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Windfall pioneers listed in local history notes
The Windfall history continues with brief biographies of early settlers and families. Notables include C. Ballard Nay born in Jobison County died at home in Windfall in 1888 age unspecified and buried in Wardfall Cemetery. Tra Plumer, a settler who built a log cabin near Windfall in 1845. John Nutter born 1841 died 1900, early bailiff and county official. John Retherford who joined the family in 1867 and died in the 1900s. Hollingsworth Giraltas, sister of Wildcat Township’s head, with family ties noted. a Golden wedding list for 1971 includes William Henry and Amanda Moor Man Toole and others with multiple children. Brankside Cemetery records note early burials of Lamed Gill, Sines Knight, Joseph Keith, James Fouch founder of the town, and his wife Ellen, Fouch served in Co. B, 5th Ind. Inf. Civil War. no death dates for Fouch found, wife lived to 1897.