Birth: 04 DEC 1839 Richfield, Snyder Co, Pennsylvania

1850 Census: 14 NOV 1850
Place: Perry Twp, Union Co, Pennsylvania
Note:  Living with parents, Amos and Barbara Winey

Moved to: 22 MAR 1860
Place: Darke County, Ohio

1860 Census:  Didn't find him in either Pennsylvania or Ohio.

Marriage: 12 DEC 1861  Bradford, Darke Co, Ohio

Moved to: AFT 12 DEC 1861
Place: Union City, Indiana

Occupation: Farmer

Birth of Son:  08 AUG 1862
Name:  Elmer Elsworth Winey

Birth of Son:  02 DEC 1863
Name:  David M. Winey

Birth of Son:  09 NOV 1865
Name:  John Graybill Winey

Birth of Daughter:  15 FEB 1869
Name:  Margaret Alice Winey

Note:  Josiah was very artistic.  He used to draw sketches, write poetry, and make carvings out of bone.  He even used to make designs in his lawn with the mower (see picture above and on the right).

Religion: Was an elder at the German Baptist Brethren Church.

1870 Census: 11 JUN 1870
Place: Campbell, Ionia Co, Michigan
Note: Living with wife, Mary, and four children.  Farmer.

Birth of Son:  30 JUN 1870
Name:  William M. Winey

County Directory: 1872
Place: Ionia Co
Note: Winey, Josiah G, farmer & preacher, Section 35, Campbell Twp, Campbell post office.

Birth of Daughter:  01 AUG 1872
Name:  Melissa Winey

Birth of Son:  28 SEP 1874
Name:  Ira Ambrose Winey

Birth of Daughter:  23 JAN 1877
Name:  Barbara Winey

Birth of Daughter:  09 DEC 1879
Name:  Celina Winey

1880 Census: 04 JUN 1880
Place: Campbell, Ionia County, Michigan, USA
Note: Living with wife, Mary, and nine children.  Farmer

Religion:  BEF 1883
Note:  At the time of the split in the Church of the Brethren, he went over to the Campbell Progressive Brethren Church.

Occupation:  1888-1895
Note:  Was the first pastor at the Campbell Progressive Brethren Church.

1900 Census: 01 JUN 1900
Place: Campbell Twp., Ionia County, Michigan, USA
Note: Living with wife, Mary, and two children. States that Josiah's and Mary's parents were all born in Pennsylvania.  It is hard to read but I think it states that Josiah was a Minister

1910 Census:  Campbell Twp, Ionia Co, Michigan
Note:  Page 218B

1911 - 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration.

Death: 26 JUN 1916 Campbell Twp., Ionia Co., Michigan

Death Rtn: Campbell Twp, Ionia Co, Michigan
Note: 76 years 6 months 24 days.  Died from Pulmonary Adema.

Burial: 27 JUN 1916 Lakewood Lakeside Cemetery, section 34 on Cemetery Rd. in Lake Odessa

Will:  Have.

Click here to see parents:  Amos Winey and Barbara Graybill