Brief Life History of James Case
When James Case Winchester was born on 9 June 1831, in Lundys Lane, Elk Creek Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Stephen Winchester Sr., was 36 and his mother, Nancy Case, was 36. He married Elizabeth Jane Crisman on 30 May 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 23 September 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Winchester in household of Norman Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
- Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
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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History of James Case Winchester (compiled by his granddaughter Cloe Winchester Sanders)
James Case Winchester was born 19 June 1831 at Erie, Pennsylvania. He, being of Mormon parentage, passed through many hardships and vicissitudes consequent upon the travels of the Mormon people from p …
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