The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14

purslng pension agent at Pitts
burg, serving from August 90,
1893, to January 1, 1898, by ap.
polntment of President Cleveland
On July 1, 1900, he was appoint
ed superintendent of the Scotland
Soldiers Orphans Industrial
School and by his wise admins
tration of that institution made it
model school.
Because of his varied lines of
activity during his entire life,
Captain Skinner learned to know
thousands of citizens, from the
lowly to the high in life. He was
personally acquainted with long
line of Governors aud State Of
ficials, prominent G. A. r. men,
Legion of Honor members. De.
spite this Captain Skinner was
thoroughly democratic and his
greeting for the honest man IN a
lowly estate was just as cordial
as to man high in office.
Capt. Skinner was married Jan
uarv 10, 1872, to Ida NJ, only
daughter of James II. and Mary
A. Parker, of Reading, Pa, who
survives him.
He is survived by the following
children: Nellie Parker, born
March 29. 1873, married April II,
1899, married Edgar G. Crlswell,
of Plttsburg, Pa, now of Brook.
lyn, N. Y, business manager and
associate editor of The Cross, an
Episcopal Church paper. Mary
Hazel, born Aug. 23, 1882, wife of
H. V. Black, Cham bersburg.
Parker Ringel, born May 1, 1885,
residing at home, and Donald
Xerper, born Oct. 10, 1892, also
at home.
He is also survived by his
mother Mrs. Catherine B., widow
of DAVID j. Skinner, of Dry Run,
Pa, and the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. j. F. Burke,
Dry Run, Pa; John NJ, and Will
liam B., Mount Vernon, Mo-;
Mcclellan D., Fort Shaw, Mont;
Mrs. j. E. Lutz, Salina, Kans.;
MISS Lizzie g. and Mrs. e G.
Jones, Pittsburg. Pa; Miss Ada
B., Dry Run and Mrs. w. F.
Skinner, Cham mbersburg.
Exceedingly simple but most
impressive were the funeral SER
vices over the remains of Captain
Skinner at the Scotland School 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Be-
fore the services the body lay IN
state in the main corridor of the
Administration building, and was
there viewed by scores of the
dead captains comrades and
friends.
The services were held in Cur
tin Hall, and every seat IN the
large auditorium was taken.
Back of the family and relatives
sat the faculty. and next In place
were the 400 boys and girls, who
looked upon the man, whose form
lay still, as a foster fataer, which
in truth he was. 1t was touching
to see the grief of the children as
1t expressed itself in shy, down
cast eyes or In open weeping. In
the rear sat comrades and friends
from Cham bersburg, and people
of Scotland and nearby who had
learned to know Superintendent
Skinner as a good neighbor.
Chaplain S. K. Wine, of the
School, was in charge of the
memorial services, which began
by the Assem- bly, singing LEAD
Kindly Light" The Rev. Mr.
Wine then read the 80 Psalm, and
followed with touching prayer,
The congregation sang "Abide
With Me-" and Mr.. Wine then
made a very short address, IN
which he paid tribute to the Cap
tain Skinner he had known, the
brave and fearless soldier, the
honest and useful citizen, the able
and excellent superintendent.
The services closed with the
benedlctlon pronounced by Mr..
Wine.
After the exercises at Scotland
Sunday afternoon, the remains
were taken to the home of his