Charles Henry SKINNER
Alma Adelaide PEASLEY

Husband:  Charles Henry SKINNER
Birth:  3 Mar 1854, Decorah, Winneshiek Co., Iowa 
Death:  27 Dec 1920, Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota 
Burial:
Father:  Frederick SKINNER
Mother:  Juliana SMITH

Marriage:  15 Nov 1883, Forest City, Winnebago Co., Iowa 

Wife:  Alma Adelaide PEASLEY
Birth:  5 Apr 1853, Crown Point, Essex Co., New York 
Death:  14 Dec 1933, Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota 
Burial:  
Father:  Almond White PEASLEY   
Mother:  Elmira Eleanor TURNER 

Children:
1. Florence Elmira SKINNER, b: 31 Aug 1884, Forest City, Winnebago Co., Iowa
2. Edith May SKINNER, b: 13 Jul 1888, Forest City, Winnebago Co., Iowa
3. Mabel Abigail SKINNER, b: 28 Sep 1892, Forest City, Winnebago Co., Iowa
4. Clinton Henry SKINNER, b: 27 Dec 1896, Forest City, Winnebago Co., Iowa
                                             d: Dec 1975, Granville, McHenry Co., North Dakota
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Notes:
Alma had some excitement in her young life as written by her daughter.  From: "The Peasley Paper", Spring 1971, editor, Frederick Lamphere:

DINNER FOR DESPERADOS
A true story by Mabel (Skinner) Chorlton

"My mother Alma, a teen-aged girl, was oldest of the Peasley children at home. Their mother died a few years before. Her older sister Mary was already married and away from home. The five younger children; Ellen, Julia, Frank, Charlie and baby Fred were left in Alma's care. Their father, Almond Peasley, worked away from home all day.

About noon one day their little dog announced the arrival of two men on horseback who asked if they might be given something to eat. Having been taught to feed hungry travelers, the girls began to prepare dinner. Alma made baking powder biscuits. Her sister cooked meat and even fixed wild crab apple sauce.

During this time the dog kept barking at the strangers until one man wanted to put it outside but Alma assured him the dog only wished to protect the children.

While eating, one man sat at the table in such a way that he could see down the road. The men were pleased with the meal and remarked how quickly the girls had prepared it. When they had finished, the visitors asked how much they owed for their food. Alma told them there was no charge for helping travelers.

After the men expressed their thanks and rode away, the girls talked as they cleared the table about their unknown guests.  Imagine their surprise when under one of the plates they found twenty dollars!

When Grandpa Peasley came home from his day's work he asked Alma if they had seen two men ride past that day. Naturally she told with pride of their experience. Then Almond informed my mother that they had just served dinner to Frank and Jesse James who had just robbed the Northfield bank and were making their escape!"

Alma was living with her brother Frank in 1880.  With her were three Stilwell children that are rumored to belong to her and her sister's husband, Ard Stilwell, but the proof has not yet been located.

1880 Federal Census Data (T9_0344, Page 29A), Humboldt, Humboldt Co., Iowa,
                                                                                Enumeration Dist: 131, Enumeration Date: 24-Jun-1880, Family #137

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_0465, Page 289A), Thompson, King Twp., Winnebago Co., Iowa,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 196, Enumeration Date: 6-Jun-1900, Family #55

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0425, Page 273B), Forest City, Winnebago Co., Iowa,
                                                                                     Enumeration District: 229, Enumeration Date: 30-Apr-1910, Family #321

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Sources:
1) Death - Husband:  Beltrami County Minnesota Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #1920-MN-000769
2) Death - Wife:  Beltrami County Minnesota Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. # 1933-MN-000764