Winzer, Charles Henry

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1907-08 (District 14)

Party when first elected: Republican

Counties Served: Jackson

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 6/14/1845

Birth Place: Saxe/Sachsen Weimar

Birth County:

Birth Country: Germany

Date of Death: 9/14/1912

Gender: Male

Religion: Protestant

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names:

City of Residence (when first elected): Heron Lake

Occupation (when first elected): Farmer/Formerly Engaged in Business, Chicago, Illinois

EDUCATION

Schools in Germany; At Least Elementary School;

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Military: 173rd New York Infantry, Company K (United States Civil War/War of the Rebellion, wounded at Port Hudson on May 27, 1863, Private); 11/13/1862 to 11/02/1865

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Ida Mathilde Peter (married on March 20, 1866; she died on February 18, 1924)
Children: Six children: Anne (died young), Charles Augustus, Ernest Reinhold, Minnie Mathilda, Daisy Albertina, and Lena

Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He came to the United States when he was 17 years old.

After the United States Civil War he lived in Chicago, Illinois. He moved to Minnesota in 1869.

He died in Heron Lake, Jackson County, Minnesota and was buried there.

Family data, birth date, death date and year, and middle name were provided by a relative.

Religion provided by a relative.