Lavina Elizabeth WINDERS

1852 - 1915  (63 years)

• Name	Lavina Elizabeth WINDERS  [1]
  Birth	21 May 1852	, , Illinois, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  cemetery	Wellston, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA
  Name	Lovina WINDERS  [2]
  _UID	41FCEC1B1AB646D08B276964F620C370F232
  Death	6 Jun 1915	Wellston, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA
  Burial	Y  [3]
  Person ID	I17411	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	14 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Andrew Jackson WINDERS,   b. 17 Apr 1827, , , Virginia, USA d. 6 Feb 1910, , Ralls, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jonathan SWINFORD,   b. 6 Jun 1852   d. 5 Nov 1914 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1876	, Ralls, Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F6231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2006

  
  

• Notes

  From: "cgould" Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 6:19 PM Source: OKLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com [snip]> To the Swinford and Lincoln County, OK, lists: Need help with Jonathan SWINFORD, born 6 June 1852, died 5 November 1914 and buried in Wellston, Oklahoma. Married Lavina (or Lovina) Elizabeth WINDERS, born 21 May 1852. Had several children. Three known names are Della Mae, Charles E. and Roy Daniel. Jonathan's brother, James SWINFORD, was a private with Porter's Missouri. He died 25 January, 1863, at Alton, Illinois where he was a prisoner. He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery there. [snip] From: Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 2:16 AM Source: SWINFORD-L@rootsweb.com http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/igQBAEB/119 Lavina Elizabeth WINDERS married Jonathan SWINFORD in Ralls Co, Missouri circa 1876. She may have been his second wife; in fact most probably was as there children in census that were not born to Lavina. They had nine children: Andrew Floyd John Calvin Bird Gracie Ethel Della Mae Charles E. Roy Daniel Jonathan was born 6 June, 1852 in Tennessee. He died 5 Nov. 1914 in OKlahoma. His tombstone shows the name Ionothan. (Old style spelling.) It is possible than Jonathan had a brother named James. If any of this rings a bell, please let me know. Thanks so much for your help, Carolyne Author: Carolyne Gould http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/igQBAEB/119.1.1.1.1 Date: 3 Oct 2001 8:40 PM GMT Jonathan SWINFORD and Lavina WINDERS are my great-grandparents. I descend from Della Mae. I have information from another researcher that says Andrew Jackson Swinford was the father of Lavina, who was Andrew's daughter from his first marriage (name of wife unknown). Andrew later married Delilah NESTLERODE. That is somewhat confirmed by family stories that Lavina's brothers and sisters were only half-brothers, etc. There are inconsistancies. Bear in mind please, that I am going on memory in this post. My info is stored on Zip disks and my Zip drive died the other day...I've been gathering and restoring what I can manually. In some census data, Lavina says she was born in Indiana and that both her parents were born there, too. But in another census, Andrew states he was born in Kentucky...and told the census takers that Lavina was born in Illinois. Jonathan and Lavina are buried in the Wellston Cemetery, Wellston, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. I have photos of the graves somewhere. There are some other Swinfords buried there, including one tombstone that says "Grandma Swinford." Since this cannot be Lavina, (who has her own tombstone which shows first name as "Lovina"), then Grandma Swinford is most likely Jonathan's mother. If you want to correspond directly, let me know. Carolyne

  
  

• Sources

  [S558] Carolyne Gould. [S219] 1860 Federal Census, St. Clair Co, MO. [S559] Carolyne Gould, Carolyne's Family Circle, (worldconnect), Oct 2004 (Reliability: 3).