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William Clark WINDER, Sr.
1868 - 1942 (74 years)-
Name William Clark WINDER Suffix Sr. Birth 28 Apr 1868 Hale, Hardin, Ohio, USA 
[1] Gender Male article A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio: A Narrative Account - WILLIAM CLARK WINDER, a prominent citizen of Mt. Victory, Ohio, was born in Hale township, Hardin county, Ohio, April 28, 1868. His father, Elihu Winder, who lived on the old Wilson farm in Hale township, was born in Stark county, Ohio, and died December 16, 1904, at the age of seventy-three years. He [Elihu] was left an orphan when a small child, and with his two brothers and three sisters was reared by his grandfather, Thomas Bloomfield. Elihu Winder came to Hardin county, Ohio at the age of twenty-one years and worked on a farm for Thomas McCall until his marriage, when he carried on the present farm of his father-in-law, John C. Garwood. In 1884, he settled on the Hampton farm in Dudley township, where he remained until 1901, and in that year located near Kenton, where he carried on farming until his death. He was a member of the United Brethren church of Mt. Victory, but never greatly interested in political matters. Elihu Winder enlisted in Company H, One Hundred Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, under General Sigel. He was with Ferd Kopp and George Ansley, when Boyd was shot between them, at Maryland Heights. He served four months and was mustered out in 1865. Mr. Winder married Hopy Garwood, now living at the age of sixty-seven years, with a daughter in Buck township, Hardin county. Besides William C., the children of Elihu Winder and his wife were Louis W., of Marion, in insurance business; Maud, a music teacher, living in Buck township with her mother; Rebeeca, died at the age of forty-six years; and Rockey, died at the age of thirty years. Mr. Winder has two sisters living, namely: Anna, wife of Thomas Moreland, of Elkhart county, Indiana, and one other. The education of William C. Winder was acquired in his native county and he attended Mt. Victory schools until sixteen years old. He then helped his father on the farm and remained at home until twenty years of age, when he began learning the trade of barber, which he has worked at for the past twenty-one years. He is also engaged in the accident, life and fire insurance business, and for the past fifteen years has also worked at paper hanging and decorating work. He is a good workman and skillful in all the work he undertakes. His industry and honesty are well recognized and he is held in high esteem by all who know him. January 5, 1888, Mr. Winder married Anna M. Powelson, born August 1, 1868, daughter of Rob and Susanna Shanks Powelson. Mr. Winder and his wife became parents of children as follows: William C. Jr., born October 14, 1888, a student living at home; Starley, born April 5, 1895; Lucille, June 16, 1898; Robert E., March 26, 1900; Richard Carvel, February 22, 1902; Marlin, February, 1904; Helen, June 26, 1906; and Minnie, September 26, 1908. Mr. Winder and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Mt. Victory and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed through the chairs of the latter; he also served twelve years as record keeper of the K.O.T.M. [Knights of the Maccabees], of which he is a member. Politically he is a Republican, and served as corporation and township clerk eight terms each, or sixteen years.
'The History of Hardin County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, its Townships, Towns, Churches, Territory, History of Ohio, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc. Etc. ' (Google eBook); published by Unigraphic, 1883, Hardin County, Ohio; page 948 Elihu Winder, farmer, P.O. Mount Victory, was born in Stark County, Ohio 22 December 1832. He is a son of Caleb and Margaret Winder, natives of Pennsylvania. They moved to Ohio in 1829, settling in Stark County, from there moved to Portage County, where they remained until the decease of Mr. Winder in 1840. The widow, with her family, returned to Stark County, where she departed this life in 1843. Elihu, our subject, came to Hardin County in 1850, settling in Hale Township, where he has since remained. He was married 21 December 1853 to Miss Hopy Garwood. She was born in Logan County, Ohio, December 24, 1838, and come with her parents to Hardin County when but nine years of age. Her parents, John C. and Rachel Garwood, were natives of Virginia and were brought to Ohio when children, her father coming to Logan County, her other to Knox County. They were married in Logan County, coming thence to this county, where Mr. Garwood died in 1877, followed by his widow in 1878. To Mr. and Mrs. Winder have been born five children, viz., Rebecca, wife of Philip G. Johnson; Lewis, married to Lottie Minchell; Rachel A., Wiliam C., and Ida M. Mrs. Winder is a member of the United Brethren. Mr. Winder is a farmer and started in life with a purchase of forty acres of land, which he sold, buying 50 acres, which he also sold and then bought one-half of his father's [actually, his father-in-law's] farm, wher he has since resided.
cemetery Hale, Hardin, Ohio, USA Hale Cemetery Death 4 Jun 1942 Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, USA [1] obituary 6 Jun 1942 Kenton News and Republican - Funeral services for William C. Winder, one of Mt. Victory's best known and most beloved residents, will be held in the Mt. Victory Methodist Church at 3PM on Sunday." He died at McKitrick Hospital, Kenton, OH. He retired from the barbering profession only four weeks before his death. He had operated his own barber shop in Mt. Victory for more than 50 years. A leader in the Mt. Victory Methodist Church, for many years directed the church orchestra and choir. Member of Odd Fellows and Maccabees. Survivors -- wife: eight children, W.C. Winder Jr. of Oberlin, OH; Stanley Winder of Haviland, OH; Mrs. Lucille Honnert of West Liberty; Carvel, Minnie, Helen, Marlin and Robert Winder, all of Mt. Victory.
_UID EA5836434A1E4B89AE06342337B918E0EA3C Burial Y [2] Person ID I14854 WinderWonderland Last Modified 5 Jul 2014
Father Elihu WINDER, b. 22 Dec 1832, Marlboro, Stark, Ohio, USA d. 16 Dec 1905, Buck, Hardin, Ohio, USA (Age 72 years) Mother Hope GARWOOD, b. 29 Dec 1838, , Logan, Ohio, USA d. 6 Mar 1919, Buck, Hardin, Ohio, USA (Age 80 years) Marriage 20 Dec 1854 , Hardin, Ohio, USA [1] Family ID F2220 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anna Mae POWELSON, b. 1 Aug 1869, Dudley, Hardin, Ohio, USA d. 25 Aug 1957, Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, USA (Age 88 years) Marriage 5 Jan 1888 Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA [1, 3] Children 1. William Clark WINDER, Jr., b. 14 Dec 1888, Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA d. 14 Jul 1970, Logan, Hocking, Ohio, USA (Age 81 years)2. Starley WINDER, b. 11 Apr 1895, Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA d. 11 Sep 1957, Haviland, Paulding, Ohio, USA (Age 62 years)3. Lucille WINDER, b. 17 Jun 1899, Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA d. 11 Mar 1973, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA (Age 73 years)4. Robert Elihu WINDER, b. 17 Mar 1900, Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA d. Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, USA 5. Richard Carvel WINDER, b. 26 Feb 1902, Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA d. 19 Mar 1972, Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, USA (Age 70 years)6. Marlin WINDER, b. 22 Oct 1903, Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown7. Helen WINDER, b. 26 Jun 1907, Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA d. 15 Feb 1991, Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years)8. Minnie WINDER, b. 18 Sep 1908, Mt. Victory, Hardin, Ohio d. 10 Feb 1998, Dublin, Franklin, Ohio (Age 89 years)Family ID F5200 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Mar 2006
- WILLIAM CLARK WINDER, a prominent citizen of Mt. Victory, Ohio, was born in Hale township, Hardin county, Ohio, April 28, 1868. His father, Elihu Winder, who lived on the old Wilson farm in Hale township, was born in Stark county, Ohio, and died December 16, 1904, at the age of seventy-three years. He [Elihu] was left an orphan when a small child, and with his two brothers and three sisters was reared by his grandfather, Thomas Bloomfield. Elihu Winder came to Hardin county, Ohio at the age of twenty-one years and worked on a farm for Thomas McCall until his marriage, when he carried on the present farm of his father-in-law, John C. Garwood. In 1884, he settled on the Hampton farm in Dudley township, where he remained until 1901, and in that year located near Kenton, where he carried on farming until his death. He was a member of the United Brethren church of Mt. Victory, but never greatly interested in political matters. Elihu Winder enlisted in Company H, One Hundred Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, under General Sigel. He was with Ferd Kopp and George Ansley, when Boyd was shot between them, at Maryland Heights. He served four months and was mustered out in 1865. Mr. Winder married Hopy Garwood, now living at the age of sixty-seven years, with a daughter in Buck township, Hardin county. Besides William C., the children of Elihu Winder and his wife were Louis W., of Marion, in insurance business; Maud, a music teacher, living in Buck township with her mother; Rebeeca, died at the age of forty-six years; and Rockey, died at the age of thirty years. Mr. Winder has two sisters living, namely: Anna, wife of Thomas Moreland, of Elkhart county, Indiana, and one other. The education of William C. Winder was acquired in his native county and he attended Mt. Victory schools until sixteen years old. He then helped his father on the farm and remained at home until twenty years of age, when he began learning the trade of barber, which he has worked at for the past twenty-one years. He is also engaged in the accident, life and fire insurance business, and for the past fifteen years has also worked at paper hanging and decorating work. He is a good workman and skillful in all the work he undertakes. His industry and honesty are well recognized and he is held in high esteem by all who know him. January 5, 1888, Mr. Winder married Anna M. Powelson, born August 1, 1868, daughter of Rob and Susanna Shanks Powelson. Mr. Winder and his wife became parents of children as follows: William C. Jr., born October 14, 1888, a student living at home; Starley, born April 5, 1895; Lucille, June 16, 1898; Robert E., March 26, 1900; Richard Carvel, February 22, 1902; Marlin, February, 1904; Helen, June 26, 1906; and Minnie, September 26, 1908. Mr. Winder and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Mt. Victory and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed through the chairs of the latter; he also served twelve years as record keeper of the K.O.T.M. [Knights of the Maccabees], of which he is a member. Politically he is a Republican, and served as corporation and township clerk eight terms each, or sixteen years.
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Birth - 28 Apr 1868 - Hale, Hardin, Ohio, USA 
cemetery - Hale Cemetery - - Hale, Hardin, Ohio, USA 
Marriage - 5 Jan 1888 - Mount Victory, Hardin, Ohio, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - According to Robert L. Winder (June 2000):
Birth record Hardin County, OH. Marriage Record Hardin County, OH. Personal knowledge of death date. Worked as barber all his working life in Mt. Victory, OH. For five years was in partnership with W. McKim, then in partnership with Chase McCall, which partnership lasted some two or three years. Chase McCall then sold out to John Brewer. At that time the barber shop was located east of the bank next to the jail. About 1907 the partnership of Winder and Brewer was dissolved, each continuing in business for himself. All the sons worked in the Winder Barbershop, which became located in 1914 or 1915 in what was later the Pennock Electric Store, and still alter became the Mt. Victory Bar. This was a 4-chair shop.
Wm. C. Sr. also helped form and played trombone and baritone in the Mt. Victory Town Band. Active in the Methodist Church, where he was chairman of the Music Committee. Sang and played for church, and in the Mt. Victory Orchestra. He served as town clerk of Mt. Victory for several years.
According to Robert L. Winder (Sep 2000):
William Clark Winder was born 28 April 1868 in Hardin County, and married Anna Mae Powelson in Mt. Victory, Ohio on 5 January 1888. Anna Mae was the daughter of Robert Alexander Powelson and Susannah Shanks. Robert Powelson married Susanna Shanks McClaren after the death of her first husband, William McClaren. William and Anna Mae lived their entire life as residents of Mt. Victory, Ohio, and both are buried in Hale Cemetery, one mile west of Mt. Victory, as are six of their eight children. [1]
- According to Robert L. Winder (June 2000):
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