Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 647.

ALONZO A. SKINNER

     Born in Huron County, Ohio; studied law and was admitted to the bar.  Came
to Oregon in company with Orville Risley and others, in 1845.  In the year after
his arrival he was made Circuit Judge of Oregon under the Provisional
Government.  The salary of this office was originally fixed at $200, but it is
said that it was raised to $800 to induce Judge Skinner to accept the place.
Peter H. Burnett, afterward Governor of California, was Supreme Judge of Oregon,
but resigned because Judge Skinner received the largest salary.  Skinner was a
Whig originally, but became a Republican on the formation of that party.  From
1851 to 1853 he was Indian Agent, and was located in the Rogue River Valley,
where he took up the first donation land claim recorded in that section.  In
1853 he was candidate for Delegate to Congress, against Joseph Lane, by whom he
was badly beaten.  From 1862 to 1864 he was clerk of Lane County.  He was
esteemed a well-read lawyer, modest and unassuming, and of good morals and fine
feelings.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.