Mary Winstead (abt. 1810 - abt. 1847)

Born about 1810 in Person County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Seth M Winstead — married 12 Jun 1830 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA

Died about 1847 at about age 37 in Weakley County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

BIRTH / DEATH

Mary Winstead lived in Appalachia, in Alabama.

Mary Winstead

Birth estimated about 1810, based on the following:

1) born between 1801-1810, per census in 1810, age under 10

2) born between 1811-1820, per census in 1840, age 20-29

Place of Birth: assume Person Co, North Carolina, based on the following:

1) Her father, John Winstead, is located in Person Co. NC between 1793-1811.

Death estimated about 1847 in Weakley Co. TN, based on the following:

1) died between 1841 (birth of child) and 1848 (husband's 2nd marriage)

2) last census location is Weakley Co. TN on 1840 census

3) husband with children and 2nd wife, still in Weakley on 1850 census

PARENTAGE

Mary Winstead, assumed daughter of John Winstead

Circumstantial evidence to support father JOHN Winstead:

1) Mary fits on John Winstead's census in 1810 in Person Co. North Carolina

2) Mary married in Lauderdale AL, where father John was living in 1830

3) Biography written of her son in 1889, states Mary is daughter John Winstead

4) No other potential fathers were living in Lauderdale AL.

MARRIAGE

Dodd, Jordan R., comp.. Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920

Name: Seth. M. Winstead

Gender: Male

Spouse: Mary Winstead

Spouse Gender: Female

Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1830

Marriage Place: Lauderdale

Performed By: M. G.

Surety/Perf. Name: R. A. Askew

Notes:

There is a conflict because Mary is not on her father's 1830 census, yet future husband Seth appears to single on is his mother's 1830 census in NC. It is possible there was confusion because they were married during the census year. Or... confusion because marriage location AL was different than their residence in NC after they were married. I assume Seth's travel time to and from marriage location was not quick.

Seth and Mary are listed in a biography of their son John, written in 1889. It states Mary is daughter of John Winstead. It also states Seth and Mary had 3 sons and 1 daughter, with John being the 2nd born child. John was alive at the time the biography was written. (Reference Book Section at bottom of page for entire biography.)

Seth and his 2nd wife Priscilla are listed in a biography of their son George, written in 1887. It also mentions Seth's first marriage to Mary Winstead. George and his mother Priscilla were alive at the time the biography was written.

CENSUS / TIMELINE

1810 Census: Person, North Carolina

Name: John Winstine

2 - Males - Under 10: ......... [John, William]

1 - Males - 10 thru 15: ....... [Benjamin]

2 - Males - 16 thru 25: ....... [Samuel, Johnson]

1 - Males - 45 and over: ..... [John]

1 - Females - Under 10: ..... [Mary] <-------

2 - Females - 10 thru 15: ... [Frances, Charlotte]

3 - Females - 16 thru 25: ... [Elizabeth, ???, and ???]

Numbers of Slaves: 1

Number of Household Members: 13

1810: father, John Winstead, sold 100 acres in Person Co. NC

1811: father, John Winstead, sold 128 acres in Person Co. NC

1820 census: ???

1830: marriage of Seth M Winstead and Mary Winstead, Lauderdale Co. AL

1835-1838: moved to Weakley Co., Tennessee

1840 Census: Weakley, Tennessee, F#41/88

Name: Seth Winstead

2 - Males - Under 5: ........... [Barnet, John]

1 - Males - 5 thru 9: ........... [Charles]

1 - Males - 30 thru 39: ....... [SETH]

1 - Females - 20 thru 29: ... [Mary]

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2

No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1

Total Free White Persons: 5

Total Slaves: 3

Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8

1841-1848: death of Mary Winstead-Winstead

1848: marriage of Seth M Winstead, to 2nd wife Priscilla Hearn

1850: District 4, Weakley, Tennessee, #40

L M Winstead ............ 45 ... NC ... farmer ... real estate $600

Pricilla Winstead ....... 27 ... TN ... cannot read/write [2nd wife]

Charles Winstead ..... 17 ... NC ... [child of 1st wife Mary]

John Winstead .......... 15 ... NC … [child of 1st wife Mary]

Bernet Winstead ...... 11 ... TN .... [child of 1st wife Mary]

Sarah Winstead .......... 9 ... TN .... [child of 1st wife Mary]

Linda Winstead .... 11 m ... TN

CHILDREN

child CHARLES:

1855 marriage: Charles C. Winstead, Sarah J. Wheeler, 11 Jan 1855, Weakley TN

1860 census: C C Winstead 25 NC, Sarah 26 NC, Weakley, Tennessee #793

........ next to family#794, J H Wheeler age 66 NC

........ close to family#809, father S M Winstead age 54 NC

1870: cannot locate

child JOHN S:

1860 ??? : cannot locate, not with parents. Wife w/parents in 1860, Weakley TN

1860 marriage: John S Winstall, Victora Rucker, 18 Nov 1860 - Weakley

1870 census: John S Winstead 34 NC, Victora 25 TN, Weakley, Tennessee

1880 census: John Winstead 44 NC,NC,MS, Victory 36 TN, Clay, Arkansas

1900 census: John S Winstead 64, NC, victoria 55 TN, Clay, Arkansas

1910: cannot locate

Reference John's biography in Book Section.

child BARNETT:

cannot locate after 1860 census with father

Child SARAH:

cannot locate after 1880 census with father

possible marriage ??? Sarah Winstead, Jas H Morris, 5 May 1884 - Weakley ???

Note: the children of Seth by his 2nd wife, are listed on Seth's profile.

BOOK REFERENCES

Mary is mentioned in a biography of her son John S Winstead.

Mary is mentioned in a biography of her husband’s child by 2nd marriage George Winstead.

Both of these biographies were written in the 1880's, while the subjects were still living.

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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas (Google eBook)

Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889 - Arkansas

https://books.google.com/books?id=iEZEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA255

Page 255

John S. Winstead, farmer and stock raiser of Haywood Township, Clay County, Ark., is a native of North Carolina, and was born in Person County May 4, 1836. His father, Seth M. Winstead, was also born in Person County, and was there married to Miss Mary Winstead, daughter of John Winstead. The Winsteads were prominent pioneers of that State. Seth Winstead moved to Tennessee about 1838, settling in Weakley County, engaging in farming, and there reared his family. He died in that State in 1882. John S. Winstead is the second son in order of birth of three sons and one daughter born to his parents. He attained his growth in Weakley County, remaining with his parents until twenty-three years of age, and married in Obion County, November 18, 1860, to Miss Victoria Rucker, a native of Middle Tennessee, and the daughter of S.W. and Eda Rucker. After marriage Mr. Winstead farmed in Obion County for a number of years, but later sold out and moved to Arkansas in 1872. Two years later he bought and settle on his present farm, which he has greatly improved. He has 100 acres cleared and sixty acres in timber, all one tract. He has fair buildings and a good orchard. This is a very desirable farm, and is located one mile due west in Greenway. To Mr. and Mrs. Winstead were born these children: Erasmus, Charles, William, Samuel, Minnie Ballard, John, Zachariah T. and Victoria. They lost one daughter Emma, who grew up, was married, and died in February 1888, leaving one child. Mr. and Mrs. Winstead are members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Winstead belongs to the Agricultural Wheel.

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Goodspeed's History of Tennessee 1887

Biographies of Weakley County

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnweakle/Goodspeed_Weakley_Bios_W.html

George W. WINSTEAD, attorney, of Dresden, Tenn., is a son of S. M. and Priscilla (Hearn) Winstead, who were born in North Carolina and Tennessee in 1805 and 1831, respectively. The father was a farmer, and became a resident of Weakley County, Tenn., in 1835. He was twice married, his first wife dying a few years after their marriage. He was a man of fine business qualities, and at the time of his death, in October 1877, owned a large quantity of land. He was the father of eight children. The mother now resides upon the old homestead. Our subject, George W. Winstead, was born in Weakley County, December 28, 1857, and was academically educated in his native county, and in 1877 entered the East Tennessee Wesleyan University at Athens, now the Grant Memorial University, taking a complete course, graduating June 1, 1881. At the early age of seventeen he began teaching school, but after his graduation was elected principal of the Sharon schools, and in April, 1882, while teaching there, was elected county superintendent of schools, to fill the unexpired term of E. W. Edwards. In the fall of 1882 he was elected principal of the Dresden schools, all the while looking after the interests of the public schools. In January, 1883, he was re-elected to the office of county superintendent, and held the position until the summer of 1884, when he resigned. He was an ardent worker in building up the schools of Weakley County, and was one of its first educators. During this time he devoted his leisure hours to the study of law, and in 1883 opened a law office in Dresden, and entered upon the practice of his profession. January 1, 1884, he was admitted to practice law before the courts of Tennessee, and for the past three years has given the practice of law his entire attention. He is a young man of temperate habits, a close student, and one who applies himself closely to his profession, the results being very satisfactory. He has always been an earnest Republican in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for James G. Blaine. In 1884 he was elector on the Blaine and Logan ticket, and canvassed the Ninth Congressional District in their behalf, his opponent being W. P. Caldwell, ex-member of Congress. Mr. Winstead is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

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