Samuel Wesley WINDERS

1854 - 1940  (85 years)

• Name	Samuel Wesley WINDERS
  Birth	4 Feb 1854	Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
  	Federal
  Census	1930	Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
  	federal
  cemetery	Jan 1940	Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
  Death	1 Jan 1940	Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
  obituary	6 Jan 1940	Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
  	Sycamore True Republican
  	DEATH CLAIMS S. W. WINDERS Former Local Man is Called. HERE FOR 42 YEARS Genial, Good Nalured Pioneer-Merchant Retires 22 Years Ago and Spends Old Age in Santa Barbara, California. Samuel Wesley Winders, for many years a popular resident of Sycamore as well as merchant of this city, died in his home at Santa Barbara, Calif., on New Years Day. Death followed an illness of three months. He retired from business 22 years ago, after a career here that extended to 42 years. The son of John and Lydia Winders, he was born in Hagerstown, Md., February 4, 1854. He lived in Hagerstown until he was 15 years old, then resided in Dixon, moving from that place to Sycamore when a young man, and embarking in business here. Begins Long Career He first entered business on Somonauk street, in a building long since torn down, and which stood on the west end of the Strain building. Later he occupied the building he owned at the time of his death, now occupied by the Seeaneye, and later moved across the street to a building which also is a part of the present Strain store. On his retirement from business, he sold to Bryan & Lund. Mr. Winders was a pioneer Sycamore business man. He brought many new ideas into that business. He conducted a fruit store and a bakery here, and at one time was the owner of an ice house. Natural ice was a usable commodity and readily saleable in the days before artificial ice and the home refrigeration plants. When "Sam" Winders left Sycamore, his action was regretted by many who liked his genial and good natured ways.He took a pride in Sycamore and was in all ways an estimable citizen. Mr. Winders also operated a fruit and vegetable farm south of town in connection with his store. When the son Ray Winders finished his high school course in Sycamore, the family moved to Urbana, where the son entered the University of Illinois, and the father operated a fruit store there for a time. Took Pride in Home However, he felt that he should retire, having heard the voice of California calling. He moved to Santa Barbara, and at 1917 San Pascual street built a home where he spent his declining years. He took great pride in the building and grounds of this home. The lawn was beautifully landscaped, and was tended to by him with meticulous care. He was married in 1877 to Miss Jennie Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Johnson, early Sycamore settlers. She was bom in 1859, and died 16 years ago. Mr. Winders was a busy man throughout the time he lived in Sycamore, tending to his business and seeing that his family got every advantage he could give them. He belonged to no lodges, but was a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Winders has made several visits here since making his residence in the west, and friends marveled at his hale and hearty appearance, and were ever so glad to see that the western state had evidently been an auspicious climate in which to spend the years after his retirement from active business. The decedent had been in a coma for the past six weeks, the end of his earthly pilgrimage of his four score and almost six years coming peacefully at the last. Daughter Survives Of his most immediate family, there survives one daughter, Mrs. Bess Winders Laskey and her daughter, Ruthrae Laskey, as well as a grandson and a granddaughter, aged eight and seven years, children of Ray Winders, S. W. Winder's son. Ray Winders died at his home in Cleveland in December. Mr. Winders was a member of a large family, four brothers and two sisters surviving. They are: Harry Winders, San Jose, Calif.; D. E. Winders, Sycamore; Mrs. Katherine Shuler, Sterling, Ill.; Frank Winders, St. Paul, Minn.; Charles Winders, Polo, Ill., and Mrs. B. F. Barhhizer, Polo, Ill. Funeral services and burial rites were held in Santa Barbara on Wednesday, January 3.
  _UID	1062E1BC96CD4700BDAB603DCA650B261ECE
  Person ID	I24081	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	John WINDERS,   b. Dec 1825, , , Maryland, USA d. 29 Jul 1900, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Lydia Ann SHOOP,   b. Abt 1832, , , Maryland, USA d. 25 Dec 1899 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1848	, Washington, Maryland, USA
  Family ID	F8508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Caroline JOHNSON,   b. 7 Aug 1850, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA d. 21 Apr 1922, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1878	Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Frank Rae WINDERS,   b. 20 Jun 1881, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA d. 17 Dec 1939, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 58 years)   2. Bess W WINDERS,   b. 17 Dec 1883, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA d. 18 Apr 1944 (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F8895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Caroline,   b. Abt 1860, , , Illinois, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Feb 1854 - Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA Marriage - 5 Dec 1878 - Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA Census - Federal - 1880 - Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA obituary - Sycamore True Republican - 6 Jan 1940 - Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  According to John H Winder: Samuel Wesley«u»«b» «/u»«/b» Winders (1854-1940) was born 4 February 1854 in Washington County, MD making him about 15 the summer he emigrated with his family to Ogle County, Illinois. He married «u»Jane Caroline 'Jennie' Johnson «/u» (1859-1922) on 5 December 1878; she was variously known as 'Carrie J. Johnson' (marriage license from DeKalb County), 'Clara J. Johnson' (1860 census), 'Jennie C. Winders' (1920 census, grave stone) and «u»'Jane Winders' «/u» (1921 Santa Barbara City Directory). The couple resided in Sycamore, Illinois (DeKalb County) until around 1918, when they retired to Santa Barbara, California. Samuel was a baker's apprentice as early as age 16 (1870 census), a confectionery baker by the time of the 1880 census, and a wholesale grocer in 1900. In 1910 he was listed as a 'farmer', even though he was living in Ward 2 of Sycamore city (probably because he still ran a farm to supply some of the products needed in his fruit and vegetable store/restaurant) and in 1920 he was named a 'retired merchant' in the census. Samuel died 1 Jan 1940 in Santa Barbara, aged 85; Carrie/Jennie died 19 April 1922, and they are both buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery, California (Carrie under the name "Jennie C. Winders"). [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1017] Winder, John Hancestry.com, Winders from Washington County, Maryland Who Emigrated to Ogle County, Illinois, (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~annieron/Winder/Library/Ogle.htm), ) (Reliability: 3).