B. H. WINGET (deceased) was a native of Washington, Washington Co., Penn., born November 24, 1818. His father, Moses Winget, removed in an early day from New Jersey to Washington county, Penn., where he purchased land and reared a large family, giving them such educational advantages as the neighboring schools afforded. Reared under these auspices, young Mr. Winget began life as a farmer, which vocation he followed during the whole of his life. By dint of energy and economy he had amassed a comfortable fortune at the time of his death. He was married February 28, 1838, to Miss Matilda, a daughter of William Garrett, who moved from Maryland in the early days to Harrison county, Ohio, and thence to Lancaster, Ohio, where Mrs. Winget was born. To the union of B. H. and Matilda Winget were born twelve children, seven of whom are living, as follows: Caroline M., Theodore, Mary E., Osborne, Florella A., Steven and Clara. Mr. Winget died in 1878, and Mrs. Winget and the family still reside on the farm, which is located just outside of Sparta, in Morris township.

Text taken from page 833 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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