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.

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 states that Josiah was a Minister

1910 Census:  28 APR 1910
Place:  Campbell Twp, Ionia Co, Michigan
Note:  Wife and one son are living in houehold.

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