Gilbert M. Winnett, farmer and broom manufacturer, residing on section 30, Newton Township, near Dedham, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Washington County, March 13, 1836, a son of Nathan and Sarah (Wallace) Winnett. His parents were also natives of the State of Pennsylvania, where they were reared and married, and to them were born eight children, our subject being the fifth child. He was reared to the avocation of a farmer, and in his youth received good educational advantages, attending Barnesville Classical Institute, in Belmont County, Ohio, his father having removed with his family from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1832, remaining there till 1875. He then removed to Carroll County, Iowa. Gilbert M. Winnett, the subject of this sketch, after completing his education, engaged in teaching school in Noble County, Ohio, and since then has taught in all about forty terms. He was united in marriage April 2, 1866, to Miss Rosanna Moyena, who was born in Monroe County, Ohio, August 29, 1845, a daughter of Cornelius and Nancy A. Moyena, who were also natives of the same State. Six children have been born to this union — Sarah A., Nancy A., Rebecca A., Augusta M., Myrtle V. and a son, their fourth child, who died in infancy. On coming to Carroll County Mr. Winnett settled on raw prairie land, his first purchase being eighty acres, which he has since improved, and to his original purchase he has since added till he is now the owner of 445 acres of valuable land, the result of persevering energy and good management. Mr. Winnett was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in Company C, Ninth Ohio Cavalry, under Caption W. S. Winnett, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. He was mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, in August, 1865, receiving his final discharge in September, 1865. Both Mr. and Mrs. Winnett are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.

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