- EUGENE H. SKINNER, farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Beloit; born in Wayne
Co., N.Y., in 1847; his
- parents came to Newark in 1848; took up forty acres of land
in Section 7, and built a log cabin; afterward bought eighty
acres more in same section; his father died in Newark in 1857;
his mother is still living, and holds her dower of forty-five
acres of land, which he is working with his own. He married
in Janesville, in November, 1871, Clarinda PADFIELD, of Newark;
they have three children. When his father died the property,
120 acres in all, was divided between the heirs, and he bought
them all out except one sister, who holds her share and is living
with his family; in 1869, he built a large frame residence with
large barns and all improvements, and now owns 170 acres of land.
He is the Secretary of the Newark Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
for the protection of farm property from fire and lightning;
he has also been Supervisor for three terms, and Town Treasurer;
his two brothers, Theron Y. and Sylvester A., were both in the
army; Theron died of fever, and Sylvester was in Libby Prison
twenty-four days, and then exchanged.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 773-774.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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