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'''E. F. Emory Fiske Skinner''' ([[1833]]-?) was a lumber magnate who founded the [[Skinner Manufacturing Company]]. He migrated to the area from Wisconsin in [[1874]] and established his timber company in {{date needed}}.
Skinner was also active in politics. He was the Republican candidate for Congress in 1882, for State Senate in 1888, and a delegate to the first McKinley Nominating Convention.
==References==
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*Emory Fiske Skinner. ''[http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=fhp&idno=WF00000020&format=pdf Reminisces]''. 1908.
*J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.
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