Suspension Bridge Journal July 25, 1891
Death of a Noted Man
Dr. Albert Gallatin Skinner, one of the oldest residents of Western New York, and father of Dr. Winslow W. Skinner of New York city died in Youngstown, N.Y. on July 17th at the age of eighty-four years. He was President of the Medical Society of Niagara County during several terms of office, and was one of the foremost amateur botanists of this part of the country. It was he who gave the late Alphonso Wood, the well-known author of several text-books on botany, his first lesson in that science.
from Jim Eason Aug. 2012
Albert's first wife was Sibelle Dutton Wood Skinner. They wed 3 Nov, 1835.
His second wife was Caroline Elizabeth Rowell Skinner. They wed 15 Aug, 1849.
Albert can be linked to his parents #80796486 Timothy Skinner and #80924289 Ruth Skinner.
October 2015
You might be interested to know that Dr. Albert Gallatin Skinner has a species of plant named in his honor. Alphonso Wood described it in the second edition of his "Class-book of Botany" in 1847 (http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77577#page/416/mode/1up), noting on pg. 408 that, "l detected this delicate species in July, 1846, in Greene Co., l[ndian]a., on land belonging to Dr. A. G. Skinner, whose zeal in botanical pursuits deserves more than this slight notice." I have seen Skinner referred to as Wood's brother in law, so I suspect his first wife, Sibelle Dutton Wood Skinner, was Alphonso's sister. These days, the species has been moved to the genus Agalinis, becoming Agalinis skinneriana, and is considered at risk of extinction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalinis_skinneriana
Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.
Professor and Curator of the Neil A. Harriman Herbarium
Death of a Noted Man
Dr. Albert Gallatin Skinner, one of the oldest residents of Western New York, and father of Dr. Winslow W. Skinner of New York city died in Youngstown, N.Y. on July 17th at the age of eighty-four years. He was President of the Medical Society of Niagara County during several terms of office, and was one of the foremost amateur botanists of this part of the country. It was he who gave the late Alphonso Wood, the well-known author of several text-books on botany, his first lesson in that science.
from Jim Eason Aug. 2012
Albert's first wife was Sibelle Dutton Wood Skinner. They wed 3 Nov, 1835.
His second wife was Caroline Elizabeth Rowell Skinner. They wed 15 Aug, 1849.
Albert can be linked to his parents #80796486 Timothy Skinner and #80924289 Ruth Skinner.
October 2015
You might be interested to know that Dr. Albert Gallatin Skinner has a species of plant named in his honor. Alphonso Wood described it in the second edition of his "Class-book of Botany" in 1847 (http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77577#page/416/mode/1up), noting on pg. 408 that, "l detected this delicate species in July, 1846, in Greene Co., l[ndian]a., on land belonging to Dr. A. G. Skinner, whose zeal in botanical pursuits deserves more than this slight notice." I have seen Skinner referred to as Wood's brother in law, so I suspect his first wife, Sibelle Dutton Wood Skinner, was Alphonso's sister. These days, the species has been moved to the genus Agalinis, becoming Agalinis skinneriana, and is considered at risk of extinction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalinis_skinneriana
Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.
Professor and Curator of the Neil A. Harriman Herbarium
Suspension Bridge Journal July 25, 1891
Death of a Noted Man
Dr. Albert Gallatin Skinner, one of the oldest residents of Western New York, and father of Dr. Winslow W. Skinner of New York city died in Youngstown, N.Y. on July 17th at the age of eighty-four years. He was President of the Medical Society of Niagara County during several terms of office, and was one of the foremost amateur botanists of this part of the country. It was he who gave the late Alphonso Wood, the well-known author of several text-books on botany, his first lesson in that science.
from Jim Eason Aug. 2012
Albert's first wife was Sibelle Dutton Wood Skinner. They wed 3 Nov, 1835.
His second wife was Caroline Elizabeth Rowell Skinner. They wed 15 Aug, 1849.
Albert can be linked to his parents #80796486 Timothy Skinner and #80924289 Ruth Skinner.
October 2015
You might be interested to know that Dr. Albert Gallatin Skinner has a species of plant named in his honor. Alphonso Wood described it in the second edition of his "Class-book of Botany" in 1847 (http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77577#page/416/mode/1up), noting on pg. 408 that, "l detected this delicate species in July, 1846, in Greene Co., l[ndian]a., on land belonging to Dr. A. G. Skinner, whose zeal in botanical pursuits deserves more than this slight notice." I have seen Skinner referred to as Wood's brother in law, so I suspect his first wife, Sibelle Dutton Wood Skinner, was Alphonso's sister. These days, the species has been moved to the genus Agalinis, becoming Agalinis skinneriana, and is considered at risk of extinction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalinis_skinneriana
Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.
Professor and Curator of the Neil A. Harriman Herbarium
Death of a Noted Man
Dr. Albert Gallatin Skinner, one of the oldest residents of Western New York, and father of Dr. Winslow W. Skinner of New York city died in Youngstown, N.Y. on July 17th at the age of eighty-four years. He was President of the Medical Society of Niagara County during several terms of office, and was one of the foremost amateur botanists of this part of the country. It was he who gave the late Alphonso Wood, the well-known author of several text-books on botany, his first lesson in that science.
from Jim Eason Aug. 2012
Albert's first wife was Sibelle Dutton Wood Skinner. They wed 3 Nov, 1835.
His second wife was Caroline Elizabeth Rowell Skinner. They wed 15 Aug, 1849.
Albert can be linked to his parents #80796486 Timothy Skinner and #80924289 Ruth Skinner.
October 2015
You might be interested to know that Dr. Albert Gallatin Skinner has a species of plant named in his honor. Alphonso Wood described it in the second edition of his "Class-book of Botany" in 1847 (http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77577#page/416/mode/1up), noting on pg. 408 that, "l detected this delicate species in July, 1846, in Greene Co., l[ndian]a., on land belonging to Dr. A. G. Skinner, whose zeal in botanical pursuits deserves more than this slight notice." I have seen Skinner referred to as Wood's brother in law, so I suspect his first wife, Sibelle Dutton Wood Skinner, was Alphonso's sister. These days, the species has been moved to the genus Agalinis, becoming Agalinis skinneriana, and is considered at risk of extinction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalinis_skinneriana
Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.
Professor and Curator of the Neil A. Harriman Herbarium
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