A. WINTER, farmer, P.O. Boyleston, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, on September 2, 1836, and is a son of O. M. Winter and Mary (Evans) Winter, the father was a native of Masssachusetts, the mother of Vermont.  Subject was the sixth of nine children, of whom the following are now living, viz., Mrs. Harriett Blood, of Trumbull County, Ohio; Mrs. Ellen Berry, of Trumbull County, Ohio; Mrs. Eliza Chatman of Trumbull County, Ohio;  O. M. Winter, of Hinton, Mich.; Mrs. Mary Sealy, of Trumbull County, Ohio, and Mrs. Sarah Cartwright, of Hinton, Mich.  Subject attended the schools of his native county, and afterward helped on the home farm most of the time until he was twenty-one.  He was very fond of travel and spent upward of six years in the West.  In 1865, he, however, determined to settle down in life, and came to Big Mound Township, Wayne County.  He now owns about 400 acres situated in Secions 9, 10, and 15, of Township 2 south, Range 7 east, and Sections 4 and 9, of Township 3 south, Range 7 east. Of the whole, there are abou 100 acres in cultivation.  Mr. Winter was married, in Trumbull County, Ohio, on December 18, 1862, to Louisa M. McLain, a daughter of James and Jane (McKillip) McLain, natives of Pennsylvania. Two children have blessed this union -- H. B., born October 22, 1867 and O. W., born October 2, 1870.  Mrs. Winter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Democratic party receives Mr. Winter's upport.