History of Victor, (Ontario County) New York United States of America

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Charles Montgomery Skinner, author, was born in Victor, N.Y., March 15, 1852; son of Charles A. and Cornelia (Bartholomew) Skinner; grandson of Warren and Nancy (Farnworth) Skinner and of Oliver and Mary (Everett) Bartholomew, and a descendant of the Skinner and Bartholomew families that settled in New England about 1630. He removed to Cambridge, Mass., 1853, and to Hartford, Conn., 1866, attending the common schools of both places. He was married in 1876 to Ada, daughter of James and Harriet Blanchard, of Washington, D.C. In 1884 he became associated with the editorial staff of the Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y. He lectured on musical and geographical topics, and syndicated series of articles on labor conditions; the U.S. army; prison methods; and American communities. He is the author of: Myths and Legends of Our Own Land (1896); Nature in a City Yard (1897); With Feet to the Earth (1897); Villon, the Vagabond (1898), a drama played by his brother, Otis Skinner; Myths and Legends Beyond Our Borders (1898); Do-nothing Days (1899); Myths and Legends of Our New Possessions (1899), and Flowers in the Pave (1900).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Edward Watrous Jenks, physician, was born in Victor, N.Y., March 31, 1833; son of Nathan and Jane (Bushnell) Jenks; grandson of Obediah and Clarinda (Watrous) Jenks, and a descendant of Joseph Jenks, colonial governor of Rhode Island, 1727-32. He received his early education at La Grange collegiate institute, Ontario, Ind., which his father had founded and endowed. He studied medicine at the University of the City of New York, 1852-53; was graduated at the Medical college, Castleton, Vt., in 1855; and also received the degree of M.D. from the Bellevue Hospital Medical college, New York city, in 1864. He settled in Detroit, Mich., and was one of the founders of the Detroit Medical college in 1868, and its president and professor of obstetrics and surgical diseases of women, until he resigned to accept a similar position in the Chicago Medical college. He was professor of diseases of women at Bowdoin college, 1871-75. He was married in 1859 to Julia, daughter of J. H. Darling of Warsaw, N.Y.; and secondly in 1867 to Sarah R., the eldest daughter of the Hon. James F. Joy of Detroit. His son, Nathan Jenks, also followed the medical profession. He was elected a member of the American Medical association; of the Michigan State Medical society, and its president in 1873; a fellow of the London Obstetrical society; honorary member of the Maine Medical association and of the Ohio State Medical society; fellow of the American Gynecological society, and of the Detroit Academy of Medicine; honorary member of the Toledo Medical association, and corresponding and acting member of many other medical associations. He was for a number of years surgeon to St. Luke's, St. Mary's and the Woman's hospitals of Detroit, and surgeon to the Michigan Central railroad. Albion college conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. in 1878. He is the author of several important works on gynecology and kindred subjects, associate author of American System of Practical Medicine (1885-87); and American System of Gynecology (1887), and contributed numerous articles to professional periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor