John WINSELL farm sold - 1893

WINSELL, FLINT

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/21/2011 at 22:24:32

"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, March 22, 1893
Page 7, Column 5

SOUTH DES MOINES TOWNSHIP, Mar. 21.

The old John WINSELL farm was sold recently to I. T. FLINT. It contained 160 acres and brought $30 per acre.... Mr. WINSELL took possession of this farm as a government claim the spring of 1837 and it is claimed that he was the second actual settler in Jefferson County. He lived here continuously until his death last fall, leaving six children to survive him.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: John WINSELL is buried in Winsell Cemetery. His wife was Charlotte NOGGLE who died in 1871.