BIOS: James L. WINTERS, native of Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 374/5

James L. WINTERS.
James L. Winters, a representative citizen and a prosperous farmer of Lull, is a 
native of Somerset township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, born May 21, 1866.  
His parents, John and Jane (Bowman) Winters, reared a family of seven children, 
the names of the others being as follows: Johanna, who became the wife of James 
Blough; issue: one child, Ira Blough.  Thomas G., unmarried, a printer by trade, 
resides in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  Jacob, proprietor of the Vannear Hotel, of 
Somerset; he married Nora Stein, daughter of John Stein.  Margaret, unmarried, 
resides in Somerset.  Robert, married Fanny Spangler, who bore him four 
children: Melvin, Dianna, Mary and Grace.  Grace, who became the wife of Ernest 
Koontz, a farmer.  John Winters (father) was born in Lancaster county, 
Pennsylvania, was a farmer by occupation, but is now leading a retired life, 
enjoying to the full the consciousness of duties well performed. 
The common schools of Somerset county afforded James L. Winters the means of 
obtaining a practical education, and upon the completion of his studies, at the 
age of seventeen years, he began farming on his own account, and by industry, 
energy and close application has succeeded in providing a comfortable home for 
his family.  He is practical and progressive in his methods, his farm is well 
cultivated and improved, equipped with all the necessary outbuildings, and in 
every way ranks high among the productive farms for which that section of the 
county is noted.  Mr. Winters is a Republican in politics, aiding to the best of 
his ability in the success and welfare of that party. 
On March 5, 1885, Mr. Winters married Susan Kimmell, born July 17, 1862, 
daughter of Daniel and Emmeline Kimmell.  Their children are as follows: Jacob 
O., born August 19, 1886; John B., February 20, 1887; and Lilllian P., October 
3, 1898.