Litchfield enquirer., 1858-11-04
DEATH OF AARON N. SKINNER.

 has been removed by death. The Hon. AARON NICHOLS SKINNER died at his residence on Hhouse Avenue, yesterday evening, October 2Stb, aged 58. For few weeks past he has been suffering from general prostraton of his system and d;sarrangements of vital organs, but we are not informed under what particular classification the physicians include his disease. Mr. Skinner was born in Woodstock, Conn.,, about the year 1900. He was educated at Yale College where he held high reputation as scholar, and was graduated with the sec ond honors of his class, in 1923. He was sub- seqaently Tutor in College, and pursued the study of the law and entered upon it's practice in this city. A nature like his was, perhaps, hardly suited to the practical duties of the e- gal profession, and, after few years, he open ed school for boys, which grew into high re- pute and increased in excellence until 1t became established at his residence on Hlhouse Ave nue. as one of the best family boarding schools of the country He married daughter of the late Deacon Nathan Whiting who survives him.
 As public man, his claims upon the deep esteem and lasting gratitude of his fellow-citl- zens are equaled by but few of those who have ever lived among us. Of an unselfsh, generous nature, his fine taste was actively employed i'll schemes for the benefit and delight of the whole community He loved the beautiful, and he desired all his fellow-citizens to share in the pleasure it imparts. He was proud of New Haven, and he desired to obtain for all its in- habitants the advantages which wise liberal ity could secure. He was interested in all that concerned the welfare of those around him, and as private citizen and public officer, he was always ready to encourage whatever enter prises or institutions promised good. The beau tiful New Haven Cemetery, with its fine aisles, it's rich thickets, its varied trees and shrubbery its massive walls and gateway, owes it's loveli- ness to his exertons, his taste and his untiring personal supervision. The fine fence around the Green, owes its erection, after much oppo- sition, to his energetic influence, and the we'll kept walks, trees and turf of our public squares, are the results of his desire to beautify the city His cooperation was readily bestowed in the effort to light the city with gas, and we all know with what assiduity and zeal he gave months to the project of supplying the city with water Indeed, every public improvement, every exhibition of public taste, counts him as an earnest friend and supporter He should Uc IdtDeu Wltll Jdulco I1tIltlOuoc, HuCHCVel New Hayeners praise the beauty of their city and the enterprises which have added to its .
 Mr. Skinner has been in political life to greater extent, perhaps, than his tastes would lead him. His fellow-citizens have often called upon him as their chosen representative. He has, on different occasions, been member of the State Senate and of the House of Repre- sentatives, and for four or five years most ac- ceptably filled the office of Mayor of the city. To all tEese positions he was called by no choice of his own, but by the public voice naming him as the man fit to occupy them and in every eficial position he acquitted him self with such distinguished ability, as to win the admiration and esteem of his constituents and associates.
 The death of so excellent man, so noble a citizen, creates void which we may hardly hope to have filled. To his family and the numerous friends, bound to him by 50 many ties of endearment-ti ties strengthened by each days association-the death of MT Skinner is a loss on which we have no right or heart to intrude. A brief notice of the public bereavement is all we may now make, trusting that his worth may be properly commemorated by more suitable testimonial. .-Ne,o Haren Jour. & Con,., 27th. l