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John Samuel WINDERS

Male 1855 - 1896  (40 years)

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  • Name John Samuel WINDERS  [1
    Birth 5 Jun 1855  , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Wilson, Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    federal 
    _UID 2E7FA1EBF09D476095677C801FD97F775390 
    Death Mar 1896  , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Cause: Lynching 
    Person ID I8221  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2014 

    Father John H. WINDERS,   b. 27 Jun 1825, , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1917, Allegre, Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Lydia Margaret Emmaline New MCCOLPIN,   b. 2 Nov 1830, , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1892, , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1852  , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F6450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Melissa Roxanna DAVIS,   b. 18 Jan 1855   d. 14 Aug 1930 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 25 Oct 1878  , Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Samuel Sylvester WINDERS,   b. 27 Oct 1879, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1959, , , Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Walter Seymore WINDERS,   b. 16 Jul 1887, , Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1966, Evarts, Harlan, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F6602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2006 

    Family 2 Mattie A. BEARDEN,   b. Aug 1867, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1883  [2
    Family ID F6603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2006 

    Family 3 Martha Alice KIRKMAN,   b. 21 Aug 1867, , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1952, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 8 Jun 1885  Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Z. WINDERS,   b. 23 Jun 1887, , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1965, , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     2. Cephus Lee WINDERS,   b. 16 May 1889, , Todd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1916, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     3. James Harvey WINDERS,   b. 13 Dec 1890, , Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1951, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     4. Mary WINDERS,   b. 1892, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Emily Alice WINDERS,   b. 8 Jun 1893, , Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1965, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     6. Homer WINDERS,   b. 11 Sep 1894, , Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1974, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F6604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Jun 1855 - , Todd, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Lynching - Mar 1896 - , Todd, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • LYNCHING IN TODD
      JOHN S WINDERS HANGED IN WILDCAT HOLLOW
      His Body Found Suspended In the Woods
      A Week Ago news Not Received for Several Days
      A rumor that John S. Winders had been lynched by white caps, or had committed suicide, in Todd county, reached this city last Friday, but not till the next day could any reliable information be received. Winders was a tough character and such reports have been circulated about him before, which turned out to be false. This time his career has really been cut short. He was taken out of his house Friday night, the 14th insst, by unknown parties. Not until last Tuesday, four days later, was it known what had become of him, when his dead body was found hanging in the woods, the locality is in the northern portion of Todd county next to Muhlenberg, thirty miles from here and remote from news center. The district is called "Wildcat Hollow" and Winders has been a terror to the whole neighborhood. He was warned to leave on account of beating his wife and for other misdeeds and failing to go the more rigorous course of lynching him seems to have been adopted. It is not likely that the perpetrators will ever be known. A reliable party brought the news to this city Saturday and he says the people are showing no concern about the lynching, but that there is a general feeling of relief that Winders is out of the way. He was well known in the police court of this city and has done service in the work house for painting the town red and for general lawlessness when here on occasional trips. The first report, taken from the Fairview Review, was that he might have committed suicide, but the facts were as set forth above. No steps have been taken by either the Todd county or State authorities to ferret out the facts in regard to his taking off.
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      Hopkinsville Kentuckian March 1896

      From his granddaughter-in-law, Leisa:
      We know from stories told by Samuel that his mother took him and his brother and left John S. He followed her and told her if she didnt let him have the boys he would kill them (the boys). She let them go and went on to remarry. Samuel said when he was about 9 or so he and his brother left their father and step mother and never went back, they worked on farms slept along fence post whatever to survive, he said his father was the meaniest man he had ever known. That is accurate considering the way John S. met his end!! Well that is the info I have at this time. I've also been in contact with a young man that says his grandfather was the son of John S. and Martha Kirkman, named James Harvey Winders born Dec 13, 1890. we've not been able to find hardly any info on Samuel we believe he used many first names and were told he had been married like 6 times till he married my father in laws mother.

  • Sources 
    1. [S222] Ann Kaiser Wallis, Sep 2004 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S223] Martha Smith, Sep 2001 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S274] Eva W. Stinson, Todd County, Kentucky Marriages 1820-1879, (Bowling Green, KY 1985).

    4. [S247] Johnny D. Walker, Jun 2002 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S354] Broderbund Software, FTM CD#2 Marriage Index: IL, IN, KY, OH, TN 1720-1926.


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