Barak Samuel Van Winkle (1830 - 1899)

Born 18 Sep 1830 in Kentucky, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Almira Ann (Tuttle) Van Winkle — married 5 Nov 1874 in Jones Township, Union, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 5 May 1899 at age 68 in Auburn, King, Washington, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Barak Samuel Van Winkle was born on 18 Sep 1830 in Kentucky, his father, David Ross Van Winkle (1789-1840) and his mother, Jane Bryan (1794-1874). He married Louisa J Varvel (1841–1870) on Sep 1860 in Jones, Iowa. He then married Almira "Myra" Ann Tuttle on 5 Nov 1874 in Jones Township, Union, Iowa. He died on 5 May 1899 in Auburn, King, Washington and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Auburn, King County, Washington.

Barak was born to a slave owning family in Kentucky (per family lore), but chose to fight for the Union in the civil war. He abandoned his first family from before the war and made a life with his second and travelled with them by wagon train to Auburn, King County, Washington.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17208239/barak-samuel-van_winkle: accessed 11 July 2023), memorial page for Barak Samuel Van Winkle (18 Sep 1830–5 May 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #17208239, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Auburn, King County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Linda Cain (contributor 46847685).

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJQ2-R88 : 22 July 2021), B S Vanwinkle and Louisa Jane Varvel, 22 Nov 1858, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 928,401.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWX-BSL : 4 November 2017), B. S. Van Winkle and Myria Tuttle, 04 Nov 1874, Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing reference 341, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,255,526.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5V-Y3G : 14 January 2022), Barrack Vanwinkle, Greenfield Township, Rooks, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .