This Day in History: 1943-05-02
John Winter, who would have been 91 at the end of the month, a lifelong resident of Mahwah, died of a stroke at his home. He had been in poor health for two years. He was born on May 31, 1852, the youngest of nine children of Andrew Winter one of the earliest settlers of Mahwah. The Winter Home was located west of Franklin Turnpike, opposite Lawrence Road. It was the local stop for the stage coaches going north from Hackensack into New York State and changed horses at Winter’s. It had burned down a few years previously. He and his brother John conducted a carriage building business for many years at a location east of the Turnpike, north of Lawrence Rd. Throughout his life his principal business was the management of his considerable real estate holdings. He had organized Mahwah’s first water company, had been a director in the Savings and Loan for 20 years and active in local politics until fairly recently. His first wife, Emma Suffern died in 1900 after 20 years of marriage. He married Jessie P. McPherson in 1905. A daughter Henrietta Parkhurst was born in 1908 and the second Mrs. Winter died in 1909. he was survived by his daughter. then Mrs. John W. R. Zisgen and John William Zisgen. Funeral services were conducted at his home on the 5th by Rev. Clarence Sloan Howard. Internment followed in the family plot at the Reformed Church cemetery. (Bristow)