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• Winter, Stephen
  Carter, Mary Ann
  14 February 1842 Blount County, Tennessee, USA
  J. Dyke, Pastor of Unitia Church
  Entry #4005
  --  Marriage License of Bond, Blount County, Tennessee, 1795-1880, p 200
  
  In the 1850 census they were enumerated in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, with two children, Francis age 2 and Nancy age 1, all born in Tennessee.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, 1 October, District 4, page 27B, Hse/Fam #367
  S Winter  30 M Farmer b Tennessee
  Mary Winter 25 F b Tennessee
  Francis Winter 2 M b Tennessee
  Nancy Winter 1 F b Tennessee
  
  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 died in 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 report for Stephen's family, Stephen has a wife named Helen.  Ellen was born in Alabama, whereas Mary Ann Carter was born in Tennessee..
  
  Three new children, also named Winter in this census, appear in the household.  The oldest is Susan, age 23, older than Stephen's daughter Elizabeth (Nancy).  Susan and the two youngest, Bell and Amelia F, are Ellen's children from a previous marriage to Granville Fitzpatrick.  No information has been found on Stephen's adoption of these three Fitzpatrick children.  The enumerator may just have given them their steprfather's name without further enquiry.
  
  The 1880 census indeed confirms that Lucy Belle is Stephen's stepdaughter.  In the 1870 census for this family, the child matching William is named Monroe and Nancy is enumerated under her middle name of Elizabeth..
  
  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]
  
  In 1880, Stephen's children Nancy and William Thomas are living in the next two houses with their own families.  His stepdaughter Belle (enumerated as Lucy B Conrad), is reported with her daughter.  Lucy is reported as Single, though she has a daughterr in the household.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas, 1 July, Whitesboro, District 7, page 44, Hse/Fam #407
  Winter, Stephen W M 60 Laborer Married TN NC NC [b abt 1820]
  Winter, Ellen W F 55 Wife Keeping House Married AL VA TN [abt 1825]
  Conrad, Lucy B  W F 25 Stepdaughter Single AR TN AL [abt 1855]
  Conrad, Lula P  W F 4 Stepgranddau TX IN AR [abt 1876]
  Yeary, Lervy (?) W M 24 Laborer VA VA VA b abt 1856]
  Condry, William T  W M 12 Servant Single VA VA VA b abt 1856]
  
  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 [abt 1877]
  Conrad, William C  W M 1 Son Single TX AR TN [abt 1879]
  Riddle, McMurry  W M 24 Brother-in-law Had typhoid fever AR TN TN b abt 1856]
  Riddle, Rufus L A  W M 12 Brother-in-law Single AR TN TN b abt 1856]
  
  In the names recorded in the Lovin Bible, Steven's wife was not known.
  
  Parents:
  James Henry Lovin b Mar 1st 1869 Holmes Co Miss d June (?) 1949 Weleetka Oklahoma
  Miss M(ary?) A(nn?) Conley b Aug 1st 1874 Grayson Co Tex d Pharoah Okla
  Grandparents:
  B F Lovin b Mar 10 1848 d June 12 1913
  Isabella Wigley b Jan 20 1846 d January 1st 1876
  J R Conley b 1851 5-13th NC d 1916 Aug 29 Cedar Lane Tex
  Miss Nancy Elizabeth Winter b 1849 d 1891 Jan 12 Davis IT
  Great Grandparents:
  Baily C Lovin b 1819 d 1879 Hunt Co Tex
  Martha Morris b 1821 d 1882 Hunt co Tex
  J M Wigley, (Unknown) Pickford
  Jason Conley d Oct 9 1891 IT
  Polly Ann Bryson b 1827 NC d Mar 25 1905 Wetumka IT
  Steve Winter (wife unknown)
  --  From the Lovin Family Bible, Courtesy of the Bowles-Perry Family Tree, Ancestry.com
  
  Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869
  Stephen Winters
  Birthplace Tennessee
  Registry 22 Aug 1867 Grayson County, Precinct 4
  Residence in Texas 6 years, Grayson County 1 year, this precinct 1 year
  Page 384, Line #989
  Texas State Library and Archives, 1867 Voter Registration Lists
  
  Stephen is thought to have been buried in the Old Shiloh Cemetery in Cooke County, Texas.  Many of the markers are gone now.
  
  "Stephen Winter is supposed to have been buried here in February 1896."
  --  Lorene Bartlett, Comment on cemetery photo, Ancestry.com, accessed 24 August 2016
  
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  Old Shiloh Cemetery, Cooke County, Texas
  
  I took a few photos of what's left of Dexter town and of the Old Shiloh Cemetery in Dexter.  He said this cemetery is in really bad shape, overgrown with trees, bushes, etc, the worst he had seen.  The trees are pushing over what stones are there.  There are quite of few graves there, a lot of them only marked with sandstone rocks that have sunken to the point they are getting hard to see.  [The land this cemetery is on is now owned by Jerry Perry.]
  
  The cemetery is located 1 mile north of Dexter on County Road 100.  You take County Road 103 in Dexter to County Road 100 and go east 8/10ths of a mile back east and it's way off the road on the left and not very visible because it's in a grove of trees.
  
  [edited for readability by Orville Boyd Jenkins]
  
  --  Randy Morse, "Old Shiloh Cemetery," Cooke County, Cemeteries of Texas by Gloria B Mayfield, http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/etx/cooke/cemetery/oldshiloh.htm
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Sources

• 1. Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Tishomingo County, Mississippi
  • 1 October, District 4, page 27B, Hse/Fam #367
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Tishomingo County, Mississippi
  • 31 July, PO Corinth, page 106, Hse/Fam #719
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas
  • 19 November, Precinct 3, PO Whitesboro, page 40, Hse Fam #278, Fam #283
• 5. 1880 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas
  • 1 July, Whitesboro, District 7, page 44, Hse/Fam #407
• 6. Ancestry Comments
• 7. Tennessee Marriage Records
• 8. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 9. 1870 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas
  • 18 November, Precinct 3, PO Whitesboro, page 38, Hse Fam #268, Fam #273
• 10. Lovin-Conley Bible
• 11. 1880 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas
  • 1 July, Whitesboro, District 7, page 44, Hse/Fam #405
• 12. 1880 Federal Census, Grayson County, Texas
  • 1 July, Whitesboro, District 7, page 44, Hse/Fam #406