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JOSEPH E. WINTERS (deceased) was born February 20, 1820, in Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio. His parents were Zepheniah and Sarah Winters. He was a cooper by profession, and followed the same many years; for several terms, he also taught school. December 16, 1841, he married Mary W. Bruce, born July 19, 1814, in Virginia; her parents were William and Mary Bruce. William Bruce was a soldier during the war of 1812. This union was blessed with four children, three of whom are still living — May L., Belle and William J. In 1842, he moved to Fincastle, where his widow still resides. In the autumn of 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Wolfe, of Wilmington, Ohio. He, however, was captured shortly after his enlistment, and thrown into different rebel prisons, and retained until a proper exchange of prisoners took place, which secured for him his freedom. He, however, contracted in those prisons a disease which finally caused his death. He had served as Clerk of Eagle Township; was a member of the M. E. Church, and departed this life August 22, 1879. He was a man of sterling integrity and reliable character. In his death, Brown County lost one of her worthy citizens. His widow survives him, and is now in her sixty-eighth year.