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Born 1831
From Butterfield, C. W. - The History Of Waukesha County, Wisconsin (WHC, 1880) (1880), Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county (1894)
T. S. WINTON, merchant and Postmaster, Prospect Hill; born Oct. 17, 1831, in Butternuts, Otsego Co., N. Y., son of J. B. and Sarah (Tillson) Winton, both natives of Otsego County, N. Y.; in May, 1840, the parents and four children settled in Waukesha Township, the father building the third log house in that part of the town, Mr. Cluff building the first and M. R. Tillson the second; W. B. Sanford lived with Mr. T. in a bark-roofed shanty, floored and “ doomed" with puncheons; the Wintons also spent several months here, settling then on the farm where J. B. Winton lived, until 1875, at which time he located near Waukesha; his wife died September, 1875, he now resides with a daughter in Iowa. T. S. Winton attained the rudiments of his education, on a slab-seated bench, in the old log schoolhouse, on his father’s farm; engaged in farming in Ashippun, Dodge Co., and in 1866, bought the stock and store of Daniel Church, and was appointed Postmaster the same year; Mr. Winton does a good business and owns two farms. He married, in 1855, Miss Ewily A. Tillson, of his native town; they have three children—Louis Theodora E. and John S.; Arthur M. died when 15 years of age; all the children were born in Ashippun, except the youngest. T.S. Winton is a man who recalls with unusual interest, the scenes and incidents of frontier life; he is a Republican, and has been Town Clerk of New Berlin, and Justice of the Peace in Ashippun.
As printed in Butterfield, C. W. - The History Of Waukesha County, Wisconsin (WHC, 1880) (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
THEODORE S. WINTON, one of New Berlin's most honored pioneers, is a native of Morns, Otsego County, N. Y., born on the 17th of October, 1831. He is a son of Jabez B. and Sarah (Tillson) Winton, and a grandson of Abel Winton, who was a native of Connecticut, and who served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution. On the material side his grandfather, Cephas Tillson, came of old Massachusetts stock; his wife, who bore the maiden name of Hyde, was a native of Massachusetts. The parents of our subject were natives of Otsego County, N. Y., and spent the last years of their lives in Waukesha. The father was born the 3d of October, 1801, and died at the advanced age of eighty'-four years. The mother's birth occurred on the 17th of October, 1804, and her death August 12, 1877.
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The gentleman whose name heads this record was a lad of nine years when he came with his parents to Wisconsin. He was reared on his father's farm, receiving his education in the common schools of Prairieville. In a log schoolhouse, presided over by that much beloved pioneer teacher, Miss Martha Hyde, he received his instruction. A rude fireplace with a stick chimney served to furnish the necessary heat during the winter season, while the furnishings were of the most primitive kind, split logs serving as benches. Dr. Beebe, well known as one of Waukesha's early instructors, also presided over the destinies of himself and classmates. When twenty-four years of age, Mr. Winton left his father's roof to seek his fortune, going subsequently to the town of Ashippun, Dodge County, where on section 15 (school section) he purchased eighty acres of timbered land. During his residence here, he visited the home of his birth, and while in Otsego County met and wedded Miss Emily A. Tillson, their marriage being celebrated on the 19th of November, 1855, at Triangle, Broome County, N. Y. Mrs. Winton was born in Butternut, Otsego County, N. Y., October 20, 1834, and is a daughter of Steven and Maria (Piatt) Tillson, both of whom were natives of Otsego County. She is one of nine children, six daughters and three sons, seven of whom survive and are named as follows:.lane is the widow of Dr. Fox, a ph'sician of Morris, Otsego County, N. Y.; Mary is the wife of E. B. Jackson, station agent at Greene, Chenango County", N. Y., for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad; Emily A. is the next; Plurbe became the wife of J. C. Guthrie, a farmer and stock-raiser of Milford, Dickinson T'ouuty, Iowa; Arvilla wedded C. R. Graham, a business man of Chicago; Laura is the wife of Fred Tillson,of Milwaukee; and Cephas S. is in Dallas, Mo. The father and mother of this family died in Otsego County in 1876, their deaths occur ring within a few days of each other.
Soon after his marriage Mr. Winton returned with his bride to his home in Dodge County, where he continued to reside for ten years. Disposing of his property there, he removed to Sheboygan, Wis., and engaged in the livery business. However, at the end of six months he came to New
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As printed in Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county (1894). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: H. M. Youmans Samuel C. Leavitt (b. 1800)
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