Ichabod L. Skinner

Biography

Ichabod L. Skinner was born in 1767, during the tumultuous years leading to American independence, and lived through the Revolutionary War and the establishment of the United States as a sovereign nation. His eighty-five years of life provided him with an extraordinary perspective on the nation's founding and early development.

Skinner's burial in Green-Wood Cemetery stands as a tribute to his longevity and his place in American history. His life spanned from the colonial period through the early decades of the republic, making him a living connection to the nation's formative era.