Helen M. Catlett1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 2577, (1822 - 1902)
FatherThomas Washington Catlett4,5 (27 Sep 1799 - 28 Apr 1880)
MotherIsabella Field Helm4,5 ( - btn 1834 - 1840)

Key Events:

Birth: Jun 1822, Woodford Co., Kentucky6,7,8
Marriage: 26 Jul 1843, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, Frederick Henry Skinner (22 Jun 1815 - 6 Apr 1893)9,10,11,12
Death: 2 Feb 1902, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois13,14
Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky15,16

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Narrative:

     Helen M. Catlett was born in Jun 1822 in Woodford Co., Kentucky.6,7,8
     She moved to Union Co. with her parents by 1826, when her brother John was born there, then to Christian Co. by 1830. She was probably the female age 5 to 10 listed in the household of her father, Thomas Washington Catlett, in the 1830 Federal Census of Christian Co., Kentucky.17
     Her mother died between 1834 and 1840, when Helen was around 15 years old.18,19,20 She moved to Caldwell Co. with her father before 1840. She was probably the female age 15 to 20 listed in the household of her father in the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky.21
     Helen married Frederick Henry Skinner, son of Dr. Henry Skinner and Aurelia Lyon, on 26 Jul 1843 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.9,10,11,12
     Helen and Frederick appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky, enumerated 14 Sep 1850, reporting real estate valued at $1,700. Their children Thomas, Isabella and Aurelia were listed as living with them, as were his sister, Beulah Lyon Skinner, and two of his mother's brother Mathew's sons, Matthew Martin Lyon and Gen. Hylan Benton Lyon. There were also 20 slaves, aged 8 months to 72 years. Frederick is shown as a hotel keeper, and there are nine other apparently permanent residents listed as well, including the future portrait painter James Thomas Poindexter.22,23
     Helen and Frederick appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 10 Jul 1860, reporting real estate valued at $5,000 and personal estate of $53,195. Their children Thomas, Isabella, Aurelia, Marion, Helen and Giles were listed as living with them, as were his sister Beulah, her brother James, and her sister Letitia and her husband William W. Pinner. He reported owning 10 slaves, in 2 slave houses, with two reported as fugitives from the state.24,25
     Helen and Frederick appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 4 Jul 1870, reporting real estate valued at $12,000 and personal estate of $38,000. Their children Aurelia and Hylan were listed as living with them, as was his sister Beulah.26
     Helen was named an heir in the will of her father, dated 11 Nov 1876, in which he left her an equal share with her siblings of the proceeds of the sale of his two storehouses in Eddyville, his 763-acre farm after the lease to his two youngest sons expired 1 Jan 1882, and his home and lots, after the death of his wife. The shares were to be adjusted for prior gifts, which he listed. He listed for her $1,000 in cash given many years before and a slave named Lithy who he valued at $650.27
     Helen and Frederick appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Jun 1880. Their son Hylan was listed as living with them, as was his sister Beulah, and two servants, Minnie L. Young, age 9, and Cassie Stacey, age 18.28
     Her husband died on 6 Apr 1893.15
     Helen appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of St. Louis, Missouri, in the household of Aurelia Bartley, her newly widowed daughter.29
     Helen died on 2 Feb 1902 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, at age 79, having been send to the hospital there from St. Louis three months before.13,14 She was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky.15,16

Children:
     Children with Frederick Henry Skinner

Frederick and Helen had three additional children whose names are unknown, all apparently died while very young.35
  • Thomas Catlett Skinner30,31,5 (14 Jun 1844 - 9 Jun 1910)
  • Isabella Skinner30,31,5 (abt 1848 - abt 1861)
  • Aurelia Skinner29,30,5 (Sep 1849 - 2 Oct 1928)
  • Marion Skinner31 (abt 1856 - abt 1860)
  • Helen M. Skinner31 (abt 1858 - abt 1863)
  • Giles L. Skinner31 (abt Feb 1860 - abt Nov 1860)
  • Hylan Lyon Skinner32,33,34 (23 Feb 1863 - 22 Dec 1939)

Citations

  1. [S7590] Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880, shows name as Mrs. Helen Skinner and her as his daughter.
  2. [S1827] F. H. Skinner household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Helen M. Skinner.
  3. [S4543] Battle, Perrin and Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 865, shows name as Helen Catlett.
  4. [S7590] Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880, shows her as his daughter.
  5. [S4543] Battle, Perrin and Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 865.
  6. [S3083] Aurelia Bartley household, 1900 U.S. Census, St. Louis City, Missouri, shows month, year, age 78, and state.
  7. [S1827] F. H. Skinner household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 26, county, and state.
  8. [S1815] Frederich H. Skinner household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 38 and state.
  9. [S4543] Battle, Perrin and Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 865, shows date, as 16 Jun 1842.
  10. [S2704] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," FamilySearch.org, citing FHL #851644, shows date, as 26 Jul 1843, county, and state.
  11. [S1827] F. H. Skinner household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  12. [S7590] Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880, shows her name as Mrs. Helen Skinner.
  13. [S8597] Helen Skinner, Report of Death in Hospital, shows date, at Halmemaun hospital, in Illinois 3 mo, and removed to hospital from St. Louis, Mo.
  14. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 276, shows at age 80.
  15. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 276.
  16. [S8597] Helen Skinner, Report of Death in Hospital, shows burial in Eddyville, Ky.
  17. [S3072] Thomas W. Catlett household, 1830 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  18. [S3071] Thos W. Catlett household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows no female near her age.
  19. [S3070] Thomas W. Catlett household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, does not show her in the household.
  20. [S2311] Marriages, Kentucky, state copy, 1859, Union Co., Thomas W. Catlett and Maria L. Clark, shows her husband as a widower.
  21. [S3071] Thos W. Catlett household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  22. [S1827] F. H. Skinner household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  23. [S1748] F. H. Skinner, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  24. [S1815] Frederich H. Skinner household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  25. [S1679] F. H. Skinner, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  26. [S573] Fred Skinner household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  27. [S7590] Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880.
  28. [S3082] F. H. Skinner household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  29. [S3083] Aurelia Bartley household, 1900 U.S. Census, St. Louis City, Missouri.
  30. [S1827] F. H. Skinner household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  31. [S1815] Frederich H. Skinner household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them in the same household, apparently as parent and child.
  32. [S573] Fred Skinner household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  33. [S3082] F. H. Skinner household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows him as the son of her husband.
  34. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Hylan Lyon Skinner, Soc. Sec. No. 568-14-5800.
  35. [S3083] Aurelia Bartley household, 1900 U.S. Census, St. Louis City, Missouri, shows her as the mother of 10 children, with 3 living.