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James Washington Winters Jr.

Born 1817 in Giles County, TN

Ancestors

Son of James Washington Winters Sr. and Rhoda Creel Beall

Brother of William Carvin Winters, Orrin Lemon Winters, John Frelan Winters, Sarah Drusilla (Winters) Crouch, Lillie Ellen (Winters) Edwards, Benjamin Franklin Winters, Billington Taylor Winters and Susan Bernice (Winters) Crane

Husband of Pearcy Ezandy Melvina (Tullas) Winters — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Susan Melvina (Winters) Curtis and William Berry Winters

Died 1903 at about age 86 [location unknown]

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Biography

James Winters participated in the Battle of Salado and was with the Somerville expedition, returning with Sommerville without continuing on the Mier Expedition. James Winters lived for a time in Prairie Lea, CaldwellCo where he owned a mercantile business and in Moulton, LavacaCo where he had a store. After the loss by the CSA in the Civil War in which he participated, Winters moved to Tuxpan, Mexico where he farmed and ran a sugar mill. After the death of two children and his wife, he returned to Beeville, TX and settled in FrioCo where he died near Bigfoot on 14 Nov 1903. After the death of first wife Percy ca. 1875, Winters married Elizabeth Wier and was active in the Texas Veterans Association.. He is buried in the Brummett Cemetery, three miles northeast of Bigfoot. James W. Winters Jr. left a short memoir of his service leading up to and the battle of San Jacinto. Information provided by Wallace L. McKeehan, Sons of DeWitt Colony.

From findagrave.com- Need to clean up bio and references 11:00, 2 November 2014 (EST)

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1860 United States Federal Census
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Texas, Capitol Building Payroll, 1882-1888
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Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910
Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910
Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910
Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910
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Texas, Index Card Collections, 1800-1900
Texas, Index Card Collections, 1800-1900
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Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
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U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: