William Taylor Winstead

Brief Life History of William Taylor

When William Taylor Winstead was born on 16 March 1841, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, his father, Alexander Taylor Winstead, was 23 and his mother, Priscilla Ann Trice, was 23. He married Elizabeth Frances Day on 21 December 1859, in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Vanderburg, Webster, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 2 April 1886, in Webster, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Winstead Cemetery, Slaughters, Webster, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Taylor Winstead
1841–1886
Elizabeth Frances Day
1841–1933
Marriage: 21 December 1859
Mary Ann Winstead
1860–1937
John Thomas Winstead
1863–1946
Charles Monroe Winstead
1866–1929
Sarah Elizabeth Winstead
1867–1937
Reverend William Philip Winstead
1869–1941
George Washington Winstead
1871–1952
Ambrose Alexander Winstead
1873–1960
Louettie Winstead
1875–1958
Joel Yancy Winstead
1877–1953
Samuel Champion Winstead
1879–1969
Thomas Winstead
1881–1881

Sources (21)

  • Willian Winstead in household of A T Winstead, "United States Census, 1860"
  • William T Denslead, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • W.T. Winstead, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

1856

Historical Boundaries 1856: Hopkins, Kentucky, United States 1860: Webster, Kentucky, United States

Name Meaning

English: habitational name, perhaps from Wanstead in Greater London (formerly Esses), recorded in Domesday Book as Wenesteda ‘site (Old English stede) by a mound (Old English wænn) or where wagons (Old English wǣn) are kept’, but more likely from Winestead in East Yorkshire, named from Old English wīf ‘wife’ or a female personal name Wīfa + stede ‘homestead’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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