John Windler and twin sister, Mattie, were born August 1, 1862, in Canton,
   Kansas. He was one of eight brothers and four sister, some as half brothers
   and sisters. He attended church and school in Canton, which at that time
   was called Spring Valley Lutheran.
     John's father, Heinrich Windler, was born in Worthedorf, Germany, in 1779.
   They brought back a family Bible that weighed seventy-five pounds.
     John Windler married Elizabeth Klinkerman in 1887. He and a younger sister
   were married the same day.
     They had five children. Clara Windler Hoyer was born in July 1888; Arthur
   Windler, June 1890; Theodore Windler, July 1892; Lydia Windler Schwein, 1895;
   and Walter Windler, October 1898. The first four are all buried in the
   Lutheran Cemetery at Nashville and Walter Windler is buried at Argonia.
                         
  Source:St. John's Lutheran Church Centennial 1893-1993, Nashville, Kansas, pg. 106 
  Submitted by: Ruth Laverentz