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CHARLES G. WINFIELD, associated in business with George C. Walsh & Co., is one of the most prominent men of the village of Tyrone, and is in every way a gentleman whose sketch it gives us great pleasure to place in this Record. He is a native of this state, and was born in Warwick, Orange County, March 3, 1835. He continued to make his home there until 1854, the year in which he came to Schuyler County with his father, also Charles G., and with him settled on a farm near Odessa.

Our subject made his home on the above farm until 1861, when he removed to Toledo, Ohio, and engaged in the grocery business in that city until 1882. That year he disposed of his stock of goods, and, returning to his native state, located at once in Tyrone, where he purchased a farm near the village. This property was formerly owned by Henry N. Shannon, and here Mr. Winfield lived until 1892, when he sustained a severe loss in the destruction of his buildings by fire. He then traded his farm for a stock of merchandise in Savona, N. Y., which he removed to Tyrone, where he has since been engaged in business, in company with his son-in-law, Mr. Walsh. They are well patronized by residents of the surrounding country, and are men who are highly regarded, and of whom the village may well be proud.

The marriage of our subject occurred at Tyrone on Christmas Day, 1862. The lady of his choice was Miss Adeline M., daughter of Henry N. and Huldah (Briggs) Shannon, both of whom are now deceased. To Henry Shannon and his wife there were born five children, of whom Mrs. Winfield was the second-born, her birth occurring in Starkey, Yates County, this state, March 1, 1844.

To our subject and his estimable wife there have been granted three children, namely: Edna D., who is now the wife of Charles Stewart, of Springfield, Mass.; Augusta J., the wife of George C. Walsh, whose sketch appears on another page in this volume; and Huldah A., who married Willet Coon, of Savona.

Our subject’s mother, formerly Amanda Ellis, was born in Warwick, and departed this life in Bloomingburg, N. Y., where also her husband passed away. Charles G. is one of those public-spirited men who do a town good. During his early life he was full of energy and ambition, and he now displays unusual judgment in the management of affairs, and has all the requirements for a successful business career. In politics he is a Democrat, and religiously is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which denomination his good wife is also connected.