Editing Winfield Scott Stratton (section)

== Early life ==
On July 22, 1848, Stratton was born in [[Jeffersonville, Indiana]]. Stratton's parents were Mary and Myron Stratton.<ref name="Carpenter">{{Cite web   |url=https://gazette.com/news/stratton-a-reluctant-millionaire-left-his-mark-on-colorado-springs/article_a39c2acb-c33c-5c45-9fdd-49c60992dafe.html |title=Stratton, a reluctant millionaire, left his mark on Colorado Springs |website=gazette.com |last=Carpenter |first=Lisa |date=March 29, 2009 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Stratton is a descendant from the [[Windsor, Connecticut]] line of the Stratton family.<ref name="HRS">Stratton, Harriet Russell. A Book of Strattons: A Collection of the Records of the Descendants of the Early Colonial Strattons in America from the Fifth Generation to the Present Day. New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, Genealogical Publishers, 1918. Vol. II, Pp. 321 – 340.</ref> Stratton's mother had twelve children; of four boys, he is said to be the only one who lived beyond childhood.<ref name="Fisher" /> In 1860, Mary and Myron had nine children aged from 22 years to six months of age: Diantha, Harriet, Anna, Winfield, Mary, Virginia, Luella, Jesse and Ada. Stratton was the only male child at that time.<ref>{{citation|title=Winfield Stratton, age 11, Jeffersonville, Indiana, son of Myron and Mary Stratton |work=1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.}}</ref>