- NELSON WINSTON, banker and merchant, Evansville; born in
New York, Oct. 15, 1820,
- came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1841, and engaged in farming
in Union Township (now Porter), Rock Co.; in 1849 removed to
Dane Co., and engaged in mercantile business in Oregon, in partnership
with Mr. Isaac M. BENNETT; in the spring of 1855, Mr. WINSTON
settled in Evansville, and engaged in mercantile business with
his father, John WINSTON, and his brother Reuben, under the name
of J. WINSTON & Sons; in 1861, the firm dissolved, and Mr.
Nelson WINSTON continued the business; in 1864, Mr. WINSTON,
with Mr. BENNETT, his former partner, engaged in the lumber business;
he and Mr. BENNETT secured a charter, under which the First National
Bank of Evansville was organized, with Mr. WINSTON as Vice President;
in January, 1875, the bank changed from a National to a State
bank when Mr. WINSTON withdrew; since, he has been engaged in
mercantile business and real estate and loaning. He married
in Oregon, Dane Co., on March 27, 1851, Miss E. A. PARSONS, a
native of New York; have four children. Members of the Congregational
Church. His father, Mr. John WINSTON, was born in Albany Co.,
N.Y., in 1796; came to Wisconsin with a family of twelve children;
in 1841, settled in Union and engaged in mercantile business.
He was an active worker in the interests of the county, then
newly settled; he was for many years Commissioner of the Poor;
was the originator of the movement which resulted in the organization
of the First Baptist Church in Union; after an active and useful
life, he died Nov. 13, 1867, within a few days of his 71st year.
-
- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 869.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
|