The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-05-21

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lis State papers. By successive eiec
tons he held the Office for three years
and IN has third annual message
+ announced his determination
not to be a candidate FOR re-elec-
tion At The close of DIS term Of ser
I wee as governor. he was unanimously
elected Chief Justice d the Supreme
/ Court and held the Office for FIVE sue
eesslse years. In 1898 be declined a
fe-eleciion, Notwithstanding which the
/ position MAS again forced upon hun.
he wns a model Judge, uneommonly
accurate in all the details Of a trial, un-
wealled in the patience with which be
investigated tic faels and the law Of the
ctse. and uheAible in his purpose to
have the true Law of the case control
the decision of il Though quite un-
prciensious IA asserting bis personal
claims to consideration, he exaeted to
the very uttermost the respect due to
his office, and repelled with the seferest
dignity any attempt by bar or BY peo-
pie, TO encroach upon the rights the
bench.
Having closed bis second term Of iu-
dicial service, be retired from public
life. and the state 81 his health compel
led him Also tc desist from active occu-
patton. He left home l0th May, 1888
t. cross the Green Mountains in a light
carriage His horse, being startled by
some means, sweryed from the road,
and he was thrown from the carriage.
In his anxiety for the safety Of Mrs.
Skinner, who was with him, he retained
the reins, and was drawn violently over
some stones. by which several ribs were
broken, and other severe internal iniu-
ries were inflicted He fingered about
two weeks, suffering extremely, and
died 23d May, 1888
In person, Governor Skinner was
short and slender, Of dark complexion
and black hair. His face was deeply
marked with furrows wrought by in-
tense study and infrm health. His
temperament was ardent and his feel
ings were lmpulsiye, but they were fully
controlled by reason and Judgment He
was just, pure and good man, of in
flexible integrity and serupulous hon
esty His mental faculties were so per-
fectly balanced, that while no1e of them
had any marked superiority, each was
strengthened and embellished by all the
rest. His mind acted quickly, but at
the same time wisely and strongly. In
conversation he was easy, animated and
instructive, Though always of iIre-
proachable morality, he was not a pro-
fcssor Of religion till 1929, when he be-
came member of the Congregational
Church, and from that time he lived an
actiye and constant Christian life, earn
estly engaging in the performance of
every religious duty and the promotion
Of every good object He was espe-
cially active and useful as a Sabbath
School teacher, and was an efficient
friend of education in all its depart
ments. During most Of his life he was
connected with the Republican party,
but he became whig, when parties
were reconstructed in the time of Jack
son,
He married, IS September 1903, Fam
ny Pierpoint, eldest daughter of Robert
Pierpoint Of Manchester. BY her he
ha3 l. Snsanah T. b. 81 May, 1904, m
Winslow G. Watson, Is May 1890; had
iour children, d. 26 january 1915; 2.
Timothy Collins, b. II November 1905,
died II March 1906; 3. Infant, b. 20
December 1906; 4 Frances b. b. Is
August 1908, IN. Winslow G. Watson,
2o AIay 1928, had one child, Il. rs April
1929; 8. Mark b. l3 September 1873,
gr Middlebury 1888.