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- According to Robert L. Winder (Sep 2000):
Moses Winder, born 20 December 1823, died in April 1864. Moses married Margaretta Thornton on 25 December 1844, and six children, five of whom reached maturity, were born of the marriage: Sarah, born 1849, who married Walter Richards Johnson of Bensalem, Bucks County; Anna Louisa, born 4 February 1854, who married Isaac Holborrow Robertson on 6 April 1885; John Ely Winder, born 1857 and died 1866 (?); Aaron Augustus Winder, who was born 15 February 1859, married Jane Slugg on 12 October 1880, and died 5 September 1903.
According to Robert L. Winder (Jul 2008)
Moses Winder and his wife, Margaretta Thornton, were in Middletown, Bucks Co, in 1850. Moses was a farmer, owned real estate valued at $7,600. Margaretta is listed as age 23, daughter Sarah, age 1, all born in PA. Anna Thatcher, 25, and Joseph Rush. 10, were living in the household.
By 1860, Moses and Margaretta had moved to Clinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio. Their youngest son, Augustus A., was born in PA in 1859, so their move to Ohio was after that date. The census lists their children as Sarah, 11; Mary, 9;
Anna, 7; John, 3; and Augustus, 1. They were all born in PA. Living in the household are Joseph Rush, 21; Martin Van Horn, 23; and Joseph Barns, 26. All are listed as farm laborers and were born in PA.
Moses bought 449 acres of land in Vinton County, but on July 15, 1862, that land was sold at sheriff's sale (Vinton County Deed Book 8, page 583). The sale was aksed for by Mary W. Johnson "of Philadelphia" (Moses' older sister), and was bought by Mary W. Johnson. No precise information on date of Moses' death, but he apparently died in Vinton County, Ohio, although no death record could be found for him or for any of his children. Mary Winder Johnson later sold the land to another unrelated party before her death.
Margaretta Winder was still living in McArthur, Ohio in the census of 1870, listed as a 43-year-old housekeeper. Only Anna, 16, and Augustus, 11, were living with her and arrending school.
In the previous information concerning Moses' children, it was stated that his daughter «b»Sarah«/b» married Walter R. Johnson "of Bensalem" . However, the 1880 Census for Bensalem, Bucks County, PA has the following listing:
H/F # 148/152
Johnson, Walter R. WM,28 Farmer b. PA-ENG-PA
Johson, «b»Mary«/b» R. WF,27,wife Keeps hse b. PA-PA-PA
Johnson, Winder L. WM, 2. son b. PA-PA-PA
Winder, Margaret WF,53, boarder b. PA-PA-PA
Winder, Annie L. WF,26,boarder b. PA-PA-PA
Plus two laborers and one servant in the household.
My conclusion is that the marriage info as previously stated was incorrect.
As it is, the marriage of Walter Johnson and either Sarah or Mary Winder
would have been a marriage between first cousins, which is not considered
legal under PA law. Other marriage information previously given can not be borne out by census records, and Walter R. Johnson cannot be identified in any census records beyond 1880!
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