I have recently found information on SKINNER family in your area: William SKINNER, b. 1829 PA, moved to Brown Co. Milford/New Ulm and represented district 37 in the House of Representatives during the 1876 legislative session. Married to Sarah "Sally" NEWELL, b. 1831 PA - they had 3 known daughters: Martha, b. 1854 PA, Eva, b. 1861 MN, and Kate, b. 1865 MN. Would like to exchange info with anyone searching this family or connect with descendants....... Thank you Gwen MECUM Hunt Searching every nook and cranny for the following surnames: Baker, Brink, Cody, Hayden, Jones, Knowles, Lloyd, Manning, Mecum, Skinner, Swartout, Smith, Wilson My personal websites: http://www.americanserviceco.com/genealogy.html http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/mecum1 My Rootsweb site: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mecum1