Benjamin Skinner

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BENJAMIN C.6 SKINNER (BENJAMIN5, BENJAMIN4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1)

Benjamin married Lydia Haskins on 22 Apr 1810 in Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia (daughter of Elkanah Haskins and Lydia Morse) was born in in Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Benjamin married Betseu Ruggles Wetherby on 19 Jan 1851. [Group Sheet]

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• Census: 1850 1855 1860~

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Name: Lois L. Horr
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 25 Apr 1862
Death Place: Dana, Massachusetts
Age: 47
Birth Date: 1815
Birthplace: Dana, Mass.
Occupation: Housekeeper
Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Benja. Skinim
Father's Birthplace: Mansfield.
Mother's Name: Lydia Skinim
Mother's Birthplace: Dana, Mass.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06708-8
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 960181
Reference Number: v 158 p 208
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

She was originally interred at Pine Grove Ccemetery in Dana, Massachusetts, but was reinterred in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, Massachusetts on Jun 10, 1938.

Lois married Calvin Horr, Jr. on 1 Dec 1842 in , Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA. Calvin (son of Calvin Horr and Elizabeth Brown) was born on 29 May 1814 in Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Dec 1863 in Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Groom's Name: Benjamin C. Skinner
Groom's Birth Date: 1817
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 47
Bride's Name: Mary L. Amsden
Bride's Birth Date: 1822
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 42
Marriage Date: 13 Sep 1864
Marriage Place: Athol, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name: Benjamin Skinner
Groom's Mother's Name: Lydia H.
Bride's Father's Name: John Battles
Bride's Mother's Name: Sarah Y.
Groom's Race:
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01895-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 1433022
Reference Number: 1433022_176 P170
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Benjamin married Mary L. Battles on 13 Sep 1864 in Athol, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of John Battles and Sarah Y. (Unknown)) was born about 1822. [Group Sheet]

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• Census: 1850 1855 1860

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Groom's Name: Pierce Horr
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Mindwell Winner
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 20 May 1843
Marriage Place: Dana,Worcester,Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name:
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Groom's Race:
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M50069-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM
Source Film Number: 873759
Reference Number:
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Groom's Name: Orrison B. Williams
Groom's Birth Date: 1821
Groom's Birthplace: Stuckley, C. E.
Groom's Age: 48
Bride's Name: Mindwell B. Horr Or Skinner
Bride's Birth Date: 1824
Bride's Birthplace: Dana, Mass.
Bride's Age: 45
Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1869
Marriage Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status:
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Bride's Race: White
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00522-4
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
Source Film Number: 926723
Reference Number: p354
Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995

Mindwell married Peirce Horr on 30 May 1843 in Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. Peirce (son of Calvin Horr and Elizabeth Brown) was born on 30 May 1823 in Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 May 1911 in Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Mindwell married Orrison B. Williams on 12 Jun 1869 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan, USA. Orrison was born about 1821 in Stuckley, C. E.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Groom's Name: Jonas H. Thayer
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Clarissa C. Skinner Thayer
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace: Dana
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1866
Marriage Place: Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name: Samuel Thayer
Groom's Mother's Name: Fanny
Bride's Father's Name: Benj. Skinner
Bride's Mother's Name: Lydia
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Married
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status: Married
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02131-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 1433025
Reference Number: item 2 v 191 p 214
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Clarissa married (Male) Thayer. [Group Sheet]

Clarissa married Jonas H. Thayer on 4 Nov 1866 in Hardwick, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. (son of Samuel Thayer and Fanny (Unknown)) [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Groom's Name: Elias Skinner
Groom's Birth Date: 1828
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 23
Bride's Name: Gratia E. Brooks
Bride's Birth Date: 1832
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 19
Marriage Date: 14 Oct 1851
Marriage Place: Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name: Benj. Skinner
Groom's Mother's Name: Lydia Skinner
Bride's Father's Name: Otis Brooks
Bride's Mother's Name: Beulah Brooks
Groom's Race:
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09862-8
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 1432877
Reference Number: 9
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Elias married Gratia E. Brooks on 14 Oct 1851 in Petersham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. Gratia (daughter of Otis Brooks and Beulah (Unknown)) was born about 1832. [Group Sheet]

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• Census: 1850 1855 1860 1870 1880 1900 1910~

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Birth:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6H-ZJV

Groom's Name: Edwin J. Horr
Groom's Birth Date: 1844
Groom's Birthplace: Dana
Groom's Age: 22
Bride's Name: A Orissa Towne
Bride's Birth Date: 1846
Bride's Birthplace: Dana
Bride's Age: 20
Marriage Date: 29 Nov 1866
Marriage Place: Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name: Calvin
Groom's Mother's Name: Lois
Bride's Father's Name: Ichabod
Bride's Mother's Name: Amanda
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M50123-6
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 186145
Reference Number: 1866 #13
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Name: Edwin John Horr
Death date: 12 Dec 1912
Death place: Dana,,Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Race or color (expanded): White
Age in years: 68
Estimated birth year:
Birthdate: 07 Jan 1844
Birthplace: Dana
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name:
Father's name: Calvin Horr
Mother's name: Lois Skinner
Film number: 2397887
Digital GS number: 4283295
Image number: 00027
Reference number: 19
Collection: Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841 - 1915


[[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.

1870 Census: Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
transcribed as HARR (image 10 of 20)
Edwin Horr, age 26, Farmer, bp MA
A. Orissa, age 23, bp MA
Amanda Town, age 62, bp MA
No children listed.

1880 Census: Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
J. Edwin Horr, age 36, Farmer
Amanda Horr, age 33
No children listed.

1900 Census: Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
Edwin J. Horr, Jan 1844, age 56, m 33yrs, bp MA, p's bp MA, Farmer
Amanda O. Horr, wife, Aug 1846, 0 births, bp MA, p's bp MA
No others listed in household.

1910 Census: Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
Edwin J. Horr, age 66, m 43 yrs, bp MA, p's bp MA, Farmer- own farm
Orissa Horr, wife, age 63, 1 birth 0 living, bp MA, p's bp MA

1920 Census: Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
Amanda O. Horr, head, age 73, widow, bp MA, p's bp MA
No others listed.

From: Quabbin-The Lost Valley
Town of Dana-Biography.
Edwin J. Horr was a lifelong resident of Dana [Ma.] and was active in temperance circles. He died December 12, 1912, following a long illness, at the age of sixty-eight. He was survived by his wife, Orissa. Orissa was a native of Dana, the daughter of Ichabod and Amanda Towne. She occupied the old homestead in the southern part of the town until her death in 1924. She was the last member of her immediate family. She died at the age of seventy-eight.

Civil War Record
Name: Edwin J Horr ,
Residence: Dyer, Massachusetts
Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 27 August 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Massachusetts
Death Date: 13 December 1912
Unit Numbers: 881 881 907 907
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 27 August 1864 at the age of 21Enlisted in Company F, 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 27 August 1864.Transferred Company F, 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 15 December 1864Transfered in Company D, 17th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 15 December 1864.Discharged Company D, 17th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 30 June 1865 in Greensboro, NC

Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Horr&GSiman=1&GScid=91487&GRid=52981375&

Edwin married Orissa Towne on 29 Nov 1866 in Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. Orissa (daughter of Ichabod Towne and Amanda Doubleday) was born on 31 Aug 1846 in Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Nov 1924 in Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Ware, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA (Quabbin Park Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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• Census: 1850 1855 1860

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Name: Emma E. Horr
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 27 Sep 1863
Death Place: Dana, Massachusetts
Age: 18
Birth Date: 1845
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Calvin Horr
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lois L. Horr
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09608-9
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 960183
Reference Number: p 215
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910


[[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.

Living with parents in 1860.
1860 census: Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
Emma Horr, age 15, Palm leaf weaver, bp MA

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Groom's Name: Leander S. How
Groom's Birth Date: 1854
Groom's Birthplace: North Dena, Mass.
Groom's Age: 46
Bride's Name: Alice L. Lanpher
Bride's Birth Date: 1856
Bride's Birthplace: Hampden, Maine
Bride's Age: 44
Marriage Date: 30 May 1900
Marriage Place: Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name: Calvin How
Groom's Mother's Name: Lois L. Skinner
Bride's Father's Name: Loring
Bride's Mother's Name: Olive Cobb
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Unknown
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status: Unknown
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02748-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 1843724
Reference Number: pg 39 ln 11
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Name: Leander S. Horr
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 21 Aug 1905
Burial Place: North Dana
Death Date: 18 Aug 1905
Death Place: Templeton, Massachusetts
Age: 53
Birth Date: 1852
Birthplace: Dana, Mass.
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Calvin Horr
Father's Birthplace: Prescott, Mass.
Mother's Name: Lois Skinner
Mother's Birthplace: Dana, Mass.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07471-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 2071122
Reference Number: v 89 cn 306
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

He was originally interred at Pine Grove Ccemetery in Dana, Massachusetts, but was reinterred in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, Massachusetts on Jun 13, 1938.



[[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.

1870 Census: Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
(image 13 0f 20, name Henson not transcribed to see if it is HANSON)
Henry Henson, age 47, farmer, bp MA
Emiline C. Henson, age 36
Carrie L. Henson, age 11
Lutheria Henson, age 74
*Leander Horr, age 19, works on farm (transcribed as HARR)
Charles H. Woodard, age 17, works on farm
Martha E. Stevens, age 17, domestic servant
(Woodard family seems to be split up and in different homes in 1870 including Pierce and Mindwell Horr living with Cintha Woodard age 44, and son Nelson Woodard.)

1880 Census Place: District 248, Erving, Franklin Co, Massachusetts
Household: June 7, 1880 Page Number 101D
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Leander S. HORR Self M Male W 28 MA Saloon Keeper MA MA
Jennie HORR Wife M Female W 21 MA Keeping House MA MA
Georgia HORR Dau S Female W 5M MA MA MA (born in Jan/Feb)
George CHANDLER Other M Male W 50 MA Works In Piano Shop MA MA
George ...UTCHESON [Cuteheson] Other S Male W 28 CAN Works In Piano Shop CAN CAN
James M. PERRY Other S Male W 24 MA Works On Billiard Tables MA MA

1900 Census: Hyde Park, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts
Leander S. Horr, Oct 1852, age 47, m 0 yrs, bp MA, p's bp MA, Bab?? Maker
Alice L. Horr, wife, Aug 1856, age 43, 0 births, bp ME, p's bp ME
No others listed.

Could not find Alice in 1910.

1920 Census: Enfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts
Alice L. Horr, boarder, age 62, widow, bp ME, p's bp ME

Note on same page as 1st cousin Nelson, Cynthia Horr- Woodard's son and family.
1880 Census Place: District 248, Erving, Franklin Co, Massachusetts
Emma was adopted daughter of Louisa Jane Horr- ASHLEY, dau of Philip Hoar-Horr
Herbert Woodard, age 23, and his wife
Emma Woodard age 21
Clarence, age 4, their son

Leander married Jennie Adams on 14 Feb 1876 in Orange, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, USA. Jennie (daughter of Adin Townsend Adams and Jane Lauretta Freeman) was born on 3 May 1859 in Erving, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Nov 1912 in Malden, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Leander married Alice Lanpher on 30 May 1900 in Hyde Park, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts, USA. Alice (daughter of Loring Lanpher and Olive Sabrina Cobb) was born in Aug 1856 in Hampden, Penobscot Co, Maine, USA; died in Oct 1922 in Hyde Park, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Ware, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA (Quabbin Park Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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• Census: ~1850 1855~

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Name: Daniel P. Horr
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 01 Nov 1855
Death Place: Dunn, Massachusetts
Age: 11
Birth Date: 1844
Birthplace: Prescott
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Pen'Ce
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: M...
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06690-8
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 960171
Reference Number: v 95 p 113
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910


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Living with parents in 1850.
1850 Census: Athol, Worcester, MA
Merrick Horr, age 6, bp Massachusetts

Died age 11yrs 6 mos.

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Birth:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4D8-1FH

Death:
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Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Horr&GSiman=1&GScid=91487&GRid=75215630&

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• Census: ~ ~

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Name: Willie C. Horr
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 28 Apr 1879
Death Place: Enney, Massachusetts
Age: 2
Birth Date: 1877
Birthplace: Enney
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Leander S. Horr
Father's Birthplace: Dana, Mass.
Mother's Name: Jennie M. Horr
Mother's Birthplace: Enney
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06748-6
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 960216
Reference Number: v 310 p 299
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

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• Census: 1880 [1900]

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Living with parents in 1880.
1880 Census Place: District 248, Erving, Franklin Co, Massachusetts
Georgia HORR [George Horr...son Dau S Female W 5M MA MA MA (born in Jan/Feb)

Could not find George/Georgia or mother Jennie in 1900, 1910.

Name: George L Horr
Death date: 03 Nov 1912
Death place: Worcester,,Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Race or color (expanded): White
Age in years: 32
Estimated birth year:
Birthdate: 29 Feb 1880
Birthplace: Erving
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name:
Father's name: Leander S Horr
Mother's name: Jennie M Adams
Film number: 2399156
Digital GS number: 4284122
Image number: 00482
Reference number: 456
Collection: Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841 - 1915

Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=horr&GSfn=george&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=49043722&df=all&