Catharine Winingder [469]
Sex: F
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Birth: Abt 1813 - Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA 2845,3550
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Death: 18 Mar 1838 - Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA 2845,3550
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1. Obituary 3551, 28 Mar 1838 in Norfolk Co., Virginia
Died at Charleston, on the 18th inst. after a few days illnes, Mrs. Catharine Manning, age 25 years, consort of Mr. William Manning, recently of this place. A large circle of relatives and friends whom she left a few months since, with all the hopes and prospects of health and happiness, will long lament her sudden and affecting end.
Spouses and Children
1. *William Manning [468] ( - ) 2845 [MRIN:183]
Marriage: 4 May 1837 - Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA 2846
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Francis Donnell Winston [281]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Oct 1857 - Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA 3552
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Death: 28 Jan 1941 - Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA 3552
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1. Alt. Birth
At 2:30 am2. Election 173
Lt. Governor of North Carolina3. Census 3553, U.S., 1930 in Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Father: Patrick Henry Winston [284] (1820-1886) [MRIN:132]
Mother: Martha Elizabeth Byrd [306] (1825-1899) 173,830
Spouses and Children
1. *Rose Mary Kenney [140] (26 Jan 1870 - 10 Feb 1944) 745,1614 [MRIN:73]
Marriage: 30 May 1889
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See "Francis Donnell Winston", by Archibald Henderson, Supplement of the Alumni review, vol. 31, no. 2. Univ. of NC. Chapel Hill, NC, 1942.
The Winstons: A Distinguished Family
WINDSOR - Patrick Henry Winston Jr., - lawyer, journalist, orator, wit and humorist, was born in Windsor August 22, 1847 and died in Spokane, Washington, April 3, 1904.
His biographer and brother wrote of him, "from childhood to death he was the wonder, the delight or the terror of all who knew him. His powers of description, his brilliant imagination, his infinite fancy, his sparkling and flashing wit, his droll, irresistible humor, his unbounded sympathy, his intellectual power and audacity, furnished to all beholders an endless display of mental gymnastics and pyrotechnics, leaving impressions that lasted a lifetime."
Patrick Winston was educated at Horner Academy in Oxford and at age sixteen entered the Confederate Army as an aid to Gov. Vance. He served in this capacity for two years. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1867 with highest academic honors and as valedictorian of his class.
Winston was licensed to practice law in 1868 and moved to Baltimore where he practiced for two years. In 1870 he married Virginia Miller of Pittsburgh and moved to that city to practice law. In 1873 he returned to North Carolina for a number of years and in 1884 moved to the Pacific coast, locating first in Lewiston, Idaho and afterward in Spokane, Washington.
Patrick Winston Jr., was a trustee of the University of North Carolina. He was a delegate to two National Democratic and two National Republican conventions. He also served as Presidential elector. While in Idaho, Winston was register of the land office there. In Spokane he served as District Attorney of the Territory of Washington by appointment of President Harrison. Later he was the I first attorney general of the State of Washington by popular election. Patrick Winston owned and edited three newspapers: The Albemarle Times, published in Windsor; the Spokane Review and Winston's Weekly, also published in Spokane.
At his death the bar of Spokane placed on his grave "An Open Book," which said, "It is our deliberate judgment that for wit and humor, for logic, for eloquence, for learning, for love of justice, for kindness of heart, for sympathy with the unfortunate, for lofty and noble Americanism, he had no superior in this or any other, age of our country. His ready and pointed wit, his inimitable expression, his forceful and unanswerable logic, were weapons of great power, which he used only to promote the cause of humanity and the purpose of justice." George Tayloe Winston
George Tayloe Winston, President of, the University of North Carolina from 1891 until 1896, was one of Bertie County's illustrious sons. While the immediate Winston family no longer lives in Bertie, many Bertie families are related to George Winston through his parents.
George Tayloe Winston was born in Bertie October 12, 1852, the second son of Patrick Henry Winston and his wife Martha Byrd Winston. He graduated from the Horner School in Oxford and entered the University of North Carolina in 1868 at the age of 14. When the University was closed during reconstruction days, George Winston received an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy from President Andrew Johnson. He went on to graduate from the Academy first in his class; however, an aversion to sea life caused him to resign his commission after his first sea voyage.
George Winston entered Cornell University in 1871 and graduated three years later with honors. He stayed at Cornell an additional year doing graduate work and assisting in mathematics. In a 1875 he returned to UNC as an assistant professor of Latin and the next year was elevated to full professor, which position he held for sixteen years. George T. Winston was married that, same year to Miss Carolina Taylor of Hinsdale, N.H.
In 1891 Winston was unanimously elected President of the University of North Carolina. The university was suffering great unpopularity in those days. The general masses held it in low esteem and the church colleges feared its influence. Under Winston's able leadership the university enjoyed years of growth and prosperity.
After he relinquished the post of president of UNC in 1896, George Winston also served later as President of the University of Texas and as President of North Carolina State College. George Winston died in Durham in 1932 in his eightieth year of life.
Francis Winston
Francis Donnell Winston was a man revered and respected both in his native Bertie County and throughout North Carolina. He served the state as a Representative to the State legislature; he served the district as District Judge; he served the county as Clerk of Superior Court and as a leading figure in civic and religious endeavors.
Francis D. Winston was born October 2, 1857, the fourth son of P. H. Winston and his wife, Martha E. Byrd Winston. He grew up in "Windsor Castle," and lived there also as an adult. Winston was educated at the Horner School in Oxford and at Fetter's school in Henderson.
In 1873 Francis Winston entered Cornell University in a Ithaca, New York, which he attended for two years. The University of North Carolina reopened its doors in 1875 and F Winston transferred there as the first student to register. He graduated from UNC in 1879. The following year he taught school and studied law with his father. In 1880 he attended Dick and Dillard Law School in Greensboro and obtained his license to practice law in 1881. This same year he was appointed Clerk of Court for Bertie County, a position which he held for two years. After this Winston entered into a successful law practice of his own in Windsor and Bertie County.
In 1887 he represented Bertie and Northampton Counties in the State Senate and in 1898, accepted the Democratic nomination for a seat in the House of Representatives: This election represented the first return to power of Democrats in Bertie in twenty years. He was a leader in the General Assembly for this session and was strongly suggested as candidate for Attorney General. However, he was elected again to represent Bertie in the House.
In 1901 Gov. Charles Aycock, a college friend of Winston's appointed him Judge of the second Judicial District. He is said by a biographer to "have combined pleasant manners with judicial dignity and firmness" and to have done more work than any other judge ever to serve in North Carolina.
In 1904 Francis Winston was elected lieutenant-governor , winning praise throughout the State for his able management of this office.
Gov. Aycock said of him, "Mr. Winston is a man both of scholarly and of antiquarian tastes. He encourages the collection and study of historic material by schools and societies. He has taken a deep Interest In Masonry . . .As a private citizen Mr. Winston is marked by interest in all charitable work; as a neighbor, by kindness, generosity and hospitality; as a friend, by loyalty, sympathy and the broadest tolerance."
Francis Winston married Rosa Mary Kenny of Portsmouth. Although the Winstons had no children, they raised a nephew, Steve Kenny, as their own son. Kenny lived in Windsor and served for many years as Register of Deeds of Bertie County.
Winston was honored by his alma mater with an honorary law degree and served as U.S. District Attorney for the district in which he lived. He was a Trustee of the University and a communicant of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Windsor. Judge Winston is buried in the church yard of this church beside his wife. His tomb catalogs some of his achievements, among which were vestryman, Grand Master of Masons and member of the church choir.
Judge Francis D. Winston died in 1941, having served his community and his State all of his life. Mrs. Winston followed him in death in 1944. Both will long be remembered for their devotion to the community.
Robert Watson Winston
Robert Watson Winston - lawyer, Judge, lecturer, author, scholar, statesman - was born in Windsor September 2, 1860, the son of Patrick Henry and Elizabeth Byrd Winston. Although he spent his adult life in other areas of the State, Robert Winston grew up in Windsor and was related to many Bertie Families.
At the age of eleven Robert Winston entered Horner Academy at Oxford where he studied for four years. He then entered the University of North Carolina. While at the University, Winston was a member of the Philanthropic Literary Society, the baseball team and Zeta Psi social fraternity. He tutored in both mathematics and Latin. At age nineteen he graduated and entered into the study of law.
In 1883 Robert Winston married Sophronia Horner, daughter of his old school master, James Horner of Oxford. He entered the practice of law in Oxford and served as city treasurer and city attorney. By age twenty-five Winston had elected State senator of Granville County and soon became a power in Democratic politics. By age twenty-nine Winston was appointed Judge of Superior Court, which position he held for five years.
In January 1895, Robert Winston retired from the bench to enter the practice of law in Durham as a partner in the firm, Winston and Bryant. The practice of this firm was one of the largest in the State, and Judge Winston was one of the StateŽs most prominent lawyers.
Judge Winston was a much-sought-after lecturer and speaker as well as being active in law and in politics. He also was a regular contributor to journals and to newspapers. At his wifeŽs death in 1913, Robert Winston retired from the practice of law to devote his full time to writing and study. At the age of sixty-three he re-entered the university to study creative writing and philosophy.
During the last two decades of his life Robert Winston wrote a number of books in addition to news and magazine articles. His subjects ranged from law to literature to biographies. Only his auto-biographical, A Far Cry, is in the Bertie library, although he published four other books and received critical notice from as far away as New York.
Winston received two honorary degrees. In 1881 he was awarded an LL.B. by the University of North Carolina and in 1913 Wake Forest College awarded him an LL.D. degree.
The Winstons had two sons and two daughters. The oldest son, James Horner Winston, was the first Rhodes Scholar from North Carolina to study at Oxford University. Horner Winston later became a lawyer, living and practicing in Chicago.
Judge Robert Watson Winston died suddenly in Chapel Hill at age eighty-four having enjoyed and mastered several careers in the span of his life-time.
Bertie County 250th Anniversary Edition Section D Page 10 September 28, 1972. Used with permission
Patrick Henry Winston [284]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 May 1820 - Franklin Co., North Carolina 173,3554
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Death: 14 Jun 1886
Burial: in Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
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1. *Martha Elizabeth Byrd [306] (16 Mar 1825 - 18 Mar 1899) 173,830 [MRIN:132]
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1. Francis Donnell Winston [281] (1857-1941)
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b. May 9, 1820 d. June 14, 1886
b. May 9, 1820 d. June 14, 1886
Mary Jane Wolf [1811]
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1. *Dr. Clarence F. Outten [1810] (Abt 1899 - 10 May 1967) 400 [MRIN:619]
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1. Dr. Joseph F. Outten [1812] ( - ) 400
Womack [2688]
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1. *Caty Hodges [2687] ( - ) 37 [MRIN:1113]
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Captain Wood [337]
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1. *Martha Palmer [336] ( - ) [MRIN:151]
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1. Richard Wood [338] ( - )
2. Sophronia Wood [339] ( - )
Richard Wood [338]
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Father: Captain Wood [337] ( - ) [MRIN:151]
Mother: Martha Palmer [336] ( - )
Sophronia Wood [339]
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Father: Captain Wood [337] ( - ) [MRIN:151]
Mother: Martha Palmer [336] ( - )
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1. *Calheart [340] ( - ) [MRIN:152]
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Woodard [2155]
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1. *Eliza Hodges [2154] ( - After 1754) 376 [MRIN:726]
Marriage: Bef 1754 376
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Eliza Jacamine Woodard [2788]
Sex: F
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Father: [MRIN:934]
Mother: Daughter Hodges [2787] ( - )