Dr. William Andrew WINDER

Abt 1829 - 1903  (74 years)

• Name	William Andrew WINDER  [1]
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	Abt 1829	, Somerset, Maryland, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	14 May 1861  [3]
  	Civil War
  	Regular Army 3rd Light Artillery. Mustered out 18 Oct 1866.
  Census	1870	San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
  	federal
  	alone in household!
  Voter Register	1870	San Diego, San Diego, California, USA   [4]
  Voter Register	1880	San Diego, San Diego, California, USA   [4]
  Voter Register	1894	, Mendocino, California, USA   [4]
  Death	5 Mar 1903	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [5]
  cemetery	7 Mar 1903	Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA   [6]
  	Proprietors Cemetery
  obituary	7 Mar 1903	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
  	Omaha World Herald
  	ONE OF THE PATHFINDERS DIES AT THE MILLARD Dr. William A. Winder, Indian Fighter and Friend of the Red Man, Dead. Brother-in-Law of Admiral Dewey and Father of a Battleship Commander Dr. William A. Winder, veteran Indian fighter, scout, traveler and gentleman, who has many times won medals and trophies of gallantry, and whose acquaintance over the west for the past forty years has included all the prominent men of his time, is dead at the Millard hotel. He was a brother-in-law of Admiral Dewey. The death of Dr. William A. Winder of Rosebud, South Dakota, removes from the west one of the most interesting individuals and lovable of characters. For a long time he has been alloting agent for the government in South Dakota. It was largely through his influence, and such men as his old friend, Colonel Charles P. Jordan of Rosebud, that the Indians of the northwest were made to feel that they had an interest in the country in which they lived. He was always kind to the redmen, yet stern, and these two characteristics caused him to be respected wherever known. Dr. Winder was the descendant of a celebrated military family. The earliest progenitor of which there is record was John Winder, who served as an officer in the colonial army in 1665. The father of Dr. Winder was John Henry Winder, a lieutenant colonel in the United States service, who resigned at the beginning of the civil war to accept a commission in the confederate army and who became a brigadier general soon afterward. A brother of the doctor, John C. Winder, was a major in the conferate service, so that as a captain in the union army Dr. Winder was fighting against a cause which had been espoused by a majority of the members of his own family. As a young man, Dr. Winder was a lieutenant of artillery in the Mexican war and was promoted for gallantry to the position of captain. His first trip to California began with a disaster off Cape Hatteras, when the steamer San Francisco, on which he had taken passage, was wrecked. In the work of rescue he displayed such devotion and bravery that he was given a vote of thanks by the legislature of Maryland. During the civil war, Captin Winder resigned and took up the study of medicine. For a number of years he practiced his profession in Southern California. In 1894 he was appointed allotting agent for the Indians and remained in that position until his death. His first work in this capacity was at Cavello in Northern California. Seven years ago he was sent to the Rosebud agency where he remained until forced to come to Omaha for treatment ten months ago. Dr. Winder's son, William, is captain of the United States ship Michigan, stationed at Erie, Pa., at the present time. The captain has been notified of his father's death, as has Admiral Dewey and other relatives and friends, who will be at Portsmouth when the body of the doctor arrives. At the time of his death, from a lingering malady, there was with the doctor Charles Reiter, who has been with him as confidential man and assistant for over twelve years; also a trained nurse. The remains of Dr. Winder will be taken to Portsmouth probably today. During his stay in the city at the Millard and Henshaw hotels the doctor was frequently visited by his comrades of the Loyal Legion, by General Bates and other prominent men. With him at the time of his death were Charles Reiter, Miss Louisa Kay of the Clarkson hospital, who had attended him during his long illness, and Dr. Lee Van Camp. Dr. E. J. De Bell, post trader at Rosebud, and a close friend, was notified of the doctor's death and he will come to Omaha at once. He is expected to arrive Saturday evening. The funeral arrangements will then be made. A beautiful wreath was taken to the hotel Friday morning at the request of C. P. Jordan, also post trader at Rosebud, and whose history recently appeared in the World-Herald.
  obituary	7 Mar 1903	Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, USA
  	Ottumwa Daily Courier
  	CAPTAIN WINDER DIES Omaha, March 7.--Capt. Wm. A. Winder, one of the most prominent government officials in the west is dead at the age of 80. He was a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, and for eighteen months had been the allotting agent of the land department.
  _UID	F44D1F2F767E4D80A39D672A17014050C91A
  Person ID	I13640	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Brig.-Gen. John Henry WINDER,   b. 21 Feb 1800, Rewastico, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 8 Feb 1865, Florence, Darlington, South Carolina, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth SHEPERD   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	12 Feb 1823  [1]
  Family ID	F4736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abby R. G. GOODWIN,   b. 1828   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	24 Dec 1850	Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA   [7]
  Children	1. William WINDER,   b. 1854, , , New Hampshire, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  obituary - Ottumwa Daily Courier - 7 Mar 1903 - Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  On the web at "Of Battlefields and Bibliophiles" http://obab.blogspot.com/2007/11/just-quick-follow-up-to-my-last-blog.html, posted 2007: Just a quick follow-up to my last blog entry, in which I mentioned how Captain William A. Winder, commanding the Civil War-era garrison on Alcatraz island in San Francisco Bay, raised hackles among our British allies by firing a shot across the bow of their Pacific fleet flagship. That incident blew over with an exchange of brusque communiques, and the rest of Winder's Alcatraz command remained uneventful, until 1864, when he got a hankering to document his island fortress in a series of detailed photographs. ... That nearly did it for Captain Winder. He was the grandson of a prominent American general in the War of 1812, and the son of a distinguished Mexican War veteran. But that all changed in 1861. The fact that his father, John H. Winder, had resigned his U.S. commission, ultimately becoming a Major General in the Confederate army in charge of all POW camps east of the Mississippi\emdash and a pariah in the northern press\emdash cast a dark cloud over the loyalties of the young captain. It didn't help that Captain Winder was now distributing detailed photos of the lynchpin in the San Francisco Bay defenses. Must have seemed like a good idea at the time. Irvin McDowell, then commanding the department, defended Captain Winder, assuring Washington that the young officer was motivated by pride in his command, rather than in any effort to aid the enemy. Still, a humiliated Winder resigned his command at Alcatraz and transferred to the sleepy post at San Jose, at the south end of San Francisco Bay.

  
  

• Sources

  [S72] Christine Thacker, Descendants of John Winder posted on Winder website (Reliability: 3). [S125] Matthew M. Wise, Littleton Heritage, (Wentworth, West Columbia, SC 1997), Pg. 348 (Reliability: 3). [S815] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. [S983] California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898, (\i ancestry.com\i0 .). [S814] New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949. [S985] New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947, (\i ancestry.com\i0 .), (accessed 16 Dec 2013). (Reliability: 3). [S984] New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947.