COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
Record
Filename:
MW.B4.F21.135(i).jpg
Identifier:
MW.B4.F21.135(i)
Title:
Mark Skinner
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Subject:
Roustabouts
Subject:
African American music -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Houses -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Black history -- Paducah (KY)
Description:
Former roustabout Mark Skinner stands with his crutch beside a house. The back of the photograph MW.B4.F21.148(i) states, "Uncle Mark, 110 yrs old. S. 8 1/2 on John Gilbert, 1" + 2 " Rapidan Quickstep Armada Argonant." (JOHN GILBERT (Way #3066), RAPIDAN (Way #4682), QUICKSTEP (Way #4621), ARMADA (Way #0358), ARGONAUT NO.2 (Way #T0157)) Mark Skinner was born June 1, 1860 in Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky and lived the majority of his younger life at Birmingham, Marshall County, KY. He later married Dora Locker on April 21, 1890 in Marshall County, KY. The couple is listed in Caron's Paducah City Directory as living in the rear of the 1300 block of South 3rd St. in Paducah Kentucky from 1912-1936. The 1939 directory list them at 1310 South 9th St. Mr. Skinner died September 6, 1939 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mark also appears in Mary Wheeler's book, Steamboatin' Days ,on page 82 and is responsible for the song, Ohio Rivuh, She's So Deep an' Wide.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Date:
Circa 1935
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Image/TIFF
Language:
English
Coverage:
Lower Ohio River Valley
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Citation:
Ancestry Library Edition. ProQuest, n.d. Web. Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. Louisville, KY: Caron Directory Company Inc., 1908-1959. Print. "Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records." Web. 2014. "Paducahky.gov." Oak Grove Cemetery. City of Paducah. Web. 2014. Way, Frederick, Jr. Way�s Packet Directory, 1848-1983. Athens, OH: Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 1983. Print. Way, Frederick, and Joseph W. Rutter. Way's Steam Towboat Directory. Athens: Ohio UP, 1990. Print. Wheeler, Mary. Steamboatin� Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1944. Print. 1860-1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)
