'''{{Infobox Biography| subject_name =E. F. Skinner| image_name =EFSkinner.jpg| image_size =200px| image_caption =| date_of_birth =[[July 17]], [[1833]]| place_of_birth =Sherborne, New York| date_of_death =1913| place_of_death =Inglewood,Los Angeles County, CA| occupation =Lumber magnate, politician| religion =| spouse =Ellen M. Hubbard (1860)| parents =| children =[[E. H. Skinner]]| signature =| signaturesize =}}'''Emory Fisk Skinner''' ([[1833]]-[[1913]]) 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 Fisk 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.
*Find-A-Grave - ''[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64175443/emory-fisk-skinner]''.
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