A few nice facts about animals images I found:
Alfred Cain Winters
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Company B, 59th Indiana Infantry and Company A, 13th Indiana Infantry
From Harold F. Winters 6 Jun 1984 (also a grandson of Alfred Cain)
Alfred Cain Winters was born 9 March 1837 in Owen County, Indiana. He was the third child, second son, of Thomas and Elizabeth (Arney) Winters. He had four brothers and four sisters. Not much is known about his boyhood, but no doubt, he shared in the household chores, and, with his four brothers, worked his father's farm as long as he lived at home. He attended the still somewhat primitive schools of rural Indiana. This was at a time when the church was the very center of community life. His father, Thomas, and Uncle Obadiah Winters were preachers and elders in the Bethsaida Christian Church (also called "The Winters Church") from its organization about 1840 until their deaths in 1875 and 1876. No doubt Alfred Cain spoke German, or at least understood it. His mother, born in North Carolina, came from one of the first German families to settle in Owen County. the 1840's and 1850's probably were happy and carefree times for the Winters family.
The 1860's, however, were troubled and often tragic times. Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated 16th President of the United States on March 4, 186`. War "fever" was mounting to great heights in the North because of the bombardment of Fort Sumpter on April 12, 1861. Several Southern States had seceded from the Union. Indiana supplied many soldiers to the Union Army. Many did not return.
There were many "war marriages". Alfred Cain Winters and Sarah J. Horton were married in Clay Co., Ind. 5 Sep 1861. Less than two months later he was in the Union Army. At that time a regiment was recruited from each Congressional District. Alfred Cain enlisted on 1 Nov 1861, as Private, Company B, 59th Indiana Infantry Regiment which was being formed at Gosport in the eastern part of Owen County. The 59th (Noble Rifles) saw action with the Army of the Mississippi. Alfred participated in the various campaigns and battles in which his regiment fought while he was in the service. However, his service was interrupted on 1 Feb 1862, at Gosport, Indiana, by an attack of measles which "settled in my back and shoulders causing kidney disease". He was also treated at No. 2 Marine General Hospital, Evansville, Ind., on 13 Aug 1862, and again at the Marine Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., in the spring of 1863. This did not keep him from his military duties, however. At some time during this service he was advanced to Sergeant of Company B. His son, Calvin Treat, remembered that his father fought in the Battle of Island No. 10, part of the campaign to open the Mississippi River to traffic.
On 3 October 1886, William A. Rogers, 2nd Lieut., Co. B, 59th Regiment, certified that "he knew Sergeant Alfred Winters and that while in the Iine of duty at the New Madrid, Mo., in the spring of 1862, he was subject to great exposure while in the line of duty, often standing waist deep in water and sleeping on the wet ground - contracting rheumatism." He was discharges in Sunflower County, Miss on 28 Mar 1863, and returned to his home in Owen County, Indiana to recuperate.
For 20 months Alfred Cain was reunited with his wife in Indiana. Their first child, Parris E. Winters, was born March 29, 1864. He was not to remain at home for the remainder of the war, however. On 16 Dec 1864, he returned to service in Company A, 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. He was described as 5 ft., 8 in. tall;complexion - dark; eyes - black; hair - black; and, occupation - farmer. He served until honorably discharged at Goldsborough, N. C. on 5 Sep 1865. He again returned home to Johnstown, near Coal City, Owen County, Indiana. Hopefully he arrived before October 15, for on this date his first son died. Almost a year later, on September 3, 1866, his wife, Sarah J., and their infant daughter died. The three graves are to be found in the Winters Cemetery, one mile south of Coal City, Owen County, Indiana.
On September 12, 1867, Alfred Cain Winters and Eliza Ann (nee Fiscus) Winters were married by Allen J. Rose (Owen County Marriage Book 29, p. 367). She had married Obadiah Lycurgus Winters, son of Obadiah Winters, on March 10, 1864 (Alfred C's first cousin), but he died of measles on March 10, 1865, while in the Union Army. Their son, John Nelson Winters, born December 28, 1864, was reared as a child of Alfred Cain. The couple returned to farming in Owen County. Seven of their nine children were born there, three of whom died at less than one year of age. The three infants were buried in the Winters Cemetery near Coal City.
In a letter to the Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C., dated February 2, 1886, Alfred Cain wrote, "In May 1879, I left Ind. and came to Kans., first stayed at Concordia, Staide 6 weeks, and then went to Coffeyville. . . In 1883, in Feb., came to Thayer and have resided in Willson County to the present time, Thayer being my P. O. address." Starting from Owen County, Indiana, in May 1879, the family moved to Kansas in covered wagons, taking their household goods with them and driving their livestock. It is not known just how many were in the caravan, but it probably included the families of Alfred Cain's brothers, Sylvester and Lester Delbert. Calvin Treat remembered the trip even though just over four years of age. He stepped on a yellow jacket while walking barefooted beside their wagon. His brother, John, then picked him up and carried him for several miles.
The exact route the family followed is not known, but they crossed the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Mo. After crossing the state of Missouri, they probably entered Kansas at Kansas City and continued to Concordia, Cloud County (north central part of the State), where their brother William had settled previously. Glasco was William's post office address.
In his letter to the Pension Bureau, Alfred Cain stated that he remained at Concordia for six weeks then continued to Coffeyville, near the Oklahoma border, in Montgomery County Kansas. Just when the family arrived at Coffeyville is not know, but supposedly it was in the fall of 1879, the same year they left Indiana. Probably they engaged in farming there for about three years. By 1883, they had moved one county north to Wilson County.
Although the Winters family lived within Wilson County, Kansas, they were only a few miles west of Thayer in Neosho county. They considered Thayer their town. It was their trade and social center. They were members of the First Christian Church of Thayer. Although not very active in politics, Alfred Cain was a Republican.
Farming in Kansas was on a larger scale than it had been in Indiana. Farms generally were larger, the terrain flatter. More machinery was used, although in the 1880's, it was still horse-drawn. General farming was practiced so as to provide yearlong grain and fodder for the livestock; meat, eggs, flour and vegetables for the family; and, a surplus of any of these for cash sales. Alfred was good with farm animals. He was a "Horse Doctor" of sorts at a time when there were few veterinarians. He was often called upon to doctor neighbors' horses in addition to his own. Probably he was considered a prosperous farmer. About the end of the Century however, he suffered severe financial reverses resulting in loss of the two farms that he owned. I (Harold) seem to remember discussion of a partnership with a brother in grain speculation, but I have no facts.
The 1900 U. S. Census for Chetopa Township, Neosho County, Kansas, shows the family living on a rented farm. The children in the household were: Calvin T (25 yrs.), Frank (21 yrs.), Bessie (18 yrs.-born Kansas), and H Edmond (16 yrs.-born Kansas). The others were born in Indiana. Kisa Mae, who married Clint E. Blouch (or Blough), had died in 1898, and was buried at Thayer. Ora Alice was married to John Cantley and living in her own home. In 1906, Alfred Cain moved the family to Fletcher, Oklahoma, thinking the drier climate would be good for Eliza Ann's health. After Calvin Treat and Christie Myrtle Updike were married on September 28, 1910, they lived with his parents at Fletcher. Eliza Ann died there on December 10, 1911. She was buried at Thayer, Kansas.
From about 1913 until about 1916, Calvin Treat and Christie Myrtle farmed at Nowata, Oklahoma. They moved next to Thayer, Kansas. His father, Alfred Cain, made his home with them during these years and may have shared some aspects of the farming enterprise. After the Marriage of H. Edmond, his youngest son, to Lois Patterson in November 1917. He made his home with them. Together they farmed, first near South Center School, south of Thayer, then at Earlton, Kansas. We lived across the road, beside the South Center School. The most prominent memory I have of this time was the fear of a red Shorthorn bull named "Winfield". He belonged to Grandpa. I am not sure just how dangerous he was. Mamma probably exaggerated his temperament to keep Calvin and me out of his pasture. I remember Grandpa as a gentle, old man. Calvin remembers that he would hold us on his lap while singing the "Cowboys' Lament" (Later called "Streets of Laredo").
Grandma (Eliza Ann) told our Mother that Grandpa often exhibited a stubborn streak. Once when the children were small, a circus came to Thayer. She wanted to take them into town just to see the parade but Grandpa hitched up the team and cultivated corn all day. She also told Mamma that if the "men folks" came in from the fields for dinner (at midday) before it was ready, to just hurriedly set the table and they would not become impatient.
Grandpa remained active almost to the end of his life. In the fall of 1920, when he was 83 years of age, he returned to Owen County, Indiana, for a prolonged visit. In a letter to his daughter, Ora, he lamented the lack of friends there. He had outlived most of them. The next year he visited us briefly at Broken Arrow, OK. I think that it was in the summer of 1922, that he fell from a riding cultivator and was injured. The horses became frightened at a snake and reared back, jolting him from the seat. This was at the farm near Earlton where he had moved with Uncle Ed's Family in 1919. They were living at this location when Grandpa died, July 7, 1923, at the age of 86 years, 3 months and 29 days. He was buried beside his wife at the Thayer, KS, Cemetery.
Written by Harold F. Winters.
Sources:
Civil War Records - National Archives
Family Records and traditions
Clay County, IN records
Owen County, IN records
Major Abraham Owen DAR Chapter
Owen County Indiana Cemetery Listings 725 pp. 1983
James MAXWELL was killed by a fall
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Sacred to the memory of
James MAXWELL
Who was killed by a fall from his horse
at the Wade River
9th April 1857
Aged 27 years
"Boast not thyself of tomorrow
for thou knowest not what it may bring"
Pov.27.1
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Fatal Accident. — Inquest on the Body. — We have to record the death under very painful circumstances, of Mr James Maxwell. The deceased resided at what is cailed Maxwell's Bush about 30 miles from Auckland. On Thursday morning, he left home on horseback to go to Maurice Kellys, a distance of about 12 miles. The same evening his horse returned without a rider, but Mrs. Maxwell did not feel much alarmed, thinking that the animal had broken loose at the Wade. Next day, however, she sent her son, a youth, to the Wade, tor the purpose of enquiring whether his father had left. He was informed that Mr. Maxwell had left about 4 o'clock on the Thursday, that, on leaving, he had tried to jump the horse over something, and been thrown, but that he had immediately re-mounted and galloped off. On returning home with this sad intelligence, the boy was sent to communicate with a neighbour, a Mr. Ralph Osbaldistone, residing about 6 miles off On the following day, Saturday, Mr. Osbaldistone searched for the deceased and about one in the afternoon, found his body on the road, about 400 yards from his own home. The head was doubled under the breast, and the body presented the appearance of having been for some time lifeless. Yesterday, at an inquest held at the William Denny Hotel, before H. J. Andrews, Esq., coroner, and a jury, these facts were deposed to, although the evidence of the lad, owing to his youth, was inadmissable. Dr. Lee also testified to the state of the body, the inference from whose evidence being that the unfortunate man had been thrown from his horse, and been kicked on the head when on the ground. We may add that, although the body was received by the authorities on Sunday, the widow having brought the remains of her husband to town, the inquest was not held till yesterday at 4 o'clock. This delay was caused by a wish on the part of the coroner that the evidence of Mr. Maurice Kelly, who last saw the deceased alive, should have been had at the inquest. The jury returned a verdict of "Found dead ".- The dei-eased, who was a very old settler, leaves a widow and large family to deplore his loss. [1]
From genealogical site:
Mary was born in the village of Straiton, the daughter of a wheelwright, one Peter Stevenson. She went out to work at about age 17 and met and married James Maxwell, a son of the Clan Maxwell. The family did not approve of this marriage, considering that James had married 'beneath his station'.Possibly as a consequence of this disapproval, the young couple joined the first band of migrants organised by Edward Gibbon Wakefield in a commecial emigration venture offering land in New Zealand under attractive terms. These terms involved somewhat questionable land purchases from the Maori, and in the Nelson area shortly afterwards led to conflict between the incoming settlers and the resident tribes. In addition, the terms of the scheme required that intending migrant families should ship with them vital components of the homes they would be building, such as the windows and doors.The reasoning for this became apparent later, for the ship they travelled on, the 'Aurora', was subsequently sent to the Kaipara Harbour north of Auckland, where she picked up Kauri timber for transport to Wellington. Unfortunately, she was lost on the return voyage with the timber no doubt intended for sale to the colonists then learning the craft of building huts of raupo, Maori style.The Maxwells were initially dumped on the beach at Petone, in what is now Wellington's main harbour. It did not take them long to decide that better prospects were likely in Aucxkland, far to the north, so they set off on foot, following Maori paths through heavy bush and scrub, intitially reaching the Wairoa Settlement in the northern Hawkes Bay on the east coast.It is presumed that they stayed there some time, and presumably acquired a small cutter, for it is recorded that when they did arrive in Auckland he sold the vessel to Oreki Paul, at that time paramount chief of the Ngatiwhatua Tribe, for 1900 acres in the upper reaches of Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, at a place now known as Riverhead. There James set himself up as a timber merchant, supplying the then infant town of Auckland with all their timber requirements. James continued with this work until 1856[sic] when he died as a result of a fall from his horse when returning from a business trip in Auckland.This meant Mary was left alone to manage the business with her two eldest boys, but it was very difficult and many of the people who worked for them were a mixed lot, now no longer under the strong hand of James. She married a John Quigley, but after some years they parted company, and eventually Mary moved north to the Hokianga district in Northland, where there was a flourishing timber trade. There she resided near her daughter Annie who had married into the extensive Beazley clan.
References:
[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[2]
www.myrasplace.net/inez/fam00015.htm
