CHARLES W. WINNE

WINNE

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/22/2020 at 15:27:42

CHARLES W. WINNE, of the firm of Frederick & Winne, dealers in agricultural implements at Corning, was born in 1830, a son of Jacob and Ida Winne, natives of New York. His father, a mason by trade, moved into Pennsylvania and remained there until his death. Mr. Winne remained in that State until 1854, was engaged in milling in Wisconsin until 1861, and then enlisted in Company D, Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and saw four years of hard service; was with Grant at Vicksburg, and later at Natchez and Meridian, and with Sherman on his grand march to the sea, and finally took part in the grand review at Washington. He was never struck by a Rebel bullet and was never absent from his regiment.

After the war he followed farming for a number of years; in 1879 he came to Iowa, and in 1890 moved to Corning, forming his present business relation. He is one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the State, having joined the order in 1854; is also a member of the G. A. R., and he attends worship at the Congregational Church.