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Subject: [WINN-L] Wynn's in McPherson County, Kansas
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:51:00 EDT


This is in response to a query about John Wynn, b. about 1765, died in 1849
in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, I am sending
the following that might be of interest to others as well. John Wynn is my
ancestor as well. I descended through his son John. I will follow this
with more e-mails with other information that I have gathered that might be
of interest.

The following is quoted from the book called Portrait and Biographical
Records of Dickinson, Salinas, McPherson and Marion Counties, Kansas.,
published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1893. This provides information
indicating that John Wynn lived in New Jersey prior to moving to
Pennsylvania. The John Wynn, born 10 Feb 1797, in this narrative is the son
of John Wynn and if he moved with his parents to Pennsylvania as a small boy,
they probably moved between 1797-1807, just an estimation on my part.

John Wynn

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Chambers S. Wynn
The Federal Building in Marquette, McPherson County, is ably presided over in
its postal department by the gentleman whose name is given above. If honors
should be in proportion to years, that which our subject enjoys is very
appropriate at the hands of the Government, for he is one of the oldest men
of this locality. He was born in Northumberland County, Pa., July 17, 1827,
and is a son of John Wynn, a native of New Jersey, who went to Northumberland
County with his parents when a small boy. There he grew to manhood and
married Miss Elizabeth Snyder.
Our subject's father was a farmer by occupation. He was a hard-working ,
industrious man and passed away from this life in Northumberland County, Pa.
The widow came to McPherson County, where her decease took place. They had a
family of five sons and five daughters, and of this generous number our
subject was the second in order of birth. He was reared in his native county
and there lived until coming to Kansas. As a young man, he engaged in
contracting and building mills of all kinds and in setting up mill-machinery.
Part of the time he devoted to farming, but to no considerable extent.
Mr. Wynn enlisted in the army on the 17th of September, 1864, joining Company
H, of the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He served until the close of the war
and was mustered out at Richmond, Va. In a skirmish on the James River,
December 14, 1864, he was wounded, though not seriously.
On leaving the army, our subject resumed the business in which he had before
engaged. This he carried on very successfully until 1879, and then
discerning a superior opening in Kansas, he came hither, locating at once in
McPherson County. He took up a farm on section 36 of Marquette Township, and
ever since that time he has devoted himself to his farming operations. In
1887, Mr. Wynn removed to the town of Marquette and was appointed Postmaster.
The original of this sketch has always taken a warm interest in educational
matters. He is an intellectual and high-minded gentleman himself, who
delights in developing that which is strong and good in youth. After coming
to Northumberland [sic] County, he was engaged in teaching for two years and
has been a member of the School Board for a number of years. In political
matters, he votes with the Republicans and allows no occasion to pass to
pronounce in an unmistakable way his views and to uphold the principles of
his party.
Mr. Wynn was married in Northumberland County, Pa., December 14, 1851. His
bride was Miss Mary A. Hendershott, a daughter of John and Sarah (Snyder)
Hendershott. Mrs. Wynn was born in the county where she was married February
8, 1830. Of the nine children that have been born of this marriage four died
in infancy. The five remaining ones are Loretta Florence, who is the wife of
E. V. Haas; Alfred, a farmer by occupation; Silas; Clara, who is the wife of
Isaac B. Shriner; and Sallie, who is the wife of B. F. Cooper. Mrs. Mary A.
Wynn died in Marquette in February, 1886. She was a faithful wife and loving
mother and her demise was not only a domestic calamity but a loss to the
matronhood of the locality where she lived. October 7, 1892, Mr. Wynn was
again married this union being with Mrs. Emily Benz. Mr. Wynn is a member of
Marquette Post No. 308, G. A. R., also a member of Anchor Lodge, I. O. O. F,
of Marquette.

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