WINDER, Marcellus Dwayne [178] ²

   Cause of his death was Angina.⁴

   Another name for Marcellus was WINDER, Doc.

  General Notes:

According to letter from Mary Launder to Pat Vaughan (Dec 17, 1997):
...I heard also of "Uncle Doc" [M.D.] Winder who lived in the northwest...I visited his grave in a cemetery south of Portland and met two of his daughters...There were four living at Lake Oswego at the time, names: Mary Etta Melcher (my age), Virginia Pilling, Marge Knorr, and Duane Mark. I think Virginia lived separately with a husband...M.D. had come out from Colorado I think.

According to Molly Davis:
My grandmother's family history notes are also my source on the marriage of Marcellus Dwight (Doc) Winder and Annie Lamb. Grandma's notes say: "m. 9-13-1884 at the home of Frank Lamb by Father Gleason, Spring Canyon, Colorado." I must check other notes I have, but I believe that Doc moved to the Tacoma, Washington area.

According to Pat Vaughan (Feb 1999):
Uncle "Doc" and Aunt Annie came here (to Washington) before Washington became a state in 1889. They had a fruit ranch and they had a Chinese cook. Uncle Doc took care of the orchards. He talked and talked telling people they should dam up the Columbia River and irrigate all that land around Spokane and southeast Washington but they told him it couldn't be done. Now, long after he died, it has been done.
The Chinese cook was very satisfactory until when Aunt Annie went down to the kitchen one day where he had a number of pie shells lined up preparatory to making apple pies. While she watched he took up a glass of milk, filled his mouth with it, and blew it out onto the pies. She fired him on the spot.

Larimer Co, CO query board
Posted by Marta Norton <[email protected]>
Sat, 06 Mar 1999
Hi, I saw 2 entries in the Larimer County Marriage Index for Winder. Book B, Page 74
Marcellus Winder married Annie Lamb August 13, 1884. Book 198, Page 330
Mary Winder married George Blehm February 3, 1909.
I hope this helps you out.

From: ANN HOWILER
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:52 AM
Subject: M.D.'s story
I enjoyed reading the items you have collected. M.D. worked on the Marcus Daley Ranch as a water engineer. He and Annie were often invited to dine at the Main House when there were out-of-town guests, like President Theodore Roosevelt, various Senators and other interesting and influential people. They would dress for dinner and enjoy all the delights of the company and surroundings. Annie loved Grand Opera. M.D. sent her to Chicago to see Galli-Curchi sing. As you noted he was called Doc most of his life. He had lost two fingers on his right hand, but was an accomplished fiddle player. He met Annie at a country dance when she was eighteen and fell in love. He was 6'4" and very handsome. Annie had come from Ohio to visit her sister in Colorado and was swept off her feet by this big, tall, handsome, intelligent and accomplished man.

M.D. Did well financially, though I do not know any details. He and Annie had only the one son. She had a postpartum infection which left her sterile after Hugh was born. I heard the story of the Chinese cook and the pies. They had a Chinese man servant for many years after that, too. He was the subject of many humorous stories, too.
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An M.D. story, I heard as a child, told of how he was injured felling trees as a 12-year-old. His family was traveling in a wagon train and could not stay so he was left to convalesce with the Indians. When he recovered and ready to return to his family he was given a wampum bag, which I have.

My Mother always told us that the Winders came from Pennsylvania. She said they were Pennsylvania Dutch. Apparently a major turning point for the family was when M.D.'s father decided to go to California. She must have had the information from her Grammy Annie. She, according to Mom and Aunt Margie, loved to recount family stories. She and Hugh's mother-in-law would exchange reminiscences with the children. This probably explains how some details were garbled. Hugh's parents-in-law lived in Tacoma, Washington. Their older son was the general manager/owner of the Tacoma Hotel. After M.D. and Annie moved there from Spokane they socialized with the Hickey family and were good friends.

Spokane City directories indicate that Marcellus was there from 1902-1911. After that date, he no longer is listed.

  Research Notes:

In 1910 census, both mother and father b. OH

  Noted events in his life were:

1. census: Iowa State, 1856, , Wapello, Iowa, USA. ⁵

2. census: Federal, 1870, Providence, Hardin, Iowa, USA. Household of W. Serepta Winder

3. census: Nevada, 1875, , Lander, Nevada, USA. Living with M. Wallace

4. census: Colorado State, 1885, , Larimer, Colorado, USA. Household of M D Winder

5. Patent: Apparatus for Controlling Head-Gates, patent 514,399, 31 May 1898, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, USA. with Don A. Carpenter, letter of application dated 6 Feb 1894

6. census: Federal, 1900, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA.

7. Occupation: Mining, 1901-1904, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA. ⁶

8. Occupation: vice-president, Excelsior Carbide and Gas Machine Co, 1905, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA. ⁷

9. Occupation: Manager, Spokane branch, Excelsior Carbide and Gas Machine Co, 1906, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA. ⁸

10. Occupation: vice-president, Okanogan Irrigation and Improvement Co, 1910, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA. ⁹

11. census: Federal, 1910, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA.

12. census: Federal, 1920, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA.

13. Religion: Catholic.

14. cemetery, 20 May 1921, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA.

Marcellus married Annie LAMB [179] [MRIN: 115], daughter of Owen LAMB [6094] and Alphronia LEMUNYON [10030], on 13 Aug 1884 in Spring Canyon, Larimer, Colorado, USA.¹ (Annie LAMB [179] was born on 26 Mar 1862 in Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, USA ³ and died on 2 Jan 1941 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ³.)