When Catherine Reynolds Winston was born on 30 July 1847, in Hanover, Virginia, United States, her father, William Henry Winston, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Frances Norment, was 18. She married Stephen Moorman Thomas on 8 January 1868. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Stewartsville Township, Richmond, North Carolina, United States in 1880 and Stewartsville Township, Scotland, North Carolina, United States in 1900. She died on 1 February 1924, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Laurinburg, Scotland, North Carolina, United States.
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The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
English: from the Middle English personal name Wynstan (Old English Wynstān, from wynn ‘joy’ + stān ‘stone’).
English: habitational name principally from Winson and Winstone (Gloucestershire) or Winston (Suffolk), occasionally perhaps from Winston (Durham), Winston in Brixton (Devon), or Winstone Farm near Wroxall (Isle of Wight). Winstone (Gloucestershire) derives from the Old English personal name Wynna + Old English stān ‘stone’. Winson (Gloucestershire) and the Suffolk, Durham, and Devon placenames derive from the Old English personal name Wine (genitive Wines) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Isle of Wight placename derives from the Old English personal name Wynsige + Old English tūn.
Americanized form of Jewish Weinstein .
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