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===John Winkler===

===John Winkler===

John {{Surname|Winkler}} the oldest pioneer of Green and first son of Lawrence {{Surname|Winkler}} was born on the 22nd day of April 1799 in Birk County of North Carolina. In 1806 at the age of seven years, he with his parents emigrated to Monogahala County in Western Virginia. Here eight years, years of his early boyhood were spent. In the spring of 1814 he went with parents to Pennsylvania to where his grant father George {{Surname|Payne}} then resided. Here the remainder of the family took up a temporary stay, while John who was now about 15 years of age, accompanied his father to then much talked of now State of Ohio where they selected a site in Green township for their future home. After arriving here among the Bears, Indians, Wolves, Snakes and Mosquito's, they fell to work and cleared off about 4 acres of ground and cut sticks for a cabin. But there being then but tow men in the township besides themselves, they failed in getting the cabin raised. They then split out puncheons for the floor and clapboards for the roof and made every thing ready for the cabin. They then started back to where the family was.

John {{Surname|Winkler}}, the oldest pioneer of Green, and first son of Lawrance {{Surname|Winkler}}, was born on the 22nd day of April, 1799, in Birk (''sic'') County of North Carolina. In 1806, at the age of seven years, he, with his parents, emigrated to Monogahala (''sic'') County, in Western Virginia. Here eight years, years of his early boyhood were spent. In the spring of 1814, he went with parents to Pennsylvania to where his grandfather, George {{Surname|Payne}}, then resided. Here, the remainder of the family took up a tempory (''sic'') stay, while John, who was now about 15 years of age, accompanied his father to the much-talked-of new State of Ohio, where they selected a site in Green township for their future home. After arriving here, among the Bears, Indians, Wolves, Snakes and moschitoes (''sic''), they fell to work and cleared off about 4 acres of ground, and cut sticks for a cabin. But there being then but two men in the township besides themselves, they failed in getting the cabin raised. They then split out puncheons for the floor, and clapboards for the roof, and made every thing ready for the cabin. They then started back to where the family was.

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