Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameRev. Benjamin Rush Skinner 
Birth7 Jan 1803
Death1 Mar 1831, died at sea, returning from Africa
BurialKnowlton Cem, Ashford, CT
Misc. Notes
Brother of Dr. Ezekiel Skinner, who married Benjamin’s sister-in-law. Died at sea from the effects of African fever, returning home from a mission with wife. And it was their father Ezekiel Skinner (of Benjamin Rush Skinner and EED Skinner), who at the age of about 55 went to Liberia to complete his son's time as a missionary.
Spouses
Birth1807, Ashford, Windham Co, CT
Death13 Jan 1831, Liberia, Africa
BurialSnow Cem, Ashford, Windham Co, CT
FatherDaniel Read (~1779-1857)
MotherAugusta Fenton (1775-1839)
Misc. Notes
Eliza, with her husband, went on a missionary trip to Liberia, where she died of African fever. Elizabeth Read died in Liberia with her children, and that is where she was buried. The stone at the Snow Cemetery is simply a headstone. Her husband died on the way back home and he was buried at sea. His headstone is at the Knowlton Cemetery.
Marriage13 Jun 1827, Ashford, Windham Co, CT