HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA: From the earliest time to the present, with biographial sketches, notes, etc. Illustrated; Chicago: Brant & Fuller, 1888. p. 368. Bath County. BENJAMIN F. WINSHIP was born in Rush County, Ind., December 18, 1845, son of Jabez L. and Jane (Mullikin) Winship. His father was born in Fayette County, Ind., in 1814, and died in Rushville, in 1885, and his mother was a native of Bath County, Ky., born in 1818, and died in Anderson Township, this county, July 9, 1878. His paternal grandfather was Jesse Winship, a native of Rochester County, N. Y., and one of the first settlers of this county. The father of our subject was also a pioneer of this county. At the age of twenty-two years Mr. Winship began life for himself, and now owns 160 acres of well improved land. The marriage of Mr. Winship took place in 1873 to Miss Aurelia Smith, who was born in Miroy, in 1854, daughter of Austin and Anna Smith. They have one child, Wilbur H., born May 15, 1875. Mr. Winship is a Democrat, and in 1869 was made a member of Milroy Lodge, No. 139, F. & A. M. Mrs. Winship is a member of the Christian Church. Winship Mullikin Smith = Rush-IN Rochester-NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bath/winship.bf.txt