Finis WINDERS

Abt 1838 - 1878  (40 years)

• Name	Finis WINDERS
  Birth	Abt 1838	, Todd, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4A977A55C8F74E6695B13C036B29DDAAC396
  Death	19 Oct 1878	Guthrie, Todd, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  	Cause: Murdered
  Person ID	I18308	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	John WINDERS,   b. 1792, , Duplin, North Carolina, USA d. 1862, , Todd, Kentucky, USA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Jerusha STINNETT,   b. 21 Apr 1810, , , North Carolina, USA d. 25 Nov 1876, , Todd, Kentucky, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1832	, Todd, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F7436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1838 - , Todd, Kentucky, USA Death - Cause: Murdered - 19 Oct 1878 - Guthrie, Todd, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Clarksville Tobacco Leaf, 24 Oct 1878: Winders, Finis Last Saturday night, October 19, 1878, two men, Finis Winders and George Buchanan, met on the St. Louis and Southeastern R. R., above Guthrie, near where the Hadensville and Graysville road crosses the railroad, and an altercation occurred, which resulted in the killing of Winders. The curcumstances, as we learn from the young William Adams, who was with Buchanan at the time of the fight, are as follows: It seems that both men were under the influence of whiskey, and when they met in the dark failed to recognize each other. Buchanan asked Winders who he was, and the reply was, "What business is that of you?, and since you are so inquisitive, who are you?" Other words passed, when Winders threw off his coat and hat saying: "If you want to fight, shed your linen," whereupon they clinched, and Winders went down with Buchanan's knee upon him. Winders, it seems, all this time had known Buchanan, and was simply seeking sport out of him, but when he went down he yelled out his name, and Buchanan at once ceased gouging him, and said: "Why didn't you tell me before who you were, for I might have killed you down there?" They then sat down and took a drink together. In a few minutes Winderrs fell over and was perfectly limber. They thought it was the effects of the whiskey, and after pulling him away from the railroad, left him. Returning from Guthrie, they found him still there, and speechless. Buchanan went on to Mr. Taylor's, where he lived, gave the alarm, and left the country. R. B. Smith, the constable of that neighborhood, was notified, and 'Squire Ben E. Kendall and W. B. Cox proceeded to hold an inquest over the body. Dr. Williams and Dr. Arrington of Guthrie, made a careful post mortem examination and found that some blood vessels had ruptured, causing his death. Following is the verdict of the jury: We, the jury, find that the dead body now before us is that of Finnis Winders of Todd County, Ky., who came to his death from injuries received at the hands of George Buchanan on the night of October 19, 1878. George Buchanan has fled. Signed R. N. Adams, W. F. Adams, J. F. Taylor, Thomas S. Mimms, Henry P. Williams and Nathan Ewing.

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] Johnny D. Walker, Jun 2002 (Reliability: 3). [S274] Eva W. Stinson, Todd County, Kentucky Marriages 1820-1879, (Bowling Green, KY 1985).