Person:Sylvester Van Winkle (1)

Name^[1]^[2]	Dr. Sylvester Van Winkle
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[3]^[2]	7 Jan 1832	German Ridge, Crawford County, Indiana
Marriage	3 Jul 1856	Crawford County, Indiana(his 1st wife) to Mary Ann Johnson
Military^[1]	1864	Served in Co. E, 1st Indiana Inf.mi
Marriage	6 Jan 1877	Perry County, Indiana(his 2nd wife) to Sarah A. Allen
Death^[1]^[2]	19 Oct 1912	Perry County, Indiana
Burial^[2]		Carr Cemetery, Gerald, Perry County, Indiana

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Van Winkle, Daniel. Genealogy of the Van Winkle Family: Account of its Origin and Settlement in This Country . . . 1630-1913; Description of the Village of "Winkel," Holland with Illustrations. (Jersey City, New Jersey: The Author, 1913)
p. 80, 92.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Find A Grave.

Sylvester Van Winkle
↑ Crawford, Indiana, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
p. 70.
Obituary, unknown newspaper.

Dr. Sylvester VanWinkle, is the first doctor mentioned in the early history of the town of Bristow. He was born Jan. 1832, a native of Crawford County, and was the son of Joseph and Mary (Atherton) VanWinkle. He was one of eleven children. He first married, Mary Ann Johnson, and then, Sarah Allen. As a young man he made his home with a relative, Margaret Harding, in Tobin Township. For the last 25 years of his life, he resided near Gatchel. When he died Oct. 1912, he was listed as the oldest doctor in this county. He was 80 years old.