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Thomas C. Winfield Wainwright (1828 - 1902)

Rev. Thomas C. Winfield Wainwright
Born in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 12 Sep 1854 in Sumner County, Tennessee, USAmap
Husband of — married 28 Aug 1860 in Lewis, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Died at age 73 in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 31 Oct 2010
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Biography

Son of William Ephraim and Nancy B. (Turner) Wainwright. He married 1st Henrietta Allen House, Sept. 26, 1854 in Nashville, Tennessee. They had two children Cornelius Porter and Henrietta Wainwright.

He married 2nd Francis "Fannie' Nixon (Johnston) Venerable, Aug. 28, 1860 in Lewis Co., Tennessee. They had at least 8 children Lillie, Thomas, Frances, Willliam H., Mary S., John Cornelius, Mary Louise "Frances", and Cornealia Josephine Wainwright.


United Methodist Church, Prospect, Giles Co., TN.(@@rootsweb.com):

This Church became a part of what was known as the Shoal Circuit which consisted of twenty-five or thirty Churches. This Circuit was from two to three hundred miles long and four weeks were required to make the trip around it. The ministers, who were known as Circuit riders, preached almost every day in the week and twice on Sunday. Two preachers were always appointed to ride the Circuit, one a married man and the other a single man. They followed each other on the Circuit two weeks apart. Preachers having traveled the Circuit were: ..., THOMASWAINWRIGHT, ..."

The following is taken from Goodspeed Bio.'s found athttp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/washington/bios/w.txt  :

Thomas Wainwright is a native of Madison County, Ala., and was born near the city of Huntsville, on the 12th day of Sept. 1828, a son of William and Nancy Wainwright, and grandson of Samuel Wainwright, who came with a brother of his from England to America, prior to the Revolutionary War. His brother located in the State of New York. Samuel located in Dinwiddie [p. 1034] county, near Petersburgh, VA., where he became an extensive planter and slaveholder. Here his son William was born in 1785 and after completion of his education he left his father's and went to Charleston, S.C., where, after spending what money he had, rather than return back to his father's and be dependent upon him, he learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1811 went to Huntsville, Ala. He entered the Seminole War under Gen. Jackson, at the close of which he went to Lincoln County, Tenn., where he married a Miss Nancy Turner, who was a native of Virginia, near Lynchburg.
Immediately after his marriage he settled in Florence, Ala., where he lived for three years, at the close of which time he moved back to Madison County and settled near Hutnsville. In 1815 his father died, and he received his portion of the estate, consisting of money and slaves. He then purchased a plantation and engaged in cotton raising.
In 1835 he became security for some of his friends to the amount of some $13,000. In 1837 he had these security debts to pay, which consumed about all he had. Later in life he retrieved to some extent his fallen fortune. William and Nancy Wainwright were the parents of nine children, seven sons and two daughters. He died in 1855 and she in 1864. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Their son Thomas was reared on his father's plantation in his native state, and attended the common schools of that county. Was converted to God on the 29th day of August, 1845, and was received in the Methodist Episcopla Church, South, immediately afterward. Was licensed to preach in September, 1846, and admitted into the Tennessee Conference in the following October as an itinerant preacher, filling circuits, stations and districts. In order to extend his knowledge in the sciences and of literature, he entered the best academies in his circuits, and the best colleges in the towns where he was stationed; by doing so he acquired an extensive knowledge of his own language and the different sciences, embracing medicine and law. On Sept. 26, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Henriette A. House, who died in 1859. She gave birth to two children: Cornelius Porter, and Henrietta, now deceased. His second marriage was to Mrs. Fannie Venerable, by whom he has seven children: Thomas (deceased), Lily M. (wife of J.J. Peer), William H., Fannie P., M.Lula, Cornelia J., and John.
Politically he has never been a Democrat. He first voted for Pierce, Buchanan and Douglas, against secession.


Sources

March 2019 updates:


  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWT-KF1 : 12 August 2017), Thomas W Wainwright, Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 215, sheet 692B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0059; FHL microfilm 1,254,059.


This person was created through the import of Pioneer Stock.GED on 31 October 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

Title: Rev.
Burial: JUN 1902, Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee Co., OK. Greenhill Cem. Records show that T. Wainwright is buried in Block 115-0,Lot 016-0, Space 006-0.
1870 census, Sebastian Co., ARK., Upper Twp., Ft. Smith P.O.

ARKANSAS LAND RECORDS:

Name: Thomas Wainwright
Land Office: Dardanelle
Document Number: 1035
Total Acres: 159.6
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 4177
Signature: Yes
Canceled Dicument: No
Issue Date: March 01,1876
Mineral Rights
Reserved: No
Metes & Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392
Multiple Warantee
Names: No
Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862
Multiple Patentee
Names: No
Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original
Land Description: 1 4NW 5TH PM No 5N 28W 31
2 5NW 5TH PM No 5N 28W 31
3 6NW 5TH PM No 5N 28W 31
4 7NW 5TH Pm No 5N 28W 31

1880 census, Washington Co., ARK., Fayetteville City, enum. as CountyExaminer of Schools.

1900 census, Creek Nation, OK., Muskogee Dist., Twp., 15, Muskogee Town.





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