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Hiram WINDERS

Hiram WINDERS

Male 1836 - 1910  (74 years)


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  • Name Hiram WINDERS  [1] 
    Birth 6 Jun 1836  Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Draft Registration 1 Jul 1863  , Ogle, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Civil War 
    Census 1865  Pine Creek, Ogle, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Illinois State 
    Census 1870  Highland, Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Federal 
    • Household of Hiram Winters.
    Census 1895  , Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Iowa State 
    article 21 May 1896  Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Oelwein Register 
    • Mr. Winders an uncle of J.M. Winders and a staunch democrat, being on his way to the state convention in Dubuque, stopped off here between trains Monday to visit his nephew and look over a
      live town. He resides near Tama.
    article 26 Aug 1898  , Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    A History of Tama County, Iowa, Vol I, by J.R. Caldwell 
    • The old settlers met August 26, 1898 at Oak Park, Tama. Prof C.E. Locke, superintendent of the Tama public schools, offered the invocation. Mayor S.C. Huber of Tama welcomed the old settlers. President Rogers responded. Music was rendered by a large chorus led by Mrs J.L. Bracken. Col. John Scott delivered the annual address upon the subject "From 1850 to 1865." He referred to the fact that in 1850 there were eight residents in Tama county. Careful inquiry developed the fact that they were the families of Anthony and William Wilkinson who were settled on a farm in Salt Creek township. These lands have been entered upon government warrants given in recognition of Anthony Wilkinson's valiant service in the Mexican war. Colonel Scott was captured with Anthony Wilkinson in 1847 by greasers and confined in a Mexican jail. He first came to Tama county in 1854 and was sheltered in Wilkinson's cabin. From there he went to Butlerville, one of whose citizens was a Butler. At that time lands were selling in Toledo for $5, $8, $12 and maybe $13 per acre, but there was nothing but land and stakes. A sawmill was in operation. He was entertained at the home of Amos B. Hancox, afterward known as the Barlow place. Hancox was a member of the 38th Iowa Infantry. He entered land on that trip in Tama county and afterward he sent an intelligent colored man with his wife and eleven children to farm the land near the Hancox place. This colored man's name was Anthony Waller. His son, John L. Waller, afterward represented the United States at Madagascar. He also referred to what had been done: that there are nine bridges over the Iowa river in Tama county and 800 other bridges in the county; a county home worth $40,000; a court house worth $45,000; a jail worth $10,000. Col. B.W. Wilson of Chelsea spoke in the afternoon. He first saw Tama county when deer ran across the present site of Tama and when the timber was full of skunks and raccoons. He had to go to Iowa City for flour and there were no bridges. Travel was with oxen. Horses were too expensive. There were no railroads nor telegraph lines. Miss Mame Ramsdell recited a poem entitled 'Old Settlers' written by John Ramsdell, one of the early pioneers of the county. L.F. Hammitt, Amos Rogers, W.F. Eshbaugh, G.M. Fee and Hiram Winders addressed the assembly.

      Uncle Hiram said "he was too cute to be an old settler. He preferred to wait until a lot of bridges had been built and other expensive luxuries secured with other people's money. He came to Tama county in 1868." [He had earlier, ca. 1858, migrated to Ogle Co, Illinois from Maryalnd]. Jacob Croskrey was in attendance at this meeting. He came to Tama county October 1, 1854, and settled on a farm southwest of Tama, where he lived ever since. His brother W.H. Croskrey came with him. Joseph came the same year.
    Census 1910  Tama, Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Federal 
    1910 US Census Tama IA.jpg    		 1910 US Census Tama IA.jpg
    _UID 5824936C31B74785B1D804A09696E94ABB9C 
    Death 26 Aug 1910  Toledo, Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Burial Toledo, Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I25347  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2023 

    Father George WINDERS,   b. 1800, Beaver Creek, Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1838, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Mother Jane BURNS,   b. 6 Mar 1801, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1876 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 7 Oct 1819  , Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F6652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hetta Maria TICE,   b. 1 Jan 1837, , , Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1927 (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 22 Mar 1860  , Ogle, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Hiram and Hettie Tice Winders    		 Hiram and Hettie Tice Winders
    Children 
     1. Charles Sherwood WINDERS,   b. 25 May 1861, , Ogle, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1933, , Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Lucy J. WINDERS,   b. Abt 1863, , Ogle, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1889, Ireton, Sioux, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     3. Frank WINDERS,   b. 1869, , , Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. William R. WINDERS,   b. Aug 1869, Oregon, Ogle, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1950 (Age 80 years)
     5. Carrie Belle WINDERS,   b. 27 Mar 1871, , Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1964, , Butler, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     6. Walter Samuel WINDERS,   b. 3 Jul 1873, Toledo, Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1963, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     7. Chauncy Chambers WINDERS,   b. 25 Nov 1875, , Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1943 (Age 67 years)
     8. Blanch Maude WINDERS,   b. Nov 1877, , Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Earl Hiram WINDERS,   b. 2 Feb 1880, , Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1966, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     10. Ray L. WINDERS,   b. 29 Dec 1883, Toledo, Tama, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F8872  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jun 1836 - Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Aug 1910 - Toledo, Tama, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Toledo, Tama, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Hiram Winders    		Hiram Winders

    Headstones
    Tombstone of Hiram Winders    		Tombstone of Hiram Winders

  • Notes 
    • According to John H Winder:
      «u»«b»Hiram Winders «/u»«/b» (1836-1910) was born 6 June 1836 in Boonsboro, Washington County and preceded his slightly older cousins in moving to Ogle County by about 10 years, arriving there sometime prior to 1860. In March of 1860 he married «u»Hettie Tice «/u» (born 1 Jan 1837 in Ohio, died 16 Dec 1927, in Toledo, Iowa) and the couple eventually had 6 sons and 3 daughters, whom they raised on the big family farm (720 acres) in Tama County, Iowa, where they moved in 1868. So even before his cousins John and Elias arrived in Illinois, Hiram and his family had moved on further west, to Tama County, Iowa.
      «tab»According to a biographical sketch published in 1910 (A History of Tama County, Iowa, Vol2, edited by J.R. Caldwell), Hiram "worked at wagon making" in Maryland and as a carpenter after he moved to Ogle County, and then moved to Iowa in 1868, becoming a full-time farmer in Highland Township, Tama County (about 150 miles northwest of Ogle County, Illinois.) Hiram died on 26 August 1910 in Toledo (Tama County), Iowa and Hettie died in Toledo on 16 December 1927. [6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S203] Roger Cubs, Nov 2003 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S44] 1880 Federal Census, Highland, Tama Co, IA (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S846] Iowa, Tama, 1910 Federal Census, Tama, IA, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T624, Tama, sheet 8A, dwelling 207 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S976] Barr-Strasburg Family Tree, (ancestry.com), accessed 7 Dec 2013) (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S286] Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899, (Ancestry.com).

    6. [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).


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