Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== NELSON SKINNER -------------- Was One of the Crew of the Ill fated Steamer Idaho - His Home Was in Oswego. BUFFALO, Nov. 7. -- Nelson Skinner, one of the person drowned on the ill-fated Idaho is a resident of this city. His wife lives at No. 184 West Fourth street and the first intimation she received of her husband's sudden summoning was when informed by a representative of the TIMES this morning. The press dispatches did not give Mr. Skinner's address but the suspicion that it was he was confirmed by his wife. She received a letter from him on Thurs- day last stating that he was in Buffalo and would leave for Chicago on the steamer Idaho later in the week. She said that her husband shipped as second engineer on the boat about three weeks ago from Buffalo and had made one trip to Chicago and return. The trip upon which he received such a shocking death was the last of the season. Nelson Skinner was born in this city some forty-five years ago. He received his education in the public schools and when a young man took to railroading. For many years he was a locomotive engineer on the R. W. & O. road but some three or four years ago secured employment in the same capacity on the Lehigh Valley road. Several months ago he resigned his position on this road going from Auburn where he temporarily resided to New York. He remained in the Metropolis but a short time, next journeying to Buffalo where he received a place on the steamer which took him to his death. Some years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Alice Blackwell of Charlotte who survives him. She is prostrated with grief at her husband's untimely death. He leaves an aged mother, Mrs. Mary E. Skinner, who lives at No. 220 West Fifth street. Two brothers, William of Needles, California, and Bertram of this city, and one sister, Mrs. A. T. Kellogg of St. Louis, also survives him. The deceased was a thoroughly competent marine engineer. He at one time owned the little steamer Hazleton and operated her as a pleasure boat. Later he purchased the steamer Geneva, a larger and more commodious boat. She was burned to the water's edge at Beach Oswego several years ago. It is unlikely that the body will be recovered. Oswego Daily Times Monday, Nov 8, 1897