Graduated Columbia University entering at age 16. Education: A.B. 1840, M.A. 1843. Lawyer, 1843-49, N.Y.
Forty-niners 'round the Horn. Passengers on the Bark Strafford left New York Feb 4, 1849, all of whom were members of the N.Y. Mining Co., owning their vessel, including John Carver Winans, 1st cousin of Joseph, six months voyage to CA.
He settled in Sacramento, then a mining town, and later served three terms as president of the Pioneer Society of Sacramento. After his removal to San Francisco, he "held many offices of honor and trust without emolument," among them being the presidency of the San Francisco Society of California Pioneers. He was the first scholar of the Bar of the State of California.
Partner, 1849-61, law firm of Winans and Hyer, Sacramento; partner, 1861-87, law firm of Winans and Belknap, S.F.; city atty. for Sacramento for several years beginning 1852; elected pres., S.F. Bd. of Education, 1865; delegate to Cal. Constitutional Convention of 1878 where he led the successful movement to free the University from "all pernicious political influence."
Antislavery Attorney.
Winans - In this city, March 3, Joseph Webb Winans, a native of New York City, aged 66 years, 8 months and 13 days.
Friends of the deceased are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, to-day (Friday), at 1 o'clock P.M., from his late residence, 326 Clay Street. Internment at Calistoga.
The San Francisco Call, March 3, 1887
Buried Winans Vault Calistoga, Napa Co. CA. Re-interred June 11, 1913 in the St. Helena Cemetery.
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Photo Winans Vault Calistoga, Napa Co., CA Winans Vault was built on the property of Samuel Brannan in 1870 from stone brought from China by Joseph Webb Winans. In 1913 the City of Calistoga passed an ordinance prohibiting housing of non-cremated remains above ground. Records of the St Helena Cemetery Association indicate that in June, 1913, and Sept of 1919, the remains of ten individuals were removed from the Vault and re-interred in the St Helena Cemetery.
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Forty-niners 'round the Horn. Passengers on the Bark Strafford left New York Feb 4, 1849, all of whom were members of the N.Y. Mining Co., owning their vessel, including John Carver Winans, 1st cousin of Joseph, six months voyage to CA.
He settled in Sacramento, then a mining town, and later served three terms as president of the Pioneer Society of Sacramento. After his removal to San Francisco, he "held many offices of honor and trust without emolument," among them being the presidency of the San Francisco Society of California Pioneers. He was the first scholar of the Bar of the State of California.
Partner, 1849-61, law firm of Winans and Hyer, Sacramento; partner, 1861-87, law firm of Winans and Belknap, S.F.; city atty. for Sacramento for several years beginning 1852; elected pres., S.F. Bd. of Education, 1865; delegate to Cal. Constitutional Convention of 1878 where he led the successful movement to free the University from "all pernicious political influence."
Antislavery Attorney.
Winans - In this city, March 3, Joseph Webb Winans, a native of New York City, aged 66 years, 8 months and 13 days.
Friends of the deceased are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, to-day (Friday), at 1 o'clock P.M., from his late residence, 326 Clay Street. Internment at Calistoga.
The San Francisco Call, March 3, 1887
Buried Winans Vault Calistoga, Napa Co. CA. Re-interred June 11, 1913 in the St. Helena Cemetery.
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Photo Winans Vault Calistoga, Napa Co., CA Winans Vault was built on the property of Samuel Brannan in 1870 from stone brought from China by Joseph Webb Winans. In 1913 the City of Calistoga passed an ordinance prohibiting housing of non-cremated remains above ground. Records of the St Helena Cemetery Association indicate that in June, 1913, and Sept of 1919, the remains of ten individuals were removed from the Vault and re-interred in the St Helena Cemetery.
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Graduated Columbia University entering at age 16. Education: A.B. 1840, M.A. 1843. Lawyer, 1843-49, N.Y.
Forty-niners 'round the Horn. Passengers on the Bark Strafford left New York Feb 4, 1849, all of whom were members of the N.Y. Mining Co., owning their vessel, including John Carver Winans, 1st cousin of Joseph, six months voyage to CA.
He settled in Sacramento, then a mining town, and later served three terms as president of the Pioneer Society of Sacramento. After his removal to San Francisco, he "held many offices of honor and trust without emolument," among them being the presidency of the San Francisco Society of California Pioneers. He was the first scholar of the Bar of the State of California.
Partner, 1849-61, law firm of Winans and Hyer, Sacramento; partner, 1861-87, law firm of Winans and Belknap, S.F.; city atty. for Sacramento for several years beginning 1852; elected pres., S.F. Bd. of Education, 1865; delegate to Cal. Constitutional Convention of 1878 where he led the successful movement to free the University from "all pernicious political influence."
Antislavery Attorney.
Winans - In this city, March 3, Joseph Webb Winans, a native of New York City, aged 66 years, 8 months and 13 days.
Friends of the deceased are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, to-day (Friday), at 1 o'clock P.M., from his late residence, 326 Clay Street. Internment at Calistoga.
The San Francisco Call, March 3, 1887
Buried Winans Vault Calistoga, Napa Co. CA. Re-interred June 11, 1913 in the St. Helena Cemetery.
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Photo Winans Vault Calistoga, Napa Co., CA Winans Vault was built on the property of Samuel Brannan in 1870 from stone brought from China by Joseph Webb Winans. In 1913 the City of Calistoga passed an ordinance prohibiting housing of non-cremated remains above ground. Records of the St Helena Cemetery Association indicate that in June, 1913, and Sept of 1919, the remains of ten individuals were removed from the Vault and re-interred in the St Helena Cemetery.
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Forty-niners 'round the Horn. Passengers on the Bark Strafford left New York Feb 4, 1849, all of whom were members of the N.Y. Mining Co., owning their vessel, including John Carver Winans, 1st cousin of Joseph, six months voyage to CA.
He settled in Sacramento, then a mining town, and later served three terms as president of the Pioneer Society of Sacramento. After his removal to San Francisco, he "held many offices of honor and trust without emolument," among them being the presidency of the San Francisco Society of California Pioneers. He was the first scholar of the Bar of the State of California.
Partner, 1849-61, law firm of Winans and Hyer, Sacramento; partner, 1861-87, law firm of Winans and Belknap, S.F.; city atty. for Sacramento for several years beginning 1852; elected pres., S.F. Bd. of Education, 1865; delegate to Cal. Constitutional Convention of 1878 where he led the successful movement to free the University from "all pernicious political influence."
Antislavery Attorney.
Winans - In this city, March 3, Joseph Webb Winans, a native of New York City, aged 66 years, 8 months and 13 days.
Friends of the deceased are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, to-day (Friday), at 1 o'clock P.M., from his late residence, 326 Clay Street. Internment at Calistoga.
The San Francisco Call, March 3, 1887
Buried Winans Vault Calistoga, Napa Co. CA. Re-interred June 11, 1913 in the St. Helena Cemetery.
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Photo Winans Vault Calistoga, Napa Co., CA Winans Vault was built on the property of Samuel Brannan in 1870 from stone brought from China by Joseph Webb Winans. In 1913 the City of Calistoga passed an ordinance prohibiting housing of non-cremated remains above ground. Records of the St Helena Cemetery Association indicate that in June, 1913, and Sept of 1919, the remains of ten individuals were removed from the Vault and re-interred in the St Helena Cemetery.
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