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THOMAS WINN, JR., Hickman County, was born in Woodford County, Ky., February 27, 1824, and is the seventh of eight children born to Thomas and Maria (Cook) Winn, both natives of the “Old Dominion” and of English descent. Thomas Winn, Sr., when a young man, removed to Woodford County, Ky., where he learned the brick maker’s trade, which he followed for a time. In that county he was married, and was engaged in farming for several years, and had amassed considerable property, but met with severe financial reverses in consequence of having endorsed too freely for some of his neighbors. From Woodford County he removed to Henry County. In 1832 he came with his family to Hickman, which was then almost an unbroken wilderness. Here in 1837 he bought wild land, moved into a log-cabin, and subsequently improved a farm where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred July 7, 1862, in his seventy-seventh year. He was for several years one of the magistrates of the county. He and wife were devoted members of the Christian Church, in which church he was a ruling elder for over twenty years. When Mr. Winn first came to western Kentucky he lived for a short time in Columbus; afterward for a few months across the river in Missouri, and still later for about three years in what is now Ballard County. Thomas Winn, Jr., was employed on his father’s farm until 1852, when he went to Columbus, where he took charge of a stock of goods for a widowed sister and conducted the business for about four years. He then engaged in the ferry business at same place, which he continued for some four or five years. The business not being a profitable one, however, he returned to the old home farm, which he has owned for several years. Here he has been extensively and successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in March, 1862, to Miss K. H. Green, a native of Mercer County, Ky. Two daughters have blessed their union, both of whom are now married. Mr. Winn and wife are and have been for more than twenty years members of the Christian Church. He is also a member of the K. of H., and in politics he is a Democrat.