BIO:  William H. Winemiller, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Hopewell Township, Pg 117

WILLIAM H. WINEMILLER, son of Joseph and Mary (Souder) Winemiller, of Hopewell 
Township, was born November 13, 1834.  His grandfather, Jacob Winemiller, was the 
third son of one Winemiller who it is supposed came from Switzerland and located 
in Hopewell Township, and who owned about 1,200 acres of land.  The father was 
engage in farming and milling in Hopewell Township and died in 1861, leaving five 
children, of whom William H. is the third.  He was reared on the homestead, 
educated at the public schools and studied veterinary surgery.  He practiced for 
six years at Shrewsbury Station, but in 1874 he returned to the homestead, which 
he had inherited from his father, and commenced farming, which he has followed 
since in connection with veterinary surgery.  In 1860 he was married to Rebecca 
Ziegler, daughter of Peter Ziegler, Hopewell Township, and has eight children:  
Edward P. (a teacher in the public schools of Harford County, Md.), Mary A., 
Joseph G., Calvin D., Eva J., Oran F., Oscar M. and Raleigh W.  Mr. Winemiller 
enlisted in the late war in the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, in the fall of 1863, and was discharged in the spring of 1864.  He 
and members of his wife’s family belong to the Presbyterian Church at 
Stewartstown.