Person:James Winans (2)

Biography

"JAMES J. WINANS, a prominent farmer and sawmill man of Mecca township, Trumbull county, has been identified with the interests of northeastern Ohio all his life.

J.J. Winans was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, February 12, 1838, son of Jacob J. Winans, a native of New Jersey [Pennsylvania], and a veteran of the War of 1812, and a grandson of James Winans, a Revolutionary soldier. James Winans and his wife had four sons and three daughters, the names of the former being Isaac, Henry, Jacob J. and James.

Three of these sons were ministers, and it is a fact worthy of note that Rev. Isaac Winans made the first Abolition speech that was ever delivered in Ohio. He was one of the most prominent pioneer preachers in this State, and died here, at the age of eighty-eight years. Jacob J. Winans married Elizabeth McAdams. He died in Milton, Ohio, in 1839 [1838], aged forty-six years. He left a widow and seven children. Those of this number who are now living are Sarah Thatcher, Oscar, Jane Bemen, and James J. The mother of these children died in 1882 [1881].

J.J. Winans was reared to farm life, and was educated at Poland, Ohio. When the Civil War came on he enlisted, October 18, 1861, in Company E, Second Ohio Cavalry, and served under General Custer until the close of that sanguinary struggle. Mr. Winans had a horse shot from under him at the battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864, where he received severe injury, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered. He entered the service as a private, was in many prominent engagements, was at the surrender at Appomattox and at the grand review at Washington, and when he was honorably discharged at the close of the war it was with the rank of Corporal.

The war over, Mr. Winans returned to Trumbull county, and has since been engaged in farming and sawmilling here. He owns two farms, the total acreage of which is 343 acres. Both farms are well improved with good houses, barns, etc. He is an excellent judge of timber, does his own buying, and for years has carried on an extensive business at the mill. Last year his milling business amounted to $8,000.

In March, 1861, Mr. Winans married Miss Lovira Huntl[e]y, who was born and raised in Bristol, Trumbull county, daughter of Calvin and Julia (Fairchild) Huntl[e]y. Her father, now at the age of eighty years, is a resident of Warren, Ohio. Her mother died in February, 1892, aged seventy-six. They had thirteen children, eleven of whom are now living. Calvin Huntl[e]y and four of his sons were in the Civil War, he being a member of the Sixth Ohio Cavalry. Abel Huntl[e]y, who served on a gunboat, died during the war at Vicksburg. George and Leigh were in the same regiment with their father, and Scott was a member of the Twenty- third Ohio Infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Winans have had eleven children, of whom five sons and four daughters are still living, their names being Sidney, Lou Armstrong, William, Nelson, Bird V., Vernie, Julia, Maud and Tod. James, a railroad employee, was killed in an accident at the age of twenty-two years. Mabel died in infancy.

Mr. Winans affiliates with the Republican party, and is a member of Brook Post, No.2, G.A.R. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Cortland, Ohio. His wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Winans is a man in the prime of life, and his many genial qualities make him a general favorite with all that know him."

Obituary

Warren Daily Tribune
Issue: Sat., 8 Mar 1919, 5:1

James J. Winans

James J. Winans, aged 81 years, a venerable resident of West Market street, yassed <sic> away Friday morning at the home of his son, Oscar N. Winans, following a short illness with the infirmities of age. Mr. Winans was born in Milton township, Mahoning county, Feb. 12, 1838, and went to Mecca when he was twenty years of age with his parents. Twelve years ago he came to Warren to reside with his son at the death of his wife and has remained here since then with the exception of a short time that he returned to Mecca. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served for four years and four months as a member of Co. E, Second Ohio Cavalry and was one of the first members of Bell-Harmon Post of the G.A.R.
He is survived by four sons, William Winans of Greene; Sidney Winans and Oscar Winans [misplaced script here] and a daughter, Mrs. Lewis [Lou] Armstrong of Mecca, seventeen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Services will be held Monday at 11 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Winanse <sic>, when Rev. Frank M. Brown will officiate. The body will be placed in the receiving vault at Oakwood cemetery for the present and later will be taken to West Mecca for interment.

Warren Daily Tribune
Issue: Mon., 10 Mar 1919, 4:3

Services in memory of the late James J. Winans were held today at 11 o'clock at home of his son, Oscar Winans, 112 West Market street, with Rev. Frank M. Brown in charge. Members of Bell-Harmon post of the G.A.R. attended the services in a body, and conducted their ritualistic services at the house. The body was placed in the receiving vault in Oakwood cemetery, until a later date when it will be interred in the cemetery at West Mecca. Musical selections were rendered at the services by Mrs. J.E. Boetticher and Miss Ruby Herbert. Co. E.

1. ↑ J. J. Winans, in Biographical history of northeastern Ohio, embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning: containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States, with a biography of each, together with portraits and biographies of Joshua R. Giddings, Benjamin F. Wade, and a large number of the early settlers and representative families of to-day. (Chicago [Illinois]: Lewis Publishing, 1893)
   p.361, 362.

   See "Biography"

2.   West Mecca Cemetery, in Find A Grave.

   James Jacob Winans

3. ↑ James first appears on the Property Tax List for Mecca Twp (Kirtland Tract) in 1882 after the death of his mother in 1881.