Avery Skinner

Avery Skinner (June 9, 1796 – November 24, 1876) was an American politician from New York.

In 1823, the family moved to a place which Skinner named Union Square (now a hamlet called Maple View), in the town of Mexico.

He was Postmaster of Union Square from 1833 until his death, with a short interruption of three months.

On September 1, 1834, he married Charlotte Prior Stebbins (1802–1888), and they had five children, among them Congressman Charles R. Skinner (1844–1928).

He died on November 24, 1876, in Mexico, Oswego County, New York; and was buried at the Maple View Cemetery there.