From150 YEARS IN THE HILLS AND DALES Vol. 1 Jemmina Skinners is credited for " heroic service " during the Revolutionary War but the nature of the service was not stated. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From JONES, MOORE, ALLEN FAMILIES by Vivian Lyon Moore Severe handships, child bearing ect. made a great toll on women and by the age of 35 were considered too old to be of much good. About 1830 Abigail ( Jones ) Goldsmith her daughter described Jemima as a crooked old landy when she was forty-two. This was amazing as she lived to a great age. On her 101 th birthday she was honored by the presence of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and sone 200 friends and relatives at her home in Painesville where she had lived since 1811 being 76 years.. ---------------------------------------------------------------- From Jones Genealogy Jemina Skinner was small in stature but very active, energetic and thorough in her undertakings. hhe was intensily religious and was instrumental in bringing from Conn. to Western Reserve the first missionary pastor. She was one of 13 charter members of the first church of Painesville which was organized June 10 th, 1810.