Cache County UT Archives Biographies.....Winn, W. L. 1866 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

BISHOP W. L. WINN.

    The activities of W. L. Winn, of Smithfield, have contributed to the
material and moral development of Cache county. For a considerable period he was
closely and prominently connected with ranching interests and throughout his
life he has been an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. He was born in Smithfield in 1866, a son of Thomas G. and Elizabeth
(Nelson) Winn. The father, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Utah In 1849. The
mother, a native of Denmark, arrived in this state in 1855. Thomas G. Winn
settled at Lehi, where he engaged in farming until the spring of 1860 and then
removed to Smithfield, where he also followed agricultural pursuits until his
death, taking active part in the development of this section of the state. He
was a son of John Winn, a native of New York, who in 1833 was baptized into the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Oliver Cowdry at Kirtland, Ohio,
and came with his son, Thomas G., to Utah, aiding In the settlement and
colonization of this state. He filled the office of constable for twenty years
and was the builder of the public road from Smithfield to Logan. He also served
as captain of the Minutemen and participated in various skirmishes with the
Indians. His death occurred May 10, 1903.

    W. L. Winn of this review obtained his education in the public schools of
Smithfield and in the Brigham Young College of Logan, from which he was
graduated in 1885. He then took up the occupation of general farming, to which
he had been reared, having early become familiar with the best methods of
tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He made further arrangements for
having a home of his own by his marriage on the 14th of November, 1888, to Miss
Edith Weeks, a daughter of David and Hannah (Riches) Weeks, who were natives of
England. Her father came to Utah in 1852 and settled in Lehi, while in 1860 he
removed to Smithfield, where he followed farming. Mr. and Mrs. Winn became the
parents of twelve children, of whom eleven are yet living, namely: William P.,
Wallace W., George T., David G., Milton P., Glenn R., Parley N., Edith Stella,
Leonard, Elva, and Blanche. Wesley, the seventh in order of birth, is deceased.

    Mr. Winn and his sons own and operate four hundred and eighty acres of land,
of which two hundred and forty acres are under irrigation, while the balance is
devoted to dry farming. They plant about fifty acres to beets, which in 1918
produced a crop of nine hundred tons. The sons William F., David G. and Glenn R.
are all graduates of the Brigham Young College of Logan and thus were accorded
liberal educational advantages to qualify them for life's practical and
responsible duties.

    Deeply interested in community affairs, Mr. Winn served as city councilman
from 1896 to 1898, was city marshal from 1902 until 1904 and was for two years a
school trustee. In the work of the church he has also been untiring and was
superintendent of Sunday schools for six years, or from May 5, 1900, until
November 11, 1906. He was then ordained bishop of Smithfield, second ward, and
so continued until March 1, 1919. In 1898-99 he filled a mission to the northern
states and he was also called to fill a mission in the Logan Temple. In 1909 his
son, William F. Winn, was sent on a mission to the Friendly Islands, leaving on
the 25th of November, 1909, and there laboring for four years, returning on the
1st of March, 1915. Mr. Winn's earnest purpose has enabled him to make valuable
contribution to the material, political and moral progress of his community.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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