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- From Past and present of DeKalb County, Illinois, pg 478:
Thomas Jefferson Winders, editor and proprietor of the Malta Record and Creston Observer, was born in Nevada City, Colorado, January 20, 1863, a son of John N. and Susan (Powell) Winders, both of whom were natives of Washington county, Maryland, the former born in 1829 and the latter in 1834. In 1855 the parents came to Illinois, settling in Polo, but after two years removed to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they remained for a year and a half. On the expiration of that period they removed to Nevada City, Colorado. The father was both a civil and mining engineer and he opened and conducted a gold and silver mine, which he owned for some time, later disposing of it to an English syndicate. He remained in Nevada City until 1875 and then removed to Silver Plume, Colorado, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1897. In 1871, Mrs. Winders, accompanied by her little son, returned to Polo, Illinois, and there resided until called to her final rest March 28, 1905, at the age of seventy-two years, four months and ten days.
Mr Winders of this review was educated in the public schools of Polo and in the Northern Illinois College of Fulton, this state. Subsequently he spent one year as a student in the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso. He remained a resident of Polo until 1882, after which his time was divided between Clinton and Chicago until 1894. When the printing office was removed from Crston to Malta Mr. Winders came to the latter place and has since been editor-in-chief of the "Malta Record" and "Creston Observer" and is likewise the owner of the paper. He made this a bright, newsy sheet, well edited and carefully conducted, also from the mechanical and financial standpoints, so that the enterprise is proving a success viewed in every way. In addition to his printing plant and the business connected therewith, Mr. Winders is the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land in Thomas county, Kansas, and a residence in Malta.
On the 15th of July, 1896, in Malta, Mr. Winders was united in marriage to Mrs. Alice Anna Chapell, who was born in Egremont, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, November 3, 1865. Her father, Irwin DeWitt Baldwin, was born in Tyringham, Massachusetts, January 20, 1815, and spent a great many years of his life in Great Barrington, that state, but afterward removed to Egremont, where he built a large furniture factory. He served as state sentator and was very prominent and influential in public life, leaving the impress of his indivuduality for good upon the state legislation and upon public thought and action. He was a most active worker in the ranks of his party, also took a prominent part in church matters and possessed considerable musical talent. He married Clarissa Smith Booth, who was born in Chatham, Columbia county, New York, October 16, 1817, and died at Malta, Illinois, March 9, 1904. Mrs. Baldwin died at Egremont, Massachusetts, on the 20th of APril, 1889.
Mrs. Winders is the youngest of the four children in the Bldwin family and two of the number are now deceased. She was educated in the public and high schools of Massachusetts, completing her education at a private young ladies academy. She studied music under the best German professors and held lucrative posisions as organist in the Congregational the Methodist churches of Berkshire county. She was also leader of a large chorus choir. After coming to Malta, Illinois, she united with the Congregational church and was appointed organist, which position she held for seven years, and she has been clerk of the church for twenty-two years. She is very active in all church work, is a leader in social affairs and a great reader, having a beautiful library in her home. She is a woman of progressive ideas and is possessed of unusal intellect, culture and ability. One the 27th of August, 1884, she became the wife of Clarence E. Chapell, who died March 8, 1893, and three years later she gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Winders.
Mr. Winders is also a member of the COngregational church of Malta and belongs to Creston lodge, No. 328, A.F.& A.M.; to the Knightsof th Globe, No. 152; to the Modern Woodmen camp, No. 217; and to the Mystic Workers, No. 52. He is a stalwart advocate of republican principles, publishes his paper in the interests of that party, and is chairman of the county republican committee. He is serving his second term as justice of the peace. He is an advocate of all that tends to secure reform, progress and improvement in the city and is accorded a foremost position in journalistic ranks in this part of the state. He is also meeting with fiancial success in his venture. He and his wife live in a beautiful home on Main street and are among De Kalb county's best citizens.
According to John H Winder:
«u»«b»Thomas Jefferson Winders «/u»«/b» was born 20 Jan 1863 in Nevadaville, Colorado, but grew up in Ogle County, Illinois, having returned there from Colorado with his mother sometime prior to the 1870 census, which enumerated the two of them living in Polo, in the household of his maternal grandfather, Upton Powell. He attended school in Polo and went on to the Northern Illinois College in Fulton, Illinois and spent a year at Northern Indiana Normal College in Valparaiso. In 1894, after working in Chicago for a few years, he moved to Malta, Illinois, where he became the editor-in-chief and eventual owner of «i»the Malta Record«/i» and «i»Creston Observer«/i». In addition to the printing plant in Malta, he also owned a house there and 320 acres of land in Thomas county, Kansas, according to a biographical sketch published in 'Past and Present of DeKalb County, Volume 2'. Thomas married «u»Mrs. Alice Anna Baldwin Chapell «/u» (b. 3 Nov 1861 in South Egremont, Berkshire county, MA) on 10 July 1896 in Malta. Thomas died on 6 March 1939 in Chicago; Alice had died the previous year, on 8 January 1938 in Malta. They had no children. [6]
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