Background
Skinner, Charles Drake was born on August 31, 1874 in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Weston Donaldson and Cora Elizabeth (Blattenberger) Skinner.
Skinner, Charles Drake was born on August 31, 1874 in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Weston Donaldson and Cora Elizabeth (Blattenberger) Skinner.
Bachelor of Arts, Syracuse University, 1903, fellow in philosophy, 1904, Doctor of Divinity, 1910.
Assistant in philosophy, Syracuse University, 1904-1905. Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1904. Pastor Trinity Church, Auburn, New York, 1904-1908.
President Cazenovia Seminary, September 1908-1915.
Pastor Linwood Avenue Church, Buffalo, 1915-1917, Central Park Church, Buffalo, 1917-1924, 1st Methodist Episcopal Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1924-1929, Grand Avenue Temple, Kansas City, Missoury, 1929-1932, Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 1932-1936, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Louisiana Grange, Illinois, 1936-1940. Superintendent Joliet-Dixon District, Rock River Conference, Methodist Church, 1940-1946.
Associate minister Saint James Methodist Church, Chicago. Director Advance for Christ Trinity Methodist Church, Chicago, October 1, 1949, to June 13, 1950.
Member Phi Beta Kappa. Mason (32°).
Married Alberta Harding, June 10, 1896 (deceased). Married second, Agnetha Rhoda Hanson, February 11, 1925. Children: Cora Laila, Mistress Martha Harding Limburg.