KNOX COUNTY OHIO 
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File contributed for use by Ohio Biographies Project by
LeaAnn Rich <leaann1@bellsouth.net>
March 1999
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Historical Collections of ohio
Henry Howe LL.D.
Knox County


William Windom was born in Belmont County,  of Quaker parentage.  His
parents removed to Middlebury Township,  and his boyhood days were spent
on a farm.  Apprenticed to a tailor,  he was a failure in that trade, 
an then made a success at law in the office of Judge R.C. Hurd,  of
Mount Vernon.  While studying law he sometimes lectured on temperance, 
and on one occasion he was threatened by a mob if he attempted to
speak.  He went to the hall,  laid a pistol on the speakers stand,  and
delivered the lecture without interference.  In 1855,  he removed to
Winona,  Minn.,  and from there was sent to the United States Senate.