Person:Willis Winstead (3)

Ottawa County, Kansas, 1870 census:^[2]

Mobley, Richard D. 35 yrs Farmer (real estate = $5,000; personal estate = $1,000) b. Kentucky

      Emma 25 yrs Keeping house b. Illinois

      Mary 76 yrs b. North Carolina

Kimball, W. E. 45 yrs Farmer (real estate = $1,000) b. North Carolina

Dawson, Thomas W. 28 yrs Carpenter (real estate = $1,500) b. Illinois

Moses, George N. 26 yrs Miner (real estate = $200) b. New York

Winstead, Willis W. 26 yrs Farmer (personal estate = $500) b. Tennessee

Laws, William B. 26 yrs Farmer (personal estate = $100) b. Tennessee

Brann, Thomas F. 21 yrs Farmer (personal estate = $300) b. Tennessee

Barton County, Kansas, 1875 state census:^[3]

Winstead, W. W. 32 yrs "Marshall" b. Tennessee (came to Kansas from Tennessee)

Barton County, Kansas, 1880 census:^[4]

Winstead, W. W. 36 yrs [no occupation] b. Tennessee (parents, b. Alabama/Virginia)

      Georgia 23 yrs Wife Keeps house b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Missouri)

      Wirt 9/12 yr Son (b. Aug 1879) b. Kansas (parents, b. Tennessee/Missouri)

      J. M. 26 yrs Brother (single) [no occupation] b. Tennessee (parents, b. Alabama/Virginia)

Weakley County, Tennessee, 1900 census:^[5]

Winstead, W. W. Head 57 yrs (b. Jan 1843) (marr. 22 yrs) b. Tennessee (parents, b. Alabama/Virginia) "Invalid" [no occupation]

      G. E. Wife 45 yrs (b. Feb 1857) (3 children, 3 living) b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky)

      W. W. "Jr" Son 20 yrs (b. Aug 1879) (single) b. Kansas (parents, b. Tennessee/Missouri)

      T. E. Son 18 yrs (b. Aug 1881) b. Kansas (parents, b. Tennessee/Missouri)

      G. M. Son 15 yrs (b. Jul 1884) b. Kansas (parents, b. Tennessee/Missouri)

      Jessie Niece 13 yrs (b. Sep 1886) b. Kansas (parents, b. Tennessee/Illinois)

Barton County, Kansas, 1910 census:^[6]

Winstead, Willis W. Head 67 yrs (marr. 31 yrs) b. Tennessee (parents, b. Alabama/Virginia) Proprietor (Confectionery)

      Georgia Evie Wife 53 yrs (3 children, 2 living) b. Missouri (parents, b. Tennessee/Iowa)

      "Jesse" [f] Niece 23 yrs (single) b. Kansas (parents, b. Tennessee/Iowa) Sales lady (Jewelry story)

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Weakley, Tennessee, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 397A.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Ottawa, Kansas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
   p. 362A, dwelling/family 1/1.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Barton, Kansas, United States. 1875 Kansas State Census
   p. 12.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Barton, Kansas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
   ED 331, p. 39C, dwelling/family ---/153.
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Weakley, Tennessee, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 114, p. 3B, dwelling/family 53/53.
6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Barton, Kansas, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T624)
   ED 19, p. 9B, dwelling/family 24/24.
7.   Biographical history of Barton County, Kansas. (Great Bend, Kan.: Great Bend Tribune, c1912)
   p. 66.

   Willis W. Winstead
   
   There are few men who had more to do with the early history of Barton County, and especially that part of it that has to do with the City of Great Bend. He was the second sheriff of Barton County and filled the office of city marshal of Great Bend at a time when it required a man of strong nerve and a determined nature to deal with the vicious element that made up a part of the town's population. He was born in the little town of Dukedom, Tenn., in 1844, and came to Barton County in 1873. He married Miss Georgia Stone, a daughter of T. L. Stone for whom Stone street was named. She, with her sister, were the first young ladies to arrive in Great Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Winstead were the parents of three children as follows: Wirt W., who died when he was 24 years of age; George M., who for some time was in the jewelry business in Great Bend, but about a year ago moved to Hutchinson and established one of the largest and most complete stocked jewelry stores in this part of the country; Thomas E., who is proprietor of the Duncan Bottling Works in Great Bend. Mrs. Winstead's father ran the old Southern hotel which, when it was first built, was known as the Drover's Cottage, and was the first building on the townsite of Great Bend. At this time Mrs. Winstead was 15 years of age and her two sisters, who are now Mrs. Honnen and Mrs. Crath, were 5 and 13, respectively. Mr. Winstead was deputy marshal for some time and in all his public duties proved himself a man whose nerve enabled him to deal with delicate conditions with forethought and determination. He had to deal with some mighty tough characters during his terms as marshal and sheriff but the evil-doers learned that Mr. Winstead was a man who placed his duty above everything else. He was a kind and considerate father and his death, which occurred a few years ago, caused a great deal of sorrow among his relatives and friends who knew him for a man in every sense of the word.