Skinner descendants have 78th reunion

More than a dozen people attended the 78th annual Skinner reunion Aug. 4 at the home of Mackenzie Young in Peabody.

The reunion was for descendants of William and Margaret Skinner and James and Amanda Skinner.

Brothers William and James moved in 1896 from Iowa to Peabody and La Harpe.

In attendance at the reunion were Donna Nelson and Ken Swisher, Lindsborg; Don Skinner, Overland Park; Jennifer, Mackenzie, Bryant Young, Virginia Skinner, and Esther Brooks, Peabody; Craig and Tammy Skinner, Wichita; and Doris Herbert and grandsons Holden and Ethan of Gainesville, Texas.

An honored guest was Virginia Skinner Bigbee, 100, with her daughter, Judy Ahrens, both of Manhattan.