Brief Life History of Winfield C.
When Winfield C. Winchester was born on 15 July 1829, in Orangeville, Wyoming, New York, United States, his father, Lebanah Winchester, was 33 and his mother, Electa Campbell, was 31. He married Margaret A. Van Eps on 10 December 1850, in Attica, Attica, Wyoming, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 December 1915, in Alexander, Alexander, Genesee, New York, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Attica, Attica, Wyoming, New York, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Winfield C Winchester, "United States Census, 1910"
- Winfield C. Winchester, "Find A Grave Index"
- Winfield C. Winchester in entry for Rosa Winchester, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1841
Historical Boundaries 1841: Wyoming, New York, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city in Hampshire, so named from the addition of Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (from Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) to the Romano-British name Venta, of disputed origin.
History: John Winchester was admitted a freeman in Brookline, MA, in 1637. Oliver Winchester (1810–80), owner of the arms company that produced the Winchester rifle, was his fifth-generation descendant, born in Boston.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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