Josiah M. WINDERS

Abt 1828 - 1847  (19 years)

• Name	Josiah M. WINDERS
  Birth	Abt 1828	German, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1830	German, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Federal
  Census	1840	German, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Federal
  Land	, Mascatine, Iowa, USA
  	from post-humous land Warrent act of 1847
  Military	1846	, , , Mexico
  	Capt Quail's Co H, 2nd reg, PA Volunteers
  _UID	13D82B25E8CD4765A4F9BCECBFA7C2FA0377
  Death	13 Sep 1847	, Chapultapec Castle, Mexico , Mexico
  	Cause: bullet to stomach; battle of Gretia Belen and Chapultapic
  Person ID	I23849	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	3 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Samuel WINDERS,   b. 7 Aug 1802, , Bullitt, Kentucky, USA d. 10 Jan 1855, Masontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Margaret BURNSIDE,   b. Abt 1806, , , Pennsylvania, USA d. Germantown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  Marriage	4 Mar 1827	, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F2573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to Deven Lewis (May 2013): «i»Samuel and Margaret's son was the Josiah M. WINDERS who died a hero fighting in the Mexican-American War. His is the subject of that sad account in the Fayette Co PA History about the young man of Mason Town age 19 who took a bullet in his gut exploding his innards as he crossed the road storming the gates that led his regiment to victory in Mexico City. He was one of 16 who volunteered on what was a suicide mission, called by the asking Officer something like the "Forlorn Hope". His body was returned to his family in Fayette Co and was buried but later re-interred at the Presby Church cemetery (the one Samuel was very active in.) He is the one whose letter to (Alexander/Andrew?) SCOTT of Fayette Co PA was published in several historical accounts, in which he described one battle he fought in and also mentioned the admirable qualities and respect he had for Gen'l Winfield SCOTT. I know this Josiah M. WINDERS was the son of Samuel WINDERS because of the land record in which Samuel WINDERS, "Father" and "heir at law of Josiah M WINDERS" sold Josiah's land warrant (for his military service) in 1852/53. His age 19 given in the historical accounts of his having died, fit perfectly as the male child in the 1830 and 1840 censuses. Given that purported sister Rebecca Jane was born 1826, he was therefore, born between 1826 and 1830 to have been "under 5" in the 1830 census. «/i»