Achsah M. Skinner

Achsah M. Skinner
Skinner, in a 1920 publication
Born
Achsah Mary Skinner

(1877-07-15)July 15, 1877
Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 25, 1956(1956-12-25) (aged 79)
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
EducationOneonta Normal School, 1900
Teachers College, Columbia University
OccupationMissionary educator in Chile
AwardsOrder of Merit

Achsah Mary Skinner (July 15, 1877 – December 25, 1956) was an American educator and Methodist missionary, who taught in Iquique, Chile, for 27 years. She received Chile's Order of Merit for her work.

Early life and education

Skinner was born on July 15, 1877[a]) in Oneonta, Otsego County to Henry P. Skinner and Elvira E. Skinner (née Parish).[2][1][3][4] Skinner had two older brothers.[5][6] In 1879, when Skinner was two years old, her father died of scarlet fever aged 32.[7]

In 1900, Skinner graduated from Oneonta Normal School before later studying at Teachers College, Columbia University.[2][8]

Career

Skinner taught school in Schenevus and Poughkeepsie for thirteen years.[2][9] She taught English at a school in the Chilean port city Iquique for 27 years,[10] organized a women's club, and ran a Sunday school and a small children's dispensary there.[9][11]

She spoke to American audiences about her work and about South America more generally,[12] during her only furlough in 1926,[13][14] and after she retired.[15][16] Skinner was decorated by the Chilean government with the Order of Merit, for her educational work.[2] In her later years she taught at Boylan Haven School in Jacksonville, Florida.[17]

Personal life

Skinner died in 1956, at a hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida, at the age of 79.[18]

Notes

  1. ^ Also cited as July 15, 1881.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Application for Registration – Native Citizen: Achsah M. Skinner". U.S., Consular Registration Applications, 1916–1925. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. 1921.
  2. ^ a b c d "Oneonta Native, Long a Missionary, Dies in Florida". The Oneonta Star. 1956-12-27. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Achsah Skinner". Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; New York; Otsego; Oneonta; 110. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. 1880.
  4. ^ "James H Skinner". New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847–1849, 1907–1936 [database on-line]. Otsego, 1913–1917. Lehi. Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1914.
  5. ^ "James Skinner". Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; New York; Otsego; Oneonta; 110. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. 1880.
  6. ^ "Perry Skinner; Otsego; Oneonta; E.D. 01". Census of the State of New York, 1875. Albany, New York: New York State Archives. 1875.
  7. ^ "H P Skinner". U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850–1880; Otsego; Oneonta; 1880. Albany, New York: New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education, New York State Library. 1880.
  8. ^ "Recruits of the Board of Foreign Missions" Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1920): 658.
  9. ^ a b "South America Described; Miss Achsah Skinner of Methodist Mission in Chili Calls it a Land ofPromise". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. 1926-05-18. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Mission Work in South America; Miss Achsah Skinner Gives Interesting Address at Presbyterian Church". Daily Sentinel. 1926-09-27. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  11. ^ "Avanzada Barrio "El Colorado"". Biblioteca Metodista Chile (in Spanish). 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  12. ^ "Missionary Tells of Church Work in Bolivia". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. 1951-06-28. p. 13. Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Chilean Teacher to Talk at Church; Miss Achsah Skinner to Make Address". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. 1926-05-21. p. 3. Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Miss Skinner Tells of Chili". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. 1926-05-26. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "UP Groups Hear Talk by Miss Skinner". The Oneonta Star. 1948-07-15. p. 18. Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "1st Meth. WSCS". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 1952-01-27. p. 16. Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Circle Four". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 1950-01-25. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Miss Skinner Dies at 79". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 1956-12-26. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.



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