"Star of the North Country"
By Ruth A. Jones Ryan
With sincere gratitude to those who have made this collection of historical facts and
personal anecdotes possible, I dedicate to my mother,
Marion Alden Fay Jones,
1879 - 1968,
who, in her enthusiasm for her home town, gathered clippings of Malone....
and to her grandfather, Dr. Calvin Skinner,
for painstakingly recording his life and times,
1819 - 1903.
100 Page's
filled with historical information
as well as photograph's and
sketches of early times
in Northern NY
Order# STAR-1908
$12.00 ea.
A book of memories of early times in the Malone and surrounding area.
by Ruth A. Jones Ryan
Should this little book of history & incidents depicting the passing scene be of interest, please let it be a reminder not to disdain the past because it is old and worn, but to look again, holding safely the best that will not come again. As the hopes, dreams and hard labor of our forefathers settled this countryside, let us build on that firm foundation, valuing the past as the future inevitably brings change, tempered with wise judgment and good taste.
(Library of Congress, ISBN)
copyright © 1994 by: Ruth A. Jones Ryan
currently in it's third printing
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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"Dr. Calvin Skinner"
Order# HIS-1819
Great grandfather, Dr.
Calvin Skinner, settled in Malone, NY in 1842, arriving on horseback from Vermont fresh
out of Dartmouth Medical School. A veteran of the Civil War, first serving as
a volunteer, returning as a surgeon with the rank of major in the 106th regiment following
recuperation from malaria contracted early in the war. In 1860 he served as delegate
to the Chicago National Convention nominating Abraham Lincoln as President of the United
States of America.
"The Great Emancipator"
Order# HIS-1860
This sketch of Mr. Lincoln, done with pencil in 1929, came about through
reverence of the man who came to be known as the "great emancipator". No
president before or since has done so much in the name of humanity, long remembered as the
man who stated a house divided can not stand, he helped forge one nation that continues to
stand today.