What do you believe is the correct spelling of my great-grandfather's first

Question: What do you believe is the correct spelling of my great-grandfather's first name!?

Check out this link to the only known signature of my great-grandfather in his own handwriting:
http://joedeshon!.smugmug!.com/photos/3791!.!.!.
How do you believe he spelled his first name!? Some sources say "Wintworth", but I believe it is "Wentworth"!. I think what some people are mistaking for a "dot" over the "i" is just an ink splatter or something!. (I don't have access to the original document!.)
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Wentworth!.

The "dot" over the "i" is actually part of the elaborate capital "W"!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is most definitely Wentworth!. The dot over the eye that some people are tending to see is actually a part of the manuscript in the W!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think that it clearly looks like "Wentworth!." There is no dot over that "e"; the "W", when written in script, has a loop on each side (we type & print so often now that we often leave it off)!. WentworthWww@QuestionHome@Com

It,s defenently an e take a look at his last name spelling the ie that are together you will then see for your self it is an e see the loop!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That "Dot" over the first syllable is a flourish atop one leg of the W !.!.!. WENTWORTH is the name !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. I have been a practicing Graphoanalyst for fifty years !.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

thats a tricky one :S it looks like both Wintworth an Wentworth :S
Have you tried asking a family member!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

It sure looks like Wentworth to me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nah I think it's Winterfresh!.!.!. Just kidding - looks like Wentworth to me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

pretty sure it says Wentworth :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I go for the second one dude!.!.!.!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is WENTWORTH DUKESHIER!. The fancy D on the surname had me going for a minute until I looked at it again!. Would you believe there are 2 Dukeshier families living within 23 miles of my hometown!?!?

http://www!.ancestry!.com--St!. Joseph, Missouri Directories, 1887-90
Name: Wentworth Dukeshier
City: St!. Joseph
State: MO
Year: 1889
Location 2: r!. 2132 s!. 10th

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Name: Wentworth Dukeshier
State Filed: Missouri
Widow: Emily D!. Dukeshier
Comments: Emily D!. Dukeshier, Gdn!. (Guardian!?!?)

American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Wentworth Dukeshier
Enlistment Date: 15 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Service Record: Enlisted as a Wagoner on 15 August 1862 at the age of 26!.
Enlisted in Company E, 110th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 15 Aug 1862!.
Transferred into Company K, 8th Reg Regiment U!.S!. Veteran Reserve Corps on 3 Dec 1864!.
Transferred out of Company E, 110th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 3 Dec 1864!.

Name: Emily Adelia Rutter
Birth: 1855 - Crawford, Missouri, USA
Death: 16 Mar 1909 - Crawford, Missouri, USA
Parents: Joseph George Rutter, Margaret
Spouse: Wentworth W Dukeshier

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Wentworth Dukeshier
Birth: 20 Jun 1836 ; St!. Johns Province, New Brunswick, Canada
Death: 25 Sep 1902 ; Missouri OR Sheridan, Wyoming
Parents:
* George Dukeshier (b!. 2 Jan 1794, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada; d!. 5 Jun 1875 ,Brown, Miami, Ohio); Marriage: 29 Nov 1819 to
1!. * Hester Cunnabell (b!. 2 Jun 1800, Gaspe, Quebec; d!. 29 Jun 1843,
Brown, Miami, Ohio)
2!. Martha Ralston (22 Apr 1809 to 3 Mar 1883, Ohio; Burial: Fletcher, Miami, Ohio)

Wentworth married:
1!. Emma Adelia Rutter --aka Emily D!. RUTTER (b!.Abt 1852 , Crawford county, Missouri ; d!. 18 Mar 1909, Crawford Co!., MO) on 5 Dec 1896, Steelville, Crawford County, MO!.--her 2nd husband
2!. Priscilla Litterel (b!. Abt!. 1840, St!. Johns, New Brunswick; d!. 23 Sep 1891 , Steelville, Crawford, Missouri;

Personal Information : Wentworth
Occupation: Farmer
Military Service--Civil War: 14 Aug 1862
Co!. E!. 110thRegiment of Ohio Infantry Volunteers

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(NOTE: Emily Rutter applied for a pension for her daughter, Golden B!. Dukeshier!. These records indicate She married Wentworth W!. Dukeshier Dec!. 5, 1896 in Steelville, mo!., he died Sept!. 25, 1902!. there is a declaration from Louisa J!. Towell of Steelville, and C!.A!. Wilson of Steelville, mo!. stating that they were well acquainted with Wentworth Dukeshier and Emily d!. Garrison before thier marriage to each other!.
A Declaratoin for widow's Pension
Claimant saysClaimants former husband died June 4, 1892 and that Goldie Dukeshier was born May 10, 1898 at Steelville, Mo!.
A Declaration for children under 16 years of age, Emily D!. Dukeshier [signs with her mark] states she was married under the name Emily D!. Garrison and calls her daughter Golden B!. Dukeshier, born May 10, 1898!. The pension for Goldie was to last until she was 16 yrs!. of age but a Declaration for continuance of Pension on account of a helpless child was made March 28, 1916!. It says that by reason of defective eyes, said child is helpless, and has been since early childhood!."

Wentworth's children:
By Priscilla: George W!. DUKESHIER b: 31 JUL 1870
By Emma: Golden B!. DUKESHIER b: 10 MAY 1898

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Publication Number: T289
Publication Title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900!.
Publisher: NARA
State: Ohio
Arm Of Service: Infantry
Regiment: 110
Company: E
Name: Dukeshier, Wentworth
Rank: [BLANK]
Date of filing: 14 Jun 1879
State/arm Of Service: Ohio Inf!.
Company/regiment: Co!. E,110th Regt!.
Roll Number: 425
Collection Title: Civil War Pensions
(on the original view, it says:
Name of Dead Soldier: Dukeshier, Wentworth
Filed 1879 June 14 for:
Invalid--Number 292144--Law J--Certificate Number 350610
Widow--Number 772465--Law J
Minor--Number 778886--Law J--Certificate Number 590938)Www@QuestionHome@Com