Windsor descendants gather for reunion
A reunion of the descendants of Henry Wade Hampton Windsor was held Saturday at Peabody Senior Center.
Windsor was patriarch of the Windsor family which moved to Peabody from western Illinois in 1888. Windsors still farm the original homestead site just west of Peabody.
A catered lunch was followed by a talk by Charles Windsor of Ames, Iowa, about the family's genealogy and their lives in Illinois in the mid-1800s.
Windsor-related items were give as door prizes and family memorabilia, including portraits from the 1800s, were on display.
The oldest descendant at the reunion was Rex Graham, 73, of Newton. The youngest was Erin Elizabeth Graham, 1, of Kansas City, Mo.
Aaron Graham of Baltimore, Md., traveled the farthest to attend the reunion.
Family members attending from out-of-state were Nelda Skeele and Linda Hobkirk of St. Charles, Mo.; Charles and Lynette Windsor, Roger, Sarah, Rachel, and Kenny, all of Ames, Iowa; Aaron and Rebecca Graham of Baltimore, Md.; Galen and Mary Lou Graham of Belton, Mo.; Ann Windsor and David Mays of Mt. Horeb, Wis.; and Sheryl Windsor, Marilyn and Don Rouse, Eric and Amy Graham, Ella Windsor Graham, and Erin Elizabeth Graham, Angela and Kevin Curran, Tom Curren, and Maggie Curran, all of Kansas City, Mo.
Paul Windsor and Cindy Windsor, Pam Hatfield and Stan Ludlow, Lindsay Hatfield and Ben Drees, Todd and Terri Windsor and Seth Windsor, and Cheryl and Chris Wallweber all of Wichita; Elaine and Kevin Dhuyvetter, Ethan and Katie Dhuyvetter of Manhattan; Wayne and Mary Windsor of Haven; Kim and Chris Graff, Travis Treat and Myranda Treat of Andover; Vic and Margaret Thompson of Hesston; Brent and Melissa Windsor and Zachary Windsor of Emporia; Jeanette and Bill Emert of Halstead; Eileen and John Beavers of Chapman; Sara Murphy and Rex and Marjorie Graham of Newton; and Emily Graham of Hutchinson.
From Peabody were Jim and Carrie Truax, Jon and Carolyn Gard, Neil and Karol Graham, Warren and Donna Windsor, and Doug and Christine Windsor.
