Alfred Royal Wynne (1800 - 1893)

Born 1800 in Wilson County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Almira (Winchester) Wynne — married 14 Mar 1825 in Sumner, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 1893 at about age 93 in Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tennessee

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Biography

Biographical Sketch Alfred Royal Wynne 1800 Born – in Wilson County, Tennessee, son of Robert K. and Cynthia Harrison Wynne 1802 At death of father, went to live in home of grandfather; attended school at Hickory Ridge 1816 Became clerk in Winchester and Cage general store at Cairo, operated by General James Winchester and William Cage 1822 Opened his own general store at Cairo 1823 Made trip to New Orleans to dispose of tobacco received in trade at Cairo store ca. 1824 Became partner with Lucilius Winchester and J.H. Vaughn in general merchandise store at Dixon Springs 1825 March 14 – married Almira Winchester, daughter of General James Winchester at Cragfont 1830 June 8 – commissioned Second Major, 15th Regiment, Sumner County Militia 1835 May 27 – commissioned Colonel Commandant, 15 th Regiment, Sumner County Militia ca. 1836 Entered slave trading partnership with Stokley Vinson and Benjamin Price 1840 Appointed postmaster at Castalian Springs; served 1840-1842; 1853-1857; 1868-1893 1842 Entered general merchandise partnership with S.R. Anderson and Stokley Vinson in S.R. Anderson and Company in Gallatin 1846 Became partner of Silas C. Cornwell of Gainesboro in sawmill on Roaring River 1865 Elected to represent Sumner County in Tennessee General Assembly 1893 December 18 – died at Castalian Springs; buried at Cragfont

Col. A. R. Wynne was born in Sumner County in 1800, and is now one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of the First District. His parents were Robert and Cynthia (Harrison) Wynne. The father was a native of North Carolina, and moved with his parents to Sumner County when a boy; he married in this county, and soon after moved to Wilson County where he died in the prime of life in 1802. The mother was born in South Carolina, and died in Jackson, Miss., a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. After the death of his father our subject lived with his grandfather Wynne until sixteen years of age in Wilson County, receiving most of his education at Hickory Ridge, in same county. Mr. Wynne then returned to Sumner County, and entered a mercantile house at Cairo, where he clerked for several years, then commenced business upon his own responsibility at the same place, but sold out three years later and went to Stampson's Mill, and engaged in the milling business. In 1834 he purchased the farm on which he now resides, and has since then made it his home, owning 432 acres of Sumner County's most valuable land, the home tract of 290 acres being at Castalian Springs. Mr. Wynne is one of the leading farmers of Sumner County, is widely known and respected by all. Under the old military rules he was colonel of the militia having command of 1,200 men between Gallatin and Hartsville. In 1866 he was elected to represent Sumner County in the upper branch of the State Legislature. March, 1825, he married Miss Elmira, daughter of Gen. James and Susan Winchester, of Sumner County. Fourteen children were born to this marriage, three sons and three daughters living: Joseph G., Andrew J. of Alabama, Winchester, Louisa, Susan and Mary M. Mrs. Wynne was born in Sumner County in 1804, and died in 1882, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Wynne has been a life-long Democrat; his first presidential vote was cast for Gen. Jackson in 1828. He was a great admirer of Jackson, Polk and Johnson. He is an influential and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and has been postmaster at Castalian Springs for forty-seven years. Col. A. R. Wynne

From History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to The Present Goodspeed Publishing Co. Nashville, TN 1887

Sources

"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-GFXD : 10 March 2021), Alfred R Wynn and Almira Winchester, 14 Mar 1825; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,844. State of Tennessee WYNNE, GEORGE WINCHESTER, 1887-1973, COLLECTION OF WYNNE FAMILY PAPERS, 1801-1972 - https://sos-tn-gov-files.tnsosfiles.com/forms/WYNNE_GEORGE_WINCHESTER_1887-1973_COLLECTION_OF_WYNNE_FAMILY_PAPERS_1801-1972.pdf

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