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- Elihu Winder
Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
02 May 1864 Priv 31
Served Ohio
Enlisted H Co. 135th Inf Reg. OH Mustered Out on 01 September 1864
Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
According to Robert L. Winder (June 2000):
Elihu Winder was born 22 Dec 1832 in Marlboro Twp, Stark County, OH, the son of Caleb G. Winder and Margaret Bloomfield Winder. His father died when he was only 8 years old, and his mother when he was 10. In 1850 he was listed in the census in the household of his uncle, Lewis Bloomfield, in Portage County, OH. Probably came to Hardin County, OH in 1851 with his older brother, James, and his sister, Susan. James and his wife went back to Stark County, OH. Elihu, and perhaps Susan, stayed with their aunt and uncle, Thomas and Judith Bloomfield McCall, who lived in Hale Township, Hardin County. Elihu worked as a farmer all his life. He may have worked as a hired hand for John Clark Garwood, whose daughter, Hope (Hopy) he married. He later moved to Dudley Twp and then to Buck Twp in Hardin County, where he died in 1905. He served in the Civil War in Co E, 135th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He held pension certificate #827576. His widow, Hopy, filed Jan 15, 1906 and received pension under certificate #608334. Hopy was born 29 Dec 1838 in Logan County, OH, and died 6 Mar 1919 in Buck Twp, Hardin County, OH.
Elihu enlisted 2 May 1864 for 100 days, and was discharged 1 Sep 1864 at Camp Chase, OH upon expiration of this term. His discharge states that he was born in Stark County, OH, is 31 years of age, 5"7 1/2" tall, has hazel eyes and black hair, and was a farmer upon enlistment. He farmed the John Clark Garwood farm from about 1854 to 1864, when he settled on "the Hampton farm" in Dudley twp. In 1901 he gave up active farming and located in Buck Twp, Hardin County, near Kenton, OH. Pension application witnessed by Philander Jones, who also married into the Garwood family. Elihu gave his living children, as of 4 Jun 1898 as Lewis, born 9 May 1957; William Clark, born 28 Apr 1868; and Ida Maude, born 31 Mar 1876. Two other daughters, Rebecca Winder, born 15 Sep 1854, evidently died before 4 Jun 1898. She moved to Missouri as the sife of Philip G. Johnson, and died there. Rachel Winder, born 1860, married Samuel S. McClaren, and moved to Alabama, where Samuel was in the lumber business. She apparently died before 4 Jun 1898, also.
He was a member of the United Brethren Church of Mt. Victory.
Hope's application for widow's pension stated that her income was "nothing" and said that the three acres she lived on was worth about $1200 and would rent for $100 per year. She stated that she and Elihu were married 20 Dec 1854, and that there was no personal property. Hopy's application witnessed by G.T. Albright and Maud Albright, her daugher and son-in-law. File contains affidavit from R.A. Powelson attesting to Elihu's good character, etc.
According to Robert L. Winder (Aug 2000):
Elihu Winder was born 22 December 1832, in Stark County, Ohio, by his account. This agrees with other information as to when his parents left Pennsylvania, and then later oved int Portage County. After his father's death, in the 1850 census, we find Elihu , age 18, occupation laborer, living with his uncle, Lewis M. Bloomfield, in Randolph Township, Portage County, Ohio. He moved later in 1850 to Hardin County, probably in company with his two older brothers, James and Warren. Their aunt and uncle, Thomas and Judith Bloomfield McCall, had moved to Hale Township, Hardin County, Ohio in the latter part of the 1840's, and quite probably suggested that their nephews should come there to seek their livelihood. Judith Bloomfield McCall was the younger sister of Margaret Bloomfield Winder. Nest door to the McCalls was the farm of John Clark Garwood. There Elihu met and married Hopy Garwood, John Clark Garwood's daughter. The young couple were married 20 December 1854, in accordance with the official marriage records of Hardin County. In the census records for both 1860 and 1870 Elihu, Hopy, and their children were listed in the household of John Clark Garwood in Hale Township, Hardin County. Elihu first bought land in Hale Township in 1856, when he acquired 40 acres in survey 10004 from Thomas Jones. .In 1875 he acquired 50 more acres in Survey 10019 from Henry G. Johnson and Philip G. Johnson. All the land in Hardin County that lay south of the Scioto River had been included in the Virginia Military Grant, and the original surveys within that grant were laid out by "metes and bounds" as they were surveyed for allocation to Virginia's Revolutionary War veterans. This was in contrast to most of Ohio, which was spoken of (at least near the Virginia Land Grants) as "Congress lands", which were originally surveyed by the rectangular system of "Ranges and Township", which was instituted by the acts organizing the sale of public lands in The Northwest Territory At some later date (1902) Elihu and Hopey Winder moved to a small farm in Buck Township, about two miles south of Kenton, where Elihu died in 1905. Elihu served in Company H of the 135th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He enlisted 2 May 1864 and was discharged 1 September 1864, which was the term of service. Elihu filed his pension application in 1892, application #1033827, and received his pension under certificate #827576. He stated that he had begun having "heart trouble" in 1882, and that he had also been afflicted with lumbago, which began in 1883.
Elihu and Hopy Garwood Winder became the parents of six children, even though most records will show only five of them. Before their marriage there were twin daughters born on 18 September 1854, named Rebecca and Amey. In August of 1977 the compiler found in the Pioneer Cemetery in Mt. Victory, Ohio, a broken grave marker on which was this inscription: "Amey, daut. of H & E Winder, died Oct. 3, 1854, aged 16 days". From this inscription, it seems apparent that Amey was a twin of Rebecca, who survived and grew to maturity. Rebecca married Philip G. Johnson, a neighbor farm boy, on 29 February 1872 in Hardin County, OH. Philip G. Johnson was the son of Henry G. Johnson and Martha Smith. Based on the affidavit in Elihu's pension record, Rebecca died prior to 1898. Her last known address was LaPlata, MO
According to "The History of Hardin County, Ohio. containing. . .etc." Published Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. 1883, page 948.
ELIHU WINDER, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born in Stark County. Ohio, December 22, 1832. He is a son of Caleb and Margaret Winder, natives of Pennsylvania. They moved to Ohio in 1820, settling, in Stark County; front 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, December 2l, 1853, to Miss Hopy Garwood. She was born in Logan County, Ohio, December 29, 1838, and came 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 mother 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., William C. and Ida M. Mrs. Winder is a member of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Winder is a farmer, and started in life with a purchase of forty acres of land, which he sold, buying fifty acres. which he also disposed of and then bought one-half of the old borne farm of his father, where he has since resided.
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1832 - 1905 (72 years)
