Estate of Marsham Winder

ESTATE OF MARSHAM WINDER

1. Marsham Winder (born c. 1790-1800 per the 1830 census for Harrison Co., IN; died c. 1833). In the 1830 census, Marsham was single, no children, lived in Heath/Heth Township. His estate was probated in Harrison County, IN; partition of the estate for sale of real property occurred in 1842 and names the 8 heirs who are as follows (we have assumed the heirs to be siblings of Marsham):

2. James G. Winders (born Dec. 10, 1794 in PA, died in 12 Apr 1857 in Heath/Heth, Harrison County, IN). James was married first to Ruth Harris on 22 November 1817 in Hardin County, KY, then to Ruth Cahoe on 05 April 1824 in Harrison County, IN. James may be the James Winders found in Meade County, KY in 1830. He is most likely the J.G. Winders found in Heath/Heth Township in Harrison County, IN, in 1840, and the James G. Winders there in 1850 with wife Ruth and children: Clinton and Ruthy. A complete list of children according to researcher Mike Johnston is: Sarah Ellen (by Ruth #1), Jefferson, Eliza Ann, Elizabeth, Mary Louise, Hiram, James Clinton, and Ruth J (by Ruth #2). A descendant of son James Clinton Winders has been DNA tested as a match to the Thomas Winder-Sarah Bull line and a 1 step match to the Samuel Winders-Catherine Jackaway line.

3. Cordelia Winders (born 1801 in KY, died before 1860). Cordelia married William Trotter on 05 Apr 1824 in Harrison County, IN. William Trotter can be found in the 1840 census in Heath/Heth Township, Harrison County, IN, and William and Cordelia are enumerated in 1850 in District 45, Harrison County, IN, with children Hamilton, William, Elizabeth, Ann, Lafayett, and Cordelia. It appears that by the 1860 census, both Cordelia and William had died; 16-year old Cordelia Trotter and 24-year old Elizabeth Trotter are enumerated in the household of Thomas G. and Ann Ballard in Heath/Heth Township, Harrison County, IN, probably Ann being the sister of Cordelia and Elizabeth.

4. Samuel Winders (born Aug. 7, 1802 in KY, died in Fayette Co., PA in 1855). Samuel was married to Margaret Burnside 04 Mar 1827 in Fayette Co., PA; they lived in Masontown (formerly known as Germantown). Children of Samuel and Margaret are believed to be Rebecca Jane, who married John Ross in Fayette Co., PA 10 Feb 1848, and Josiah M., who died in the Mexican-American War.

Death Register, Fayette Co., 1852, part 2
Winders Samuel, white, male, 52y 5m 3d farmer
Father: Samuel

Mother: Rebecca
B: Bullitt Co. Ky, 8-7-1802 d. 1-10-1855 Masontown, Pa.
of Inflammation of brain, C.P. Ch. Buril nr Masontown
Wife: Margaret

G. W. Neff. M.D.

Notes RE Josiah M: Samuel and Margaret's son was the Josiah M. WINDERS who died a hero fighting in the Mexican-American War.  His is the subject of that sad account in the Fayette Co PA History about the young man of Mason Town age 19 who took a bullet in his gut exploding his innards as he crossed the road storming the gates that led his regiment to victory in Mexico City.  He was one of 16 who volunteered on what was a suicide mission, called by the asking Officer something like the "Forlorn Hope".  His body was returned to his family in Fayette Co and was buried but later re-interred at the Presby Church cemetery (the one Samuel was very active in.)  He is the one whose letter to (Alexander/Andrew?) SCOTT of Fayette Co PA was published in several historical accounts, in which he described one battle he fought in and also mentioned the admirable qualities and respect he had for Gen'l Winfield SCOTT.  I know this Josiah M. WINDERS was the son of Samuel WINDERS because of the land record in which Samuel WINDERS, "Father" and "heir at law of Josiah M WINDERS" sold Josiah's land warrant (for his military service) in 1852/53. His age 19 given in the historical accounts of his having died, fit perfectly as the male child in the 1830 and 1840 censuses.  Given that purported sister Rebecca Jane was born 1826, he was therefore, born between 1826 and 1830 to have been "under 5" in the 1830 census.

5. John Winders (John B. Winders born Apr 1815 in KY, died Mar 18, 1873 in Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA). No record has been found for a marriage of John to wife, Caroline, who appears in the census records. John was identified as a “plasterer” in successive tax records and census records for Fayette beginning in 1839; John was found in the 1840 census, Redstone Township, Fayette Co, with a male child under 5, who would be son David C. Winders who died in Milwaukee in 1919. This John Winders appears to be the only John in Fayette, born KY, at the time who could reasonably have been the John appointed guardian to Robert Jackaway Winders – possible half brother - in Fayette County, PA in 1836:

Sept. 1836:

Winders, Samuel, Decd
On the petition of Robert J. Winders, son of Samuel Winders late of Uniontown, deceased, setting
forth that he is a minor above the age of fourteen years, and therefore praying the court to
admist. (?) him to make choice of a guardian, the petition being admitted choses and the court
appoint John Winders guardian of the said minor.

Children of John and Caroline: David, Mary E., Rebecca Jane, Margaret B., Sarah L., Henriette, Martha; with wife Diana: Martha

6. David Winders (unknown) At the time the Marsham estate was distributed, we know heir John Winder had a son, David, but he would not have received a full 1/8^th share, thus it must be a different David. The Davids we know of from our research are James and Elizabeth Grable Winder’s son, David, born 1780-1782, and their grandson, David (son of Daniel and Mary Kennedy Winder), who was born in 1820. From what we know of them, neither could be this David.

7. Elizabeth Winders Colley (born Apr. 6, 1810 in KY, died in Lincoln, Grundy County, MO in 26 Mar 1892). Elizabeth married Peter Colley (born Jan 1808, died 6 Oct. 1879) in Fayette CO., PA, on Jan. 1, 1830. Elizabeth and Peter share the same headstone in the South Evans Cemetery, Lincoln, Grundy County, MO. Elizabeth and Peter were tracked through census records through 1880; they lived in Guernsey Co., OH in 1850-1860, moved to Trenton, Grundy County, MO by 1870, where they are enumerated in the census. In the 1880 census, Elizabeth was found in Lincoln, Grundy Co., MO, widowed, and living with son Aaron. Children of Elizabeth and Peter were: Elihu, Arabella, David, Samuel, William, Aaron, and Mary E. Peter’s grandfather, Peter Colley, lived and died in Redstone Township, Fayette Co., PA – will recorded Mar 30, 1838 - and was married to Hannah Craft, whose parents are said to have been George Craft and “Elizabeth” Grable of Redstone Township; we know our Elizabeth Grable Winder’s parents were Samuel Grable and Hannah Earhart, so we have a conflict of “Elizabeth” Grables. Per Robert’s manuscript, a George Kroft/Kraft/Craft was indentured to Samuel Grable, Elizabeth’s father (I have found supporting data - http://elements.fay-west.com/pdf/fayette/40.pdf). Two of the Craft daughters married Hibbs men who may have a connection to Ruth Hibbs who married James and Elizabeth Grable Winder’s grandson, Samuel Winder (son of Daniel Winder and Mary Kennedy) in Hancock Co., OH in 1830 and later moved to Wapello, Louisa Co., Iowa.

8. Polly Mary Winders Dunlap (born 1812 in KY, died in Trenton, Grundy County, MO, Nov 6, 1900). Mary married James Dunlap (born Dec 18, 1800, PA) c. 1835, however no marriage record could be found for Mary and James. They can be found in the 1840 and 1850 census in Flushing, Belmont Co., OH; in 1850 James is noted as being born in PA in 1810. The family is enumerated on the same page as the households of a Hugh Dunlap and a Samuel Dunlap. Children with Mary and James in 1850 are: Margaret, Rebecca, Susannah, Samuel, Eliza and William. They are still in Flushing in 1860, with Mary’s birthplace/year noted as Kentucky, 1815, and child James has been added. Sometime between 1860 and 1865, Mary and James moved to Trenton, Grundy County, MO, where James died on Nov. 2, 1865 – he and Mary are both buried in the Old City Cemetery in Trenton. Mary is enumerated in the 1870 census in Trenton with children Rebecca, Samuel, William, Mary, and James. In the 1880 census, she is still living in Trenton and is noted as “widowed”’; in the 1900 census, son William is still living with her in Trenton. The census record states she was age 88, born KY, July 1811, mother of 8 children, 5 still living, father born PA, mother born KY. That Mary and James had been married in Fayette County, PA, is conjecture and based largely on James having claimed to be born in PA and the probability of Mary having married in Fayette as did sister, Elizabeth, brother Samuel and brother John. However, the Rootsweb tree (removed in 2010) of the late Michael Heskett, indicated that James Dunlap, born 19 Dec 1809, married to Mary “Winters”, was the son of William Dunlap and Margaret Rankin of Fayette Co., PA. His list of the children of James was: Margaret J., Rebecca A., Samuel, Susannah Wells, Eliza M, William, Mary Melissa and James P. The “Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio”, which contains a biographical sketch of James’ brother, Samuel, indicates Samuel had moved into Belmont Co., OH c. 1837. This suggests that the Samuel Dunlap found in Belmont Co. on the same page with James in the 1850 census was James’ brother.

9. Rebecca Winders (born c. 1816 in KY) Rebecca is believed to be the Rebecca Winders who married Frederick Ripperdan in Harrison County, IN on 21 Oct 1834. Rebecca and Frederick are enumerated in the 1840 census, Heath/Heth Township, Harrison County, IN, as “Ripuden”. In the 1850 census, District 45, Harrison County, IN, Rebecca is reflected as Rebecca B. Winders, and children with she and Frederick are Sarah A, Mary C, Rebecca E and John H. In the 1860 census, the family is enumerated in Washington, Harrison County, IN, with Rebecca’s birthplace appearing as “Kentucky”. Rebecca’s whereabouts are unclear after 1870; she may be the Rebecca Ripperdan, widowed in the 1880 census, living in Union, Perry County, Indiana. Note, Rebecca has been identified by some researchers as Marsham’s wife, however, based on the 1830 census record for Marsham, he wasn’t married. Also, the document naming the heirs to receive the 1/8^th shares does not provide any acknowledgement of Rebecca as his widow.