John Melvin WINDER

1911 - 1920  (9 years)

• Name	John Melvin WINDER  [1]
  Birth	1911  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 May 1920	Dayton, Columbia, Washington, USA
  	Cause: Automobile accident
  cemetery	21 May 1920	Dayton, Columbia, Washington, USA
  	Dayton Cemetery
  _UID	29F3310E8B0D40A89B5D78C846217DB1A8ED
  Burial	Dayton, Columbia, Washington, USA
  Person ID	I17723	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Francis Cleveland WINDER,   b. 26 Jun 1888, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, USA d. 25 Oct 1953, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Leona VAN BLARICOM,   b. 26 Sep 1895, Vernonia, Columbia, Oregon, USA d. 31 Dec 1947, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1910	Dayton, Columbia, Washington, USA
  Family ID	F7412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Tombstone of John Melvin Winder

  
  

• Notes

  Newspaper, Dayton, Columbia Co, WA 22 May 1920 (transcribed by Liz Carson): Run Over by the Bartell Machine Through No Fault of Driver Wednesday evening about 6 o'clock a fatal auto accident occurred on upper Fourth street when Melvin Winder, 9-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Frank Winder lost his life by being run over by a car driven by Mr. Gus Bartell. The circumstances connected with the sad occurrence appear to be that Mrs. Bartell was driving the car slowly along Fourth street near the corner of Parson street, when three or four boys ran across the street in front of the car, and the driver stopped the car. The boys all got across but the Winder boy turned back and stood with his hands in the air facing the car. Mrs. Bartell had thrown in the clutch again and the car started forward. The fender or lamp bracket struck him and the car passed over him. His skull was fractured. Mrs. Bartell again stopped the car picked up the boy and carried him into the Ralph Harper home and Dr. MacLacklan summoned. The doctor arrived just before he died, about 20 minutes after he was struck. Mr. and Mrs. Winder have now lost two children by accident. One was drowned in the mill race several years ago, and now the only other memaining one has been killed. Several autoists interviewed have stated that for some time boys in that neighborhood have been in the habit of running across the street in front of autos, sometimes even lying down on the road until the car is close to them, when they jump out of the way. No blame can be given to Mrs. Bartell, who is almost distracted at the unfortunate occurrence in which she was a participant.

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] 1920 Federal Soundex Index, WA.