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Henry M. Winders
Henry M. Winders attorney at law of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ill. and is a son of Francis M. Winders, who was born May 30, 1822 in Crittenden County, Ky. and brought up on a farm with no education whatever.
He removed to Illinois in 1844, settling on a farm in Hardin County and was married two years later to Elizabeth J. Scarbrough, of Tennessee, by whom he had two children: Sylvester, deceased, and Henry M.
The latter was born April 14, 1848, in Hardin County and was brought up on the farm, working in the summer and attending school in the wintertime. When war was declared between the North and the South, Henry M. enlisted, July 27, 1863 in Company D, 48th Ky. Mounted Infantry and served the cause of the Union until December 16, 1864, when he was mustered out at Bowling Green, Ky. The principle service performed by this regiment was that of guarding the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
After peace was declared he returned to Hardin County and engaged in teaching school, following that profession for 14 years. He lived on the farm until 1886 when he moved to Elizabethtown and began the study of law under the instruction of John Q. A. Ledbetter, being admitted to the Bar in August of 1891, after which he immediately began active practice.
He was married November 12, 1876 to Mrs. Mary F. Irion, widow of G.D. Irion, her maiden name was Mary F. Lamb.
Mr. Winders is a member of Masonic Lodge #276 and is also a member of Post # 565 GAR
Taken from "The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties Illinois. Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, 1893.
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