John Samuel WINDERS

1855 - 1896  (40 years)

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

  
  

  Father	John H. WINDERS,   b. 27 Jun 1825, , Todd, Kentucky, USA d. 28 Dec 1917, Allegre, Todd, Kentucky, USA (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Lydia Margaret Emmaline New MCCOLPIN,   b. 2 Nov 1830, , Todd, Kentucky, USA d. 1892, , Todd, Kentucky, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1852	, Todd, Kentucky, USA   [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   [5]
  Children	1. Samuel Sylvester WINDERS,   b. 27 Oct 1879, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA d. 7 Sep 1959, , , Tennessee, USA (Age 79 years)   2. Walter Seymore WINDERS,   b. 16 Jul 1887, , Christian, Kentucky, USA d. 21 Dec 1966, Evarts, Harlan, Kentucky, USA (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 d. 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 d. 27 Feb 1952, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	8 Jun 1885	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
  Children	1. William Z. WINDERS,   b. 23 Jun 1887, , Todd, Kentucky, USA d. 6 Jul 1965, , Todd, Kentucky, USA (Age 78 years)   2. Cephus Lee WINDERS,   b. 16 May 1889, , Todd, Kentucky, USA d. 20 May 1916, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA (Age 27 years)   3. James Harvey WINDERS,   b. 13 Dec 1890, , Christian, Kentucky, USA d. 6 Mar 1951, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA (Age 60 years)   4. Mary WINDERS,   b. 1892, , , Kentucky, USA d. Yes, date unknown   5. Emily Alice WINDERS,   b. 8 Jun 1893, , Christian, Kentucky, USA d. 14 Nov 1965, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA (Age 72 years)   6. Homer WINDERS,   b. 11 Sep 1894, , Christian, Kentucky, USA d. 13 Feb 1974, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F6604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Jun 1855 - , Todd, Kentucky, USA Death - Cause: Lynching - Mar 1896 - , Todd, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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. ================== 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

  [S222] Ann Kaiser Wallis, Sep 2004 (Reliability: 3). [S223] Martha Smith, Sep 2001 (Reliability: 3). [S274] Eva W. Stinson, Todd County, Kentucky Marriages 1820-1879, (Bowling Green, KY 1985). [S247] Johnny D. Walker, Jun 2002 (Reliability: 3). [S354] Broderbund Software, FTM CD#2 Marriage Index: IL, IN, KY, OH, TN 1720-1926.