Thomas Woods WINDER

1862 - 1933  (71 years)

• Name	Thomas Woods WINDER  [1]
  Birth	26 Feb 1862	Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  article	1895	Johnstown, Fulton, New York, USA
  	Daily Republican
  	EDITOR TOM WINDER'S WAGER Experts in almost every known sport have developed a craze for establishing records of all sorts in their various lines. Bicyclists have the craze worse than most of the others. The latest sensational effort is that of Tom W. Winder of Warsaw, Ind., who will undertake a bicycle trip around the United States "to decide a bet and establish a record." He is to make the trip in 300 consecutive days, traveling via ciruitous roads a distance estimated at 21,600 miles and is to register at 76 chosen points on his route. Should he accomplish the trip successfully, and he seems to have great confidence in his ability to do so, he will have to travel at an average rate of 72 miles per day. His route will take him through 33 states and territories, and he will visit 2,984 cities, towns and villages, including the registering places. Winder has been editor of the Warsaw Wasp for the past ten years. He has traveled extensively and is a good wheelman, having done considerable rough country riding in mountainous districts. He is a man of slender build, weighing but 120 pounds. He is 32 years of age, is married and has four children. The terms of the wager require him to earn his traveling expenses en route. Time will be allowed him case of illness and for accidents to his machine which require parts to be forwarded from the factory. His outfit will consist of a corduroy suit of clothes, a camera, a sun umbrella and about 50 pounds of baggage. He expects to start from New Orleans on Feb. 4 next, going westward, so that the entire trip can be made during warm weather and enabling him to traverse the great northwestern plains during the early summer, which is the most favorable time. The registering and checking will be in charge of the League of American Wheelmen.
  Census	1900	Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA
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  Census	1910	Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA
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  Census	1920	Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA
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  Census	1930	Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA
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  Death	12 May 1933	Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA
  cemetery	16 May 1933	Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Forest Home Cemetery
  _UID	51A5C7ECC5424347AE4110B07BF0820BE19A
  Person ID	I349	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Caleb B. WINDER,   b. 23 Apr 1828, Lewisburg, Champaign, Ohio, USA d. 30 Jan 1862, Lewisburg, Champaign, Ohio, USA (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Ann Elizabeth WOODS,   b. 4 Apr 1835, of Mechanicsburg, , Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	2 Nov 1854	, Champaign, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret WALSH,   b. 1862, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	30 Jun 1884
  Children	1. Allena WINDER,   b. May 1885, , , Indiana, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. Paul W. WINDER,   b. 1886, , , Indiana, USA d. 1903 (Age 17 years)   3. Dora WINDER,   b. 1887, , , Indiana, USA d. Yes, date unknown   4. Barry WINDER,   b. 1891, , , Indiana, USA d. 1903, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 12 years) + 5. Donald Thomas WINDER,   b. 22 Oct 1894, Indiana d. 18 Sep 1968 (Age 73 years)   6. Florence WINDER,   b. 1900, , , Indiana, USA d. Yes, date unknown   7. Margaret S WINDER,   b. 1905, , , Illinois, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S956] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. [S956] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, accessed 29 Oct 2013). (Reliability: 3).