Henry Martin Winsor is the only son of James Winsor and Mercy (Mathewson) Winsor. Records indicate that by the age of six, both of Henry's parents had died. It is unknown who raised him. The 1850 Vermont Federal Census lists Henry as a "lumberman".
In 1864, at the age of 42, he and his two oldest sons, Martin M. and Isaac, enlisted in the 17th Vermont Infantry Company G to fight in the Civil War. He was six feet tall, light complected and blue eyes with brown hair. In June 1864, he was wounded in the shoulder near Petersburg, Virginia and hospitalized. He was mustered out in July, 1865, because he suffered from chronic diarrhea. (The name is spelled Winsor, Windsor, Winson and Winser in the Civil War records.)
By 1870, Henry, his wife Fanny and their family of eight children had moved from Vermont to Waukasha, Wisconsin to Muscotah, Kansas. (The 1870 Kansas Federal Census lists the family as "Henry Winns".) Before 1880, Henry and his two oldest sons left their families in Muscotah and migrated to Cowles, New Mexico, a remote area north of Pecos, New Mexico. It is unknown why they made this move, but they lived the rest of their lives in the high mountains and did not move their families from Kansas. A possibility is health related - all were very ill during their enlistment in the Civil War. They may have contracted tuberculosis and sought relief, as many did, in the dry climate. (Isaac died there in 1882.) Possibly they worked on railroad tie crews building the roadbed for the Santa Fe Railroad which was being built at that time.
Henry purchased a small copper mine near Tererro, New Mexico in 1882. He applied for a 160 acre homestead in March 1884 near the junction of the Pecos River and Winsor Creek. With their "lumbermen" experience in Vermont, Henry and his son Martin started a sawmill on Winsor Creek. Mining operations in the area needed large timbers to shore the mine shafts. Treering dating of distinctively built cabins in the area also indicate that the Winsor men were active in building square logged, half dove-tail cabins for themselves and others in the canyon.
In late 1886, Henry returned to Muscotah where he died before he could prove his homestead claim. His youngest son Henry Dyke Winsor, tried unsuccessfully, to claim his father's homestead. Shortly after he died, Fanny died.
In 1864, at the age of 42, he and his two oldest sons, Martin M. and Isaac, enlisted in the 17th Vermont Infantry Company G to fight in the Civil War. He was six feet tall, light complected and blue eyes with brown hair. In June 1864, he was wounded in the shoulder near Petersburg, Virginia and hospitalized. He was mustered out in July, 1865, because he suffered from chronic diarrhea. (The name is spelled Winsor, Windsor, Winson and Winser in the Civil War records.)
By 1870, Henry, his wife Fanny and their family of eight children had moved from Vermont to Waukasha, Wisconsin to Muscotah, Kansas. (The 1870 Kansas Federal Census lists the family as "Henry Winns".) Before 1880, Henry and his two oldest sons left their families in Muscotah and migrated to Cowles, New Mexico, a remote area north of Pecos, New Mexico. It is unknown why they made this move, but they lived the rest of their lives in the high mountains and did not move their families from Kansas. A possibility is health related - all were very ill during their enlistment in the Civil War. They may have contracted tuberculosis and sought relief, as many did, in the dry climate. (Isaac died there in 1882.) Possibly they worked on railroad tie crews building the roadbed for the Santa Fe Railroad which was being built at that time.
Henry purchased a small copper mine near Tererro, New Mexico in 1882. He applied for a 160 acre homestead in March 1884 near the junction of the Pecos River and Winsor Creek. With their "lumbermen" experience in Vermont, Henry and his son Martin started a sawmill on Winsor Creek. Mining operations in the area needed large timbers to shore the mine shafts. Treering dating of distinctively built cabins in the area also indicate that the Winsor men were active in building square logged, half dove-tail cabins for themselves and others in the canyon.
In late 1886, Henry returned to Muscotah where he died before he could prove his homestead claim. His youngest son Henry Dyke Winsor, tried unsuccessfully, to claim his father's homestead. Shortly after he died, Fanny died.
Henry Martin Winsor is the only son of James Winsor and Mercy (Mathewson) Winsor. Records indicate that by the age of six, both of Henry's parents had died. It is unknown who raised him. The 1850 Vermont Federal Census lists Henry as a "lumberman".
In 1864, at the age of 42, he and his two oldest sons, Martin M. and Isaac, enlisted in the 17th Vermont Infantry Company G to fight in the Civil War. He was six feet tall, light complected and blue eyes with brown hair. In June 1864, he was wounded in the shoulder near Petersburg, Virginia and hospitalized. He was mustered out in July, 1865, because he suffered from chronic diarrhea. (The name is spelled Winsor, Windsor, Winson and Winser in the Civil War records.)
By 1870, Henry, his wife Fanny and their family of eight children had moved from Vermont to Waukasha, Wisconsin to Muscotah, Kansas. (The 1870 Kansas Federal Census lists the family as "Henry Winns".) Before 1880, Henry and his two oldest sons left their families in Muscotah and migrated to Cowles, New Mexico, a remote area north of Pecos, New Mexico. It is unknown why they made this move, but they lived the rest of their lives in the high mountains and did not move their families from Kansas. A possibility is health related - all were very ill during their enlistment in the Civil War. They may have contracted tuberculosis and sought relief, as many did, in the dry climate. (Isaac died there in 1882.) Possibly they worked on railroad tie crews building the roadbed for the Santa Fe Railroad which was being built at that time.
Henry purchased a small copper mine near Tererro, New Mexico in 1882. He applied for a 160 acre homestead in March 1884 near the junction of the Pecos River and Winsor Creek. With their "lumbermen" experience in Vermont, Henry and his son Martin started a sawmill on Winsor Creek. Mining operations in the area needed large timbers to shore the mine shafts. Treering dating of distinctively built cabins in the area also indicate that the Winsor men were active in building square logged, half dove-tail cabins for themselves and others in the canyon.
In late 1886, Henry returned to Muscotah where he died before he could prove his homestead claim. His youngest son Henry Dyke Winsor, tried unsuccessfully, to claim his father's homestead. Shortly after he died, Fanny died.
In 1864, at the age of 42, he and his two oldest sons, Martin M. and Isaac, enlisted in the 17th Vermont Infantry Company G to fight in the Civil War. He was six feet tall, light complected and blue eyes with brown hair. In June 1864, he was wounded in the shoulder near Petersburg, Virginia and hospitalized. He was mustered out in July, 1865, because he suffered from chronic diarrhea. (The name is spelled Winsor, Windsor, Winson and Winser in the Civil War records.)
By 1870, Henry, his wife Fanny and their family of eight children had moved from Vermont to Waukasha, Wisconsin to Muscotah, Kansas. (The 1870 Kansas Federal Census lists the family as "Henry Winns".) Before 1880, Henry and his two oldest sons left their families in Muscotah and migrated to Cowles, New Mexico, a remote area north of Pecos, New Mexico. It is unknown why they made this move, but they lived the rest of their lives in the high mountains and did not move their families from Kansas. A possibility is health related - all were very ill during their enlistment in the Civil War. They may have contracted tuberculosis and sought relief, as many did, in the dry climate. (Isaac died there in 1882.) Possibly they worked on railroad tie crews building the roadbed for the Santa Fe Railroad which was being built at that time.
Henry purchased a small copper mine near Tererro, New Mexico in 1882. He applied for a 160 acre homestead in March 1884 near the junction of the Pecos River and Winsor Creek. With their "lumbermen" experience in Vermont, Henry and his son Martin started a sawmill on Winsor Creek. Mining operations in the area needed large timbers to shore the mine shafts. Treering dating of distinctively built cabins in the area also indicate that the Winsor men were active in building square logged, half dove-tail cabins for themselves and others in the canyon.
In late 1886, Henry returned to Muscotah where he died before he could prove his homestead claim. His youngest son Henry Dyke Winsor, tried unsuccessfully, to claim his father's homestead. Shortly after he died, Fanny died.
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