William C. Skinner died

The timing around Skinner’s nervous breakdown, his subsequent illness and his efforts to recover his health, and his return to Hartford is given only in general terms, and from the report they seemed to have taken place within a compressed period of time.  However, it also appears that his health problems began as early as May 1921, when he resigned as president of the Colt’s Patent Arms Manufacturing Company “as he felt the need of relief from the task.”

1. Skinner appears to have become ill at some point in late January or early February. He then took a trip to the Caribbean and the Canal Zone.
2. Upon his return to Hartford, he was confined to his bed.
3. On or about March 5, 1922, Skinner became unconscious.

Skinner’s funeral will be held on March 11, 1922, at Trinity Episcopal Church.  Ernest Miel will officiate.

“Colonel Skinner was actively in charge of the affairs of the company during the war, and the strain placed on him by this responsibility and the extent of the tax on his strength and nerves because his two sons and his son-in-law were in active service overseas were not realized until the period passed; then the reaction came resulting in practically a nervous breakdown.  From this collapse It was not possible for him to recover, and his friends noticed with concern that his health and strength were gradually slipping away from him.”

1. The Allyn House was on the northwest corner of Trumbull and Asylum Streets, at the current location of Hartford 21.
2. Roberts Keney Skinner was William Skinner’s son.
3. William Converse Skinner Jr. was William Skinner’s son.
4. Walter C. Turnbull was married to Marjorie Roberts Skinner, William Skinner’s daughter.

Unattributed.  “Col. Wm. C. Skinner dies at 67 years,” Hartford Courant, March 9, 1922, page 1.