Alfred WINDERS

1823 - 1864  (41 years)

• Name	Alfred WINDERS
  Birth	1823	, , Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	, Greene, Indiana, USA   [1]
  	federal
  Census	1860	Perry, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
  	federal
  Occupation	1860	, Lawrence, Indiana, USA   [2]
  	carpenter
  cemetery	1864	Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia, USA
  	Andersonville National Historical Site
  Military	20 Feb 1864  [3]
  	I company, 120 Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers
  Name	Alford WINDERS  [3]
  Name	Alpheus WINDERS  [4]
  Name	Alphus WINDER  [3]
  _UID	66F64E16339F427393F014517BE0C31E6B69
  Death	21 Aug 1864	Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I15486	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	James WINDERS,   b. Abt 1785, , , Pennsylvania, USA d. 1840, , , Ohio, USA (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Lucinda TAYLOR,   b. 1800, , , New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca Ann GLASS,   b. 1825, , , Ohio, USA d. 1860, Springville, Lawrence, Indiana, USA (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1849	, Vermilion, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Children	1. John A WINDER,   b. 15 Feb 1852, Springville, Lawrence, Indiana, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. George W. WINDERS,   b. 30 Jan 1856, , Vermilion, Illinois, USA d. 6 Nov 1868 (Age 12 years)   3. Mary Jane WINDERS,   b. 13 Aug 1860, , Vermilion, Illinois, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth C. SCHERMERHORN   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Dec 1860	, Vigo, Indiana, USA   [2, 5]
  Children	1. Florence WINDERS,   b. 24 Mar 1862   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2009

  
  

• Notes

  In 1850 census, also in same household Margaret Winder, 18, b. OH From Robert L. Winder, July 2009: Just recently finished reviewing the Civil War pension file for Alfred Winders widow (second wife, Elizabeth C. Schermerhorn) and the minor children of Alfred, 1 from his second marriage to Elizabeth, and 2 from his first marriage, to Rebecca Ann Glass. A certificate from the Clerk of Court, Vermilion County, IL, shows a record of the marriage of Alpheus Winders to Rebecca Ann Glass on the 15th of Nov., 1849. Three children were born to this marriage: John A. Winders, born Feb, 15, 1852 George W. Winders, born Jan. 30, 1856. Died Nov. 6, 1868, in accordance with his brother John's affidavit in the pension file. Mary Jane Winders, born Aug. 13, 1860 John A. Winders swore that his mother, Rebecca Winder died at Springville. Lawrence Co., IN in 1860, and that his mother had three children as above. Alfred Winders married Elizabeth C. Schermerhorn on 27 Dec 1860, in Vigo County, IN. One child born to this marriage - Florence Winders, born 24 Mar 1862. The file also contains affidavits from James M. Winders, brother of Alfred Winders, and Chancey Winders. A Chauncey White is noted as a grandfather of Mary Jane Winder. (?) Alfred Winders was captured in 1864 and died in Andersonville Prison on 21 August 1864 while a prisoner of war, "cause of death not stated". (Research):Summary of www.fold3.com/image/#296717767: Elizabeth C. Winders of Laurence County, Indiana says (after 'swearing on her oath') that she is the late widow of Alfred Winders [the writer probably means 'she is the widow of the late Alfred Winders, but anyway...] who was a private in Co. I, 120th Regt Ind Vols Infantry and is now a pensioner on certificate No. 80664 and she says on her oath that the reason Mary J. Winders the daughter of Alfred Winders deceased was not addopped [sic] with Florence the daughter of the deceased in her pension certificate [is that] she [Mary J Winders] was not a member of her family at the time of her [Elizabeth C Winders'] application for pension [because at that time] she was bound to her grand father Chauncey White, now deceased... The file also contains a long explanation (boiling down to: the clerk screwed up) of why on Alfred Winders' first marriage certificate his name is given as Alpheus Winders. According that marriage certificate (a copy of which is in the file), he (Alfred, actually, although he's named as Alpheus) married a lady named Rebecca Ann Glass in Vermilion County, Illinois on 15 November 1849. Then there's another deposition that gives the names of the children from that marriage and their birth dates: John A. Winders b. 15 Feb 1852, George H. Winders b. 30 Jan 1856, and Mary J. Winders b. 13 Aug 1860. George Winder died 6 Nov 1868. And then there's one from Alfred's brother Joshua, who was 70 when he made is disposition in Tecumseh (Vigo Co), Indiana on 13 Apr 1895 that confirms that Alfred wasn't in military or naval service prior to being mustered into the 120th Regt of Indiana Inf Volunteers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S435] 1850 Federal Census, Greene Co, IN. [S440] Stephen J. Stalcup, Stalcup, (http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sjstalcup&id=I08251), Sep 2003 (Reliability: 3). [S715] Ruth Ann Boyles, Apr 2007 (Reliability: 3). [S442] Pam Miller, (www.my-ged.com), Sep 2000 (Reliability: 3). [S97] Robert L. Winder, (Letters and email exchanged 1997-present), July 2009 (Reliability: 3).