Tipton-Marion County IN Archives Biographies.....Winans, John 1836 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   JOHN WINANS, farmer, owns sixty acres of good land in Section 30, Cicero
Township, Tipton County. He is a native of Harrison County, Ky., and was born
October 18, 1836, and is the son of John Winans. He spent his boyhood days in
Scott County, Ky., and engaged in the distillery business. In 1859, he came to
Indianapolis and began butchering for some time, and in 1865 enlisted in the
United States service in Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served about six months. He then returned to
Indianapolis and worked in a saw mill, and in the fall of 1865 came to Tipton
County, where he worked in a saw mill for some time. He then engaged in farming,
which occupation he has since continued. In November, 1882, he purchased sixty
acres in Section 30, where he still lives. He was married in this county, April
4, 1867, to Miss Caroline M. Clark. They have two children, Oscar C. and Laura
J. Mr. Winans is a Democrat in politics, is an Odd Fellow and a member of the G.
A. R.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.

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