John George Winters

  General Notes:

Research of James W. Straw -
• Note: Departed for Solomon, KS, 15 Jun 1878.
• Place: Arrived, 15 Aug 1878, Solomon, KS.
• Place, 1908-1920, Kansas City, KS.
• Note: Alive (according to John C Winters survey of 1965), 1923.
• Note. Original birth records in Court House in Strong City burned. Some moved to Cottonwood Falls or Vista Versa. (according to John C Winters survey of 1965)

1850 Liberty, Trumbull County, Ohio
Frederick WINTERS 1813 Germany
Margaret WINTERS1822 Germany
Margaret GROSSINGER 1835 OH
Ann GROSSINGER 1836 OH
Arenna GROSSINGER 1838 OH
John GROSSINGER(1848?) OH
Mary GROSSINGER 1843 OH
Andrew GROSSINGER 1845 OH
Clara E. GROSSINGER 1850 OH

1860 Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio
F WINTER 1811
M WINTER 1811
John WINTER 1841
Andrew WINTER 1845
Charles WINTER 1853
Henry WINTER 1854

1870 Brookfield, Trumbull County, Ohio - all born Ohio
John WINTERS 1840
Jane 1845
William 1863
George 1865
Ella 1868

1880 Ottawa, Ottawa County, KS
J. G. Winters c1841 OH
Jane c1846 OH
William c1863 OH
George c1865 OH
Ella c1867 OH
Liddie c1871 OH
Frederick c1873 OH
Mary c1877 OH
Arthur c1879 KS

1900 Chase County, Kansas
J G WINTERS 1840 OH
Jane 1845 OH
Arthur 188
John 1884
Ernest 1886
Frank 1890
Ada 1888

1910 Wyandotte County, Kansas
John G. Winters1840
Jane G. 1845 PA
John S. 1883
Ernest C. 1885
Frank 1889

1920 Lyons, Rice County, Kansas
John G. WINTERS 1841 OH
Jane 1845 OH


(Transcribed from History of Wyandotte County Kansas and its people ed. and comp. by Perl W. Morgan. Chicago, The Lewis publishing company, 1911)
.... John G. and Jane (Urmson) Winters, the former of whom was likewise born in Ohio, a representative of a pioneer family of German extraction, and the latter of whom was born near Sharon, Pennsylvania, of English lineage. They now maintain their home in Kansas City, Kansas, where the father is living virtually retired, after long years of earnest and effective endeavor in connection with the productive activities of life. He is seventy-one years of age and his wife sixty-seven at the time of this writing, in 1911. The marriage of the parents was solemnized at Hubbard, Trumbull county, Ohio, and in that state the father continued to follow his trade, as an expert blacksmith, until June, 1878, when he removed with his family to Kansas, having been promoted to this action on account of his impaired health. For the first two years he was engaged in farming in the vicinity of Solomon City, Dickinson county, and he then removed to Strong City, Chase county, where he established himself in the general merchandise business. He built up a prosperous enterprise and continued to be identified with the same for a period of about twenty years, after which he resided on a farm in that county about three years. By reason of his advanced age he finally disposed of his farm and in 1904 he established his home in Kansas City, where he has since lived retired, in the enjoyment of the rewards of former years of toil and endeavor. He is a man of sterling character and both he and his wife hold the unqualified esteem of all who know them. He is a stanch supporter of the cause of the Republican party and has been identified with both the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for more than forty years. Of the ten children, seven sons and two daughters are now living.

John married Jane Urmson, daughter of Unknown Urmson and Unknown, on 7 Apr 1862 in Mahoning, Ohio. (Jane Urmson was born on 21 Dec 1845 in Pennsylvania, died after 1923 and was buried in Lyons, Kansas.)