Benjamin Sailer Winters and Susannah Schoch

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Husband Benjamin Sailer Winters ¹

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           Born: 15 Aug 1817 - New Berlin, Union Co, PA 2
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           Died: 24 Jan 1894 2
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         Father: Daniel Winters (1776-1837) 2
         Mother: Phoebe Sailer (1775-1861) 2

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       Marriage: Abt 1842

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Wife Susannah Schoch ³

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           Born: 11 Mar 1827 4
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           Died: 30 Apr 1891 - New Berlin, Union Co, PA 5
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         Father: Sem Schoch (1805-1887) 6
         Mother: Esther Klose (      -1845) 7

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Children

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1 F Jennie E. Winters ⁵

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2 F Anna E. Winters ⁵

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         Spouse: Jeremiah Maize (      -      ) 5

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3 M Joseph D. Winters ²

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           Born: 19 Oct 1859 - New Berlin, Union Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Margaret Moyer (1860-1891) 5

         Spouse: Carrie M. Derr (1870-      ) 5
           Marr: 15 Mar 1894 5

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Sailer Winters

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Although his parents were poor, he secured a good education, his skill in penmanship being especially worthy of note. For four years he was engaged in teaching, but wages in this calling were at that time too meagre to retain men of ability, and Mr. Winters soon found a more promising opening in mercantile life. During his boyhood he had spent some of his leisure time clerking for John M. Benfer, of New Berlin, and later he was employed by a merchant at Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, and by John D. Bogar and others of New Berlin. With this experience he ventured into business for himself at his native place, as a member of the firm of Bogar & Winters, later Rathfon & Winters, and finally Schoch & Winters. For fifty years he continued this business and then, on March 27, 1886, he retired, although in excellent health. An acquaintance then remarked that he had weighed and measured more goods than any man in New Berlin. In old age he retained much of the vivacity which marked his youth, and the weight of years seemed to have no effect upon his mental faculties; he was always genial in manner and witty in conversation. He was five feet eight inches in height, and weighed 163 pounds, and wore a full beard, fourteen inches long. His constitution was unusually strong, and his first serious illness came with a stroke of paralysis on August 15, 1892, which resulted in his death. For many years he was a consistent member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which he held various offices, and he also served as burgess, councilman and school director. His first vote was cast for William H. Harrison, and he remained a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, of which he became a steadfast supporter. In the words of a friend, "One always knew where Ben Winters stood" in State or National issues. [CBRCP-CCUS, 965]

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 935, 964.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 964.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 935, 965.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 935.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 965.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 877, 934.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 877, 935.