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In 1 91 7 he was appointed by Governor<br />
Holcomb as assistant surgeon, Naval<br />
Battalion, State Guard, with rank <strong>of</strong> first<br />
lieutenant, junior grade.<br />
Dr. Axtelle married Stella Waterman.<br />
Dr. Axtelle is a member <strong>of</strong> the South<br />
Congregational Church <strong>of</strong> Hartford, and<br />
Mrs. Axtelle <strong>of</strong> St. Thomas' Protestant<br />
Episcopal Church.<br />
SKINNER, Julius Goodrich,<br />
Agriculturist.<br />
The late Julius Goodrich Skinner, who<br />
was born April 11, 1827, in Hartford, and<br />
died April 20, 1913, in Wethersfield, was<br />
a scion <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the oldest <strong>Connecticut</strong><br />
families, descended from John Skinner,<br />
who came from Braintree, County Essex,<br />
England. He was a kinsman <strong>of</strong> John Tal-<br />
cott, <strong>of</strong> Hartford, mentioned in the latter's<br />
will, and was one <strong>of</strong> Rev. Thomas<br />
Hooker's company that settled Hartford<br />
in 1636. He died in 1651, his will being<br />
approved October 23 <strong>of</strong> that year, and<br />
his estate was partitioned, January 18,<br />
1655. He married Mary Loomis, born<br />
about 1620, daughter <strong>of</strong> Joseph Loomis,<br />
a pioneer settler <strong>of</strong> Windsor.<br />
Their second son, Joseph Skinner, born<br />
1643, purchased a lot in Windsor in 1666,<br />
on the west side <strong>of</strong> Broad street, about<br />
midway. This he owned in 1684, but he<br />
lived in East Windsor. He owned the<br />
covenant, and was baptized at Windsor<br />
church, March 2, 1679. He married,<br />
April 5, 1666, Mary Filley, who was baptized<br />
in 1648, died April 13, 171 1, daugh-<br />
ter <strong>of</strong> William and Mary Filley, early res-<br />
idents <strong>of</strong> Windsor.<br />
Their son, Joseph Skinner, born about<br />
1673, lived in Hartford, where he died<br />
February 7, 1748. He married, January<br />
28, 1708, Elizabeth Olmstead, a native<br />
<strong>of</strong> Hartford, daughter <strong>of</strong> Joseph and Eliz-<br />
abeth (Butler) Olmstead, died January<br />
20, 1766. Their fourth son, Stephen Skin-<br />
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ner, was baptized at the First Church in<br />
Hartford, March 11, 1716, and died July<br />
11, 1758. No record <strong>of</strong> his marriage<br />
appears, but the baptism <strong>of</strong> two children<br />
at the First Church is shown.<br />
The eldest <strong>of</strong> these, Stephen Skinner,<br />
was baptized January 19, 1755, in the<br />
First Church at Hartford, and lived in<br />
that town, where he was engaged in agri-<br />
culture. His farm was sold to the city<br />
<strong>of</strong> Hartford, and became a part <strong>of</strong> Goodwin<br />
Park. His wife, Mary (Dorr) Skin-<br />
ner, born 1757, died November 16, 1807,<br />
at the age <strong>of</strong> fifty years, recorded in the<br />
Second Church <strong>of</strong> Hartford. There the<br />
following children were baptized : Stephen,<br />
Emily, Sally, and an unnamed<br />
child, born and died 1800.<br />
Their son, Charles Dorr Skinner, was<br />
born in Hartford, and lived in that town.<br />
He married Nancy Woodhouse, and they<br />
had children baptized at the Second<br />
Church <strong>of</strong> Hartford, as follows : George<br />
Woodhouse, January 30, 1814; Nancy<br />
Elvira, April 28, 1816; Charles Henry,<br />
May 10, 1818; Albert, August 20, 1820;<br />
James, November 10, 1822; and Julius<br />
Goodrich.<br />
Julius Goodrich Skinner, son <strong>of</strong> Charles<br />
Dorr and Nancy (Woodhouse) Skinner,<br />
was born April 11, 1827, on the Skinner<br />
homestead, on what is known as Cedar<br />
Hill in the town <strong>of</strong> Hartford. This home-<br />
stead had been in the family since the<br />
settlement <strong>of</strong> John Skinner at Hartford,<br />
in 1636. Julius G. Skinner was educated<br />
in the Hartford public schools, and<br />
learned the trade <strong>of</strong> tailor. For a time<br />
he conducted a tailor shop at Lee, Massa-<br />
chusetts, with good success. At the<br />
request <strong>of</strong> his father, he returned to the<br />
parental homestead, which he cultivated<br />
for many years. He was an industrious,<br />
shrewd and successful farmer, respected<br />
and esteemed by his fellows, an attend-<br />
ant <strong>of</strong> the Congregational church, and in<br />
political principle a Republican. In 1897