Katharine Winter
Substantial industry, honest dealing with all his fellowmen, and quiet but unostentatious success were the characteristics of the late Henry Winter, who died at Ironton in 1905, and whose widow, Mrs. Katharine Winter, now continues to reside in that city and is one of the women prominent both in business and social affairs.
Henry Winter was born at Pomeroy, Ohio, in 1853, spent most of his life in the Hanging Rock Iron Region, and was for a number of years an iron puddler. After the iron industry declined he opened a grocery store, and built up a good business and eventually was rated as one of the very successful and prosperous men of Ironton. He had along with first class business ability the characteristics of charity and generosity, and did a great deal for less fortunate people that has never come to the knowledge of the world.
Mrs. Katharine Winter was born at Buena Vista, now Princess, Kentucky, a daughter of Joseph and Rosa (Bahn) Falter. Her father was born in Germany in 1820, came to Kentucky in young manhood, and subsequently was one of the early settlers of Lawrence County, Ohio, where he died in 1885. His wife was born in Germany about 1823. Mrs. Winter came to Ironton when about eight months of age, was reared and educated in the city, and has known the people of the community and been interested in its affairs for many years. On June 9, 1885, she married Mr. Winter, and since his death has shown unusual business capacity in looking after the estate. To their marriage were born three children: Bertha M., Frances R. and Henry, Jr. Bertha, who graduated at St. Aloysius Academy in New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio, in 1906, is now living in Ironton and is organist at St. Joseph's Church. Frances is also a graduate of the same academy in 1907. Henry, Jr., is a graduate of St. Mary's College at Dayton, Ohio, in 1912, and is now clerk with a large coal company in the milling district of West Virginia.
Mrs. Winter is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, of the Christian Mothers Society and does much practical charity both in and out of the church. She is a stockholder in the First National Bank, in the Ironton Lumber Company, the Ironton Engine Plant and several other local companies. Besides her beautiful residence at 135 S. Third Street she is the owner of a good deal of real estate in and out of the city.
From "A Standing History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio" by Eugene B. Willard, Daniel W. Williams, George O. Newman and Charles B. Taylor. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, 1916