1815 James Winebrenner is a native of Pennsylvania, born near Harrisburg, June 4, 1815. [1]
1847 James Winebrenner's parents emigrated to Noble County in 1847, and settled near Noblesville. [2]
1863 Mr. Winebrenner enlisted in the Twelfth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in 1863, and served during the rest of the war. He was in the Atlanta campaign, and participated in the battle of Resaca and several severe skirmishes. As a forager he was a success, as Gen. Logan can testify. He foraged for the General's headquarters eight months. At one time, on the last campaign of Sherman, he barely escaped capture, having run onto a party of " Johnnys " as they were about to take dinner. He was with Sherman's army in the celebrated march to the sea, at the capture of Savannah, and present at Gen. Johnston's capitulation; also witnessed the burning of Columbia, S. C., and was at the grand review in Washington. He had an army experience of which to-day he is not ashamed." [3]
1866 James Winebrenner was married to Miss Jane Couts in 1866. [4]
1867 James Winebrenner was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade in 1867, and follows that business at this writing. He is the foremost smith in the township, and his shop is a model of order and neatness. [5]
[1] Weston Arthur Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard. Counties of Whitley and Noble Indiana Historical and Biographical (Chicago: Battey & Co, 1882), 466, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[2] Weston Arthur Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard. Counties of Whitley and Noble Indiana Historical and Biographical (Chicago: Battey & Co, 1882), 466, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[3] Weston Arthur Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard. Counties of Whitley and Noble Indiana Historical and Biographical (Chicago: Battey & Co, 1882), 466, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[4] Weston Arthur Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard. Counties of Whitley and Noble Indiana Historical and Biographical (Chicago: Battey & Co, 1882), 466, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[5] Weston Arthur Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard. Counties of Whitley and Noble Indiana Historical and Biographical (Chicago: Battey & Co, 1882), 466, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].