head of the family: Bradford H. Skinner | white males: (10 years and under) = 1 ; (20 years and under 30) = 1 ; (30 years and under 40) = 1 | white females: (10 years and under) = 1 ; (20 years and under 30) = 1 | militia: 2

    4. [S18] 1880 US Census, 1 Jun 1880, Merritt (IL) - Family #4.
      Skinner, B. H. | age: 44 | head | occupation: M. D. | birthplace: NB | father’s bp: Conn | mother’s bp: Conn.

    5. [S15] Internet.
      Bradford Hewlett Skinner died at Shawnee, OK, April 12, 1897, aged 64. He was a graduate of the St Louis Medical College and spent most of his life in the practicing of medecine. During the Civil War he served as Assistant Surgeon of the 23d Ill. Inf. After the War he took his medical degree at Rush Medical College (1865), and continued in the practice of his profession up to the time of his death.

      Bradford H. Skinner, L. ’63, died at the home of his son in Oklahoma, April 12, 1897. He was born in Queen’s, New Brunswick, May 15, 1833. In 1849 he moved to Illinois, and in 1853 he went across the plains to California. Two years later he returned and took a course in medicine at Rush College. In 1859 he entered the law office of Lincoln & Herndon. at Springfield, Ill. After being admitted to the bar he traveled a year for a fire insurance company, and then came to Ann Arbor and graduated in the law class of 1863. The disturbed condition of the times again turned him to medicine, and after taking another course in medicine at St. Louis he again took up its practice. At the time of his death his home was in Jacksonville, Ill., where be was buried. He left a wife and six children.
      — Alumni Association of the University of Michigan, 1897.

    6. [S15] Internet.
      SKINNER, B. H. | Died: (1897) | No Stone Found