72nd Regiment OVI, COMPANY D
TAKEN ILL AT VICKSBERG, MISSISSIPPI
John Wininger , who for many years has been postmaster at Hatton, and is also a prosperous merchant of that village, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, December 2, 1839, the son of Adam and Mary Sheller Wininger,
The father of our subject was a Pennsylvanian by birth, but was a pioneer settler of Seneca County, and, at the time of our subject's birth, was living 1 mile from what is now Fostoria, on the land which is now included in the limits of that city. When he was a child his parents removed to near Berwick, Ohio, where they owned 80 acres of unimproved land. He attended the district schools in the intervals of hard work, and was often prevented from even this scanty amount of schooling on account of high water, which covered the wet, swampy land in this section, near Fostoria.
Mr. Wininger remained on his father's farm until reaching his majority, when he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked at intervals for a number of years. On October 6, 1856, he was married in Fostoria, to miss Sarah Stevens, who was born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Stevens. Two children were born to this union: Laura E., who resides with her father, and Adelia, now Mrs. Earl Dillon, of Seneca County, Ohio.
Mister Wininger began his active life without any assistance, at first renting land near Fostoria, which he farmed until his removal, in the spring of 1873, to a tract of 80 acres of wild land in section 3, Perry Township, for which he paid $1000, a legacy which was left to his wife, about this time aiding him materially in its purchase. No improvements what ever were on this place; but the young man was a worker, and the effects of many days of hard labor were soon noticeable. Each year saw the land increasing in value, but by the time it had reached a high state of cultivation, the incessant work had begun to tell on its owner, and he was compelled to seek some less laborious employment. He concluded to start out in the grocery business at Hatton, but so cautious was he about investing in an enterprise entirely unfamiliar, said he bought at first only about $75 worth of goods, and not until 1885 did he remove his family to Hatton. It was soon necessary, however, to seek other quarters for the transaction of his rapidly growing business, which has proved successful beyond his highest expectations. He now owns a store, the greater part of which he has built, and carries a stock of general merchandise, his trade being an extensive one, both in the immediate vicinity and throughout the Township. He also owns and resides in the finest house in Hatton, and in addition to his farm of 80 acres, which he still carries on, is the owner of other valuable property.
On October 1, 1861, Mister Wininger enlisted in company D, 72nd Regiment OVI, under Captain Neufer, and participated in all the battles in which his company took part until the latter part of June, 1863, when he was taken seriously ill at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was sent to the hospital at Memphis. Later he was transferred to the invalid Corps at St. Louis, where he remained two months; then was sent to Rock Island Illinois, and from there to Washington, D. C., where he was discharged in November, 1864. During the administration of President Arthur, Mister Wininger was appointed postmaster at Hatton, and has retained that office ever since in spite of the changes in political leaders. He is a staunch Republican, and is held a number of minor offices, though in no sense an office seeker. Mister Wininger has had the sorrow of losing his estimable wife, who departed this life August 4, 1892, at Hatton, and was laid to rest in the Cemetery at Fostoria.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 697-8 Contributed by Lavidaloca
TAKEN ILL AT VICKSBERG, MISSISSIPPI
John Wininger , who for many years has been postmaster at Hatton, and is also a prosperous merchant of that village, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, December 2, 1839, the son of Adam and Mary Sheller Wininger,
The father of our subject was a Pennsylvanian by birth, but was a pioneer settler of Seneca County, and, at the time of our subject's birth, was living 1 mile from what is now Fostoria, on the land which is now included in the limits of that city. When he was a child his parents removed to near Berwick, Ohio, where they owned 80 acres of unimproved land. He attended the district schools in the intervals of hard work, and was often prevented from even this scanty amount of schooling on account of high water, which covered the wet, swampy land in this section, near Fostoria.
Mr. Wininger remained on his father's farm until reaching his majority, when he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked at intervals for a number of years. On October 6, 1856, he was married in Fostoria, to miss Sarah Stevens, who was born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Stevens. Two children were born to this union: Laura E., who resides with her father, and Adelia, now Mrs. Earl Dillon, of Seneca County, Ohio.
Mister Wininger began his active life without any assistance, at first renting land near Fostoria, which he farmed until his removal, in the spring of 1873, to a tract of 80 acres of wild land in section 3, Perry Township, for which he paid $1000, a legacy which was left to his wife, about this time aiding him materially in its purchase. No improvements what ever were on this place; but the young man was a worker, and the effects of many days of hard labor were soon noticeable. Each year saw the land increasing in value, but by the time it had reached a high state of cultivation, the incessant work had begun to tell on its owner, and he was compelled to seek some less laborious employment. He concluded to start out in the grocery business at Hatton, but so cautious was he about investing in an enterprise entirely unfamiliar, said he bought at first only about $75 worth of goods, and not until 1885 did he remove his family to Hatton. It was soon necessary, however, to seek other quarters for the transaction of his rapidly growing business, which has proved successful beyond his highest expectations. He now owns a store, the greater part of which he has built, and carries a stock of general merchandise, his trade being an extensive one, both in the immediate vicinity and throughout the Township. He also owns and resides in the finest house in Hatton, and in addition to his farm of 80 acres, which he still carries on, is the owner of other valuable property.
On October 1, 1861, Mister Wininger enlisted in company D, 72nd Regiment OVI, under Captain Neufer, and participated in all the battles in which his company took part until the latter part of June, 1863, when he was taken seriously ill at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was sent to the hospital at Memphis. Later he was transferred to the invalid Corps at St. Louis, where he remained two months; then was sent to Rock Island Illinois, and from there to Washington, D. C., where he was discharged in November, 1864. During the administration of President Arthur, Mister Wininger was appointed postmaster at Hatton, and has retained that office ever since in spite of the changes in political leaders. He is a staunch Republican, and is held a number of minor offices, though in no sense an office seeker. Mister Wininger has had the sorrow of losing his estimable wife, who departed this life August 4, 1892, at Hatton, and was laid to rest in the Cemetery at Fostoria.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 697-8 Contributed by Lavidaloca
72nd Regiment OVI, COMPANY D
TAKEN ILL AT VICKSBERG, MISSISSIPPI
John Wininger , who for many years has been postmaster at Hatton, and is also a prosperous merchant of that village, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, December 2, 1839, the son of Adam and Mary Sheller Wininger,
The father of our subject was a Pennsylvanian by birth, but was a pioneer settler of Seneca County, and, at the time of our subject's birth, was living 1 mile from what is now Fostoria, on the land which is now included in the limits of that city. When he was a child his parents removed to near Berwick, Ohio, where they owned 80 acres of unimproved land. He attended the district schools in the intervals of hard work, and was often prevented from even this scanty amount of schooling on account of high water, which covered the wet, swampy land in this section, near Fostoria.
Mr. Wininger remained on his father's farm until reaching his majority, when he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked at intervals for a number of years. On October 6, 1856, he was married in Fostoria, to miss Sarah Stevens, who was born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Stevens. Two children were born to this union: Laura E., who resides with her father, and Adelia, now Mrs. Earl Dillon, of Seneca County, Ohio.
Mister Wininger began his active life without any assistance, at first renting land near Fostoria, which he farmed until his removal, in the spring of 1873, to a tract of 80 acres of wild land in section 3, Perry Township, for which he paid $1000, a legacy which was left to his wife, about this time aiding him materially in its purchase. No improvements what ever were on this place; but the young man was a worker, and the effects of many days of hard labor were soon noticeable. Each year saw the land increasing in value, but by the time it had reached a high state of cultivation, the incessant work had begun to tell on its owner, and he was compelled to seek some less laborious employment. He concluded to start out in the grocery business at Hatton, but so cautious was he about investing in an enterprise entirely unfamiliar, said he bought at first only about $75 worth of goods, and not until 1885 did he remove his family to Hatton. It was soon necessary, however, to seek other quarters for the transaction of his rapidly growing business, which has proved successful beyond his highest expectations. He now owns a store, the greater part of which he has built, and carries a stock of general merchandise, his trade being an extensive one, both in the immediate vicinity and throughout the Township. He also owns and resides in the finest house in Hatton, and in addition to his farm of 80 acres, which he still carries on, is the owner of other valuable property.
On October 1, 1861, Mister Wininger enlisted in company D, 72nd Regiment OVI, under Captain Neufer, and participated in all the battles in which his company took part until the latter part of June, 1863, when he was taken seriously ill at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was sent to the hospital at Memphis. Later he was transferred to the invalid Corps at St. Louis, where he remained two months; then was sent to Rock Island Illinois, and from there to Washington, D. C., where he was discharged in November, 1864. During the administration of President Arthur, Mister Wininger was appointed postmaster at Hatton, and has retained that office ever since in spite of the changes in political leaders. He is a staunch Republican, and is held a number of minor offices, though in no sense an office seeker. Mister Wininger has had the sorrow of losing his estimable wife, who departed this life August 4, 1892, at Hatton, and was laid to rest in the Cemetery at Fostoria.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 697-8 Contributed by Lavidaloca
TAKEN ILL AT VICKSBERG, MISSISSIPPI
John Wininger , who for many years has been postmaster at Hatton, and is also a prosperous merchant of that village, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, December 2, 1839, the son of Adam and Mary Sheller Wininger,
The father of our subject was a Pennsylvanian by birth, but was a pioneer settler of Seneca County, and, at the time of our subject's birth, was living 1 mile from what is now Fostoria, on the land which is now included in the limits of that city. When he was a child his parents removed to near Berwick, Ohio, where they owned 80 acres of unimproved land. He attended the district schools in the intervals of hard work, and was often prevented from even this scanty amount of schooling on account of high water, which covered the wet, swampy land in this section, near Fostoria.
Mr. Wininger remained on his father's farm until reaching his majority, when he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked at intervals for a number of years. On October 6, 1856, he was married in Fostoria, to miss Sarah Stevens, who was born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Stevens. Two children were born to this union: Laura E., who resides with her father, and Adelia, now Mrs. Earl Dillon, of Seneca County, Ohio.
Mister Wininger began his active life without any assistance, at first renting land near Fostoria, which he farmed until his removal, in the spring of 1873, to a tract of 80 acres of wild land in section 3, Perry Township, for which he paid $1000, a legacy which was left to his wife, about this time aiding him materially in its purchase. No improvements what ever were on this place; but the young man was a worker, and the effects of many days of hard labor were soon noticeable. Each year saw the land increasing in value, but by the time it had reached a high state of cultivation, the incessant work had begun to tell on its owner, and he was compelled to seek some less laborious employment. He concluded to start out in the grocery business at Hatton, but so cautious was he about investing in an enterprise entirely unfamiliar, said he bought at first only about $75 worth of goods, and not until 1885 did he remove his family to Hatton. It was soon necessary, however, to seek other quarters for the transaction of his rapidly growing business, which has proved successful beyond his highest expectations. He now owns a store, the greater part of which he has built, and carries a stock of general merchandise, his trade being an extensive one, both in the immediate vicinity and throughout the Township. He also owns and resides in the finest house in Hatton, and in addition to his farm of 80 acres, which he still carries on, is the owner of other valuable property.
On October 1, 1861, Mister Wininger enlisted in company D, 72nd Regiment OVI, under Captain Neufer, and participated in all the battles in which his company took part until the latter part of June, 1863, when he was taken seriously ill at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was sent to the hospital at Memphis. Later he was transferred to the invalid Corps at St. Louis, where he remained two months; then was sent to Rock Island Illinois, and from there to Washington, D. C., where he was discharged in November, 1864. During the administration of President Arthur, Mister Wininger was appointed postmaster at Hatton, and has retained that office ever since in spite of the changes in political leaders. He is a staunch Republican, and is held a number of minor offices, though in no sense an office seeker. Mister Wininger has had the sorrow of losing his estimable wife, who departed this life August 4, 1892, at Hatton, and was laid to rest in the Cemetery at Fostoria.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 697-8 Contributed by Lavidaloca
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