Life History

Notes

• In the 1860 census, in the same area, Mary Ann is not in the family.  Two more children are reported.  She must have died after the birth of the last child here in about 1864,  She may have die din childbirth.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, 31 July, PO Corinth, page 106, Hse/Fam #719
  Stephen Winters 40 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $400 Personal Rptd born Tenn [b abt 1820]
  Monroe Winters 13 F born Tenn [b abt 1847]
  Nancy Winters 11 F born Tenn [b abt 1849]
  William Winters 9 F born Tenn [b abt 1851]
  John Winters 6 F born Tenn [b abt 1854]
  
  In the 1870 census for this family, the child matching William is named Thomas.  Thomas's father Stephen has remarried.  There are three new children named Winter also, the oldest being age 23, older than Stephen's daughter Elizabeth (Nancy).  Susan and the two youngest, Bell and Amelia F, may be Ellen's children from a previous marriage to a man also named Winter.  Ellen was born in Alabama, whereas Mary Ann Conley was born in Tennessee.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas, 19 November, Precinct 3, PO Whitesboro, page 40, Hse Fam #278, Fam #283
  Winter, Stephen Head F W 50 Farmer $3000 Real Estate $500 Personal b Tennessee [b abt 1820]
  Winter, Ellen 45 F W Keeping House b Alabama [b abt 1825]
  Winter, Susan 23 F W born Arkansas [b abt 1847]
  Winter, Elizabeth 21 F W 8 born Tennessee [b abt 1849]
  Winter, Thomas 20 M W born Mississippi Attended School [b abt 1850]
  Winter, John 16 M W born Mississippi Attended School [b abt 1854]
  Winter, Bell F W 15 born Tennessee Attended School [b abt 1855]
  Winter, Amelia F  F W 13 born Tennessee Attended School [b abt 1857]
  
  1880 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas, 1 July, Whitesboro, District 7, page 44, Hse/Fam #406
  Winter, William T  W M 28 Laborer Married MS TN TN [b abt 1852]
  Winter, Mary J  W F 24 Wife Keeping House Married AR TN TN [abt 1856]
  Conrad, Robert L  W M 3 Son Single TX AR TN [b abt 1877]
  Conrad, William C  W M 1 Son Single TX AR TN [b abt 1879]
  Riddle, McMurry  W M 24 Brother-in-law Had typhoid fever AR TN TN [b abt 1866]
  Riddle, Rufus L A  W M 12 Brother-in-law Single AR TN TN [b abt 1868]

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Tishomingo County, Mississippi
  • 31 July, PO Corinth, page 106, Hse/Fam #719
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas
  • 19 November, Precinct 3, PO Whitesboro, page 40, Hse Fam #278, Fam #283
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas
  • 1 July, Whitesboro, District 7, page 44, Hse/Fam #406