BIO:  William L. Winter, 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 L. WINTER, son of John and Mary (Gibbs) Winter, of Stewartstown, Penn., 
was born January 1, 1848, and was reared in Stewartstown.  At the age of fifteen 
years he enlisted in the Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was discharged at 
the close of the war at Lynchburg, Va.  He was engaged in the battles of the 
Wilderness, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Five Forks and others.  At the close of 
the war he returned to Stewartstown and began learning the trade of blacksmithing 
with Thomas Cole, at the carshops of Glen Rock, and in 1874 engaged in business 
for himself in coach-making and general blacksmithing.  He held the office of 
assessor for two terms, and in the spring of 1884 was elected justice of the 
peace for Stewartstown.  He is the only Republican ever elected in that town.  In 
1869 he was married to Lily Keesey, of Chanceford, daughter of Jacob Keesey, Esq.  
They have four children:  Annetta B., Mary M., Minnie M. and Charles.  Mr. Winter 
is a member of E. B. Morrison Post No. 387, G. A. R., of Stewartstown.  Mrs. 
Winter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Stewartstown.