DEWITT A. WINSTON
DeWitt A. Winston resides on the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 22. He owns one hundred and twenty acres, comprising the half of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 22. Mr. Winston came here in 1869 and made a location of two hundred and forty acres of land, including the above described, also the south half of the southeast quarter of section 15, and the northwest quarter of section 22. This land was purchased of Frank Whitney and deeded to Mrs. Nancy M. Winston, the mother of DeWitt A., September 15, 1874. The farm now owned by the latter, was deeded to him immediately after. The land was entered in 1856, by Joseph W. Power, but no improvements had been made at the time of Mr. Winston's settlement here. He has since broken and otherwiseimproved nearly all of the two hundred and forty acres. He is a son of Alanson and Nancy M. (Bartholomew) Winston, natives of Connecticut. Alanson Winston learned the trade of clock-making at Bristol in that State. He was engaged later in the business of wood turning. The subject of this sketch was born in Bristol, Connecticut, January 9, 1843. He was brought up in his native State and there married Jennie Byington, also a native of Bristol, born in September, 1844, and a daughter of George and Margaret A. (Lee) Byington. Mr. and Mrs. Winston have one child -- Nathan D., born here, January 18, 1872.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 631-632.
