Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Winsor, Clarence Ray 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Winsor, Clarence Ray – If every farming section of the country showed as good 
condition as Grundy County, the cost of living would be materially reduced. 
This locality is producing a large amount of food stuffs owing to the 
progressive spirit of its agriculturalists, and among them one worthy of 
special note is Clarence Ray Winsor of Norman Township. Mr. Winsor was born in 
Norman Township, November 19, 1885, son of John and Sarah (Putt) Winsor, and 
grandson of Thomas and Martha Winsor and John Putt, the grandparents on both 
sides coming from England, while the parents were natives of Saratoga 
Township, Grundy County, Ill. John Putt located first at Lisbon, Kendall 
County, Ill., but later came to Saratoga Township, Grundy County, Ill., where 
he established himself as a brick and tile manufacturer, but later bought land 
in Norman Township, and operated it until his retirement to Morris, where his 
death occurred.

John Winsor and Sarah Putt were married in Kendall County, but commenced their 
married life on a farm in Norman Township, where Mr. Winsor owned 200 acres. 
He erected the buildings now standing, and further improved the farm, living 
upon it until his death January 9, 1907. His widow only survived him until 
February 3d, of the same year. The children of this excellent couple were: 
Wilbur, who lives at Peabody, Kas.; Guy, who died at the age of one year and 
three months; Leda, who is Mrs. E. B. Reeves, of Norman Township; Clarence 
Ray; and Otto T. and Chester P., who are on the home place.

Clarence Ray Winsor grew up on the farm owned by his father, and alternated 
attending the rural school with agricultural work. When his father died, the 
farm was left to the five living children, and the three younger sons rented 
it for two years, and then bought it, and are now conducting it in 
partnership, and are specializing on Percheron registered horses, Poland-China 
hogs and Shorthorn cattle. Their farm is one of the best known in the 
township, and they are justly numbered among the substantial agriculturalists 
of Grundy County.

On June 21, 1907, Clarence R. Winsor was married to Georgia Aker, born in 
Vienna Township, this county, daughter of James and Cora (Passage) Aker, 
natives of Vienna Township and Wisconsin, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Winsor 
have one son, Gordon Aker, born April 21, 1908, and one daughter, Alice H. Mr. 
Winsor belongs to the Zion Methodist Church, of which he has been trustee 
since 1909. A Republican, he has served as school trustee since 1909. Mrs. 
Winsor was graduated from the Morris High school and taught school for three 
years in Vienna Township prior to her marriage.

Otto T. Winsor, who was born November 17, 1886, was married February 9, 1909, 
to Mabel H. Aker, born in Vienna Township, a sister of Mrs. C. R. Winsor. Mr. 
and Mrs. O. T. Winsor have a daughter, Dorothy E., born September 16, 1910. 
Chester P. Winsor, the youngest of the three Winsor brothers, was born July 
17, 1893.

pages 926-927

Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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