P.H. WINSTON, Sr.
RECENT DEATH OF THIS EMINENT NORTH CAROLINIAN
The eminent citizen of our State died at his residence in Windsor, Bertie county, on Monday the 14th {1886}, after a lingering illness of three years. During the past six months he has been an invalid in bed from two strokes of paralysis; and his death was a quiet falling to sleep.
Patrick Henry Winston was born May 5th, 1820, in Franklin county. His father belonged to the well known family of Winstons which settled in Hanover county, Virginia migrating from Yorkshire, England, and spreading out into Kentucky, Mississippi and North Carolina. ..His mother was Nancy Fuller, sister of the late Jones Fuller and Elizabeth Fuller.
Mr. Winston was a student Wake Forest College two years whence he went to Columbian University, Washington City, and graduated as valedictorian. He read law under Judge Battle at Chapel Hill and settled in Windsor, Bertie county. Here he speedily attained to a large and lucrative practice and amassed a good fortune. He married here Miss. Martha Elizabeth BIRD, a member of a large and influential family, including the Watsons, Capehearts, Masons and Razeurs.
He represented his county several times in the Legislature, but his tastes were not political. His attention was given closely to law and to managing his property. He was decoted also to literature and science and a lover of astronomy and geology.
In 1861, together with Hon. B.F. Moore and Hon. S.F. Phillips, he was elected a Judge of the Court of Claims. At the expiration of the court he was appointed by Gov. Vance, Financial Agent between North Carolina and the Confederate States. In 1861 he was elected one of the Council of State and by that body he was chosen President, a most responsible position at that time.
IN 1865 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention from Franklin, where he had taken refuge during the war. He was eminent in that convention for his firmness and his political sagacity. In 1868 he was offered the nomination
for Congress but declines preferring the practice of law.
Few men in Northeastern North Carolina have possessed a wider influence, a finer character, or a purer reputation. He was a man of profound learning, untiring industry, and strong intellect. He leaves a widow and five children: Patrick H. Winston, Jr., now in Idaho; Prof. Geo. T. Winston, of the University; Frank D. Winston, of Windsor: Robert W.Winston, of Oxford, and Alice Capehart Winston."
(From the Raleigh Chronicle - reprinted in The Western Sentinel {Winston-Salem) on 8 July 1886}.
RECENT DEATH OF THIS EMINENT NORTH CAROLINIAN
The eminent citizen of our State died at his residence in Windsor, Bertie county, on Monday the 14th {1886}, after a lingering illness of three years. During the past six months he has been an invalid in bed from two strokes of paralysis; and his death was a quiet falling to sleep.
Patrick Henry Winston was born May 5th, 1820, in Franklin county. His father belonged to the well known family of Winstons which settled in Hanover county, Virginia migrating from Yorkshire, England, and spreading out into Kentucky, Mississippi and North Carolina. ..His mother was Nancy Fuller, sister of the late Jones Fuller and Elizabeth Fuller.
Mr. Winston was a student Wake Forest College two years whence he went to Columbian University, Washington City, and graduated as valedictorian. He read law under Judge Battle at Chapel Hill and settled in Windsor, Bertie county. Here he speedily attained to a large and lucrative practice and amassed a good fortune. He married here Miss. Martha Elizabeth BIRD, a member of a large and influential family, including the Watsons, Capehearts, Masons and Razeurs.
He represented his county several times in the Legislature, but his tastes were not political. His attention was given closely to law and to managing his property. He was decoted also to literature and science and a lover of astronomy and geology.
In 1861, together with Hon. B.F. Moore and Hon. S.F. Phillips, he was elected a Judge of the Court of Claims. At the expiration of the court he was appointed by Gov. Vance, Financial Agent between North Carolina and the Confederate States. In 1861 he was elected one of the Council of State and by that body he was chosen President, a most responsible position at that time.
IN 1865 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention from Franklin, where he had taken refuge during the war. He was eminent in that convention for his firmness and his political sagacity. In 1868 he was offered the nomination
for Congress but declines preferring the practice of law.
Few men in Northeastern North Carolina have possessed a wider influence, a finer character, or a purer reputation. He was a man of profound learning, untiring industry, and strong intellect. He leaves a widow and five children: Patrick H. Winston, Jr., now in Idaho; Prof. Geo. T. Winston, of the University; Frank D. Winston, of Windsor: Robert W.Winston, of Oxford, and Alice Capehart Winston."
(From the Raleigh Chronicle - reprinted in The Western Sentinel {Winston-Salem) on 8 July 1886}.
P.H. WINSTON, Sr.
RECENT DEATH OF THIS EMINENT NORTH CAROLINIAN
The eminent citizen of our State died at his residence in Windsor, Bertie county, on Monday the 14th {1886}, after a lingering illness of three years. During the past six months he has been an invalid in bed from two strokes of paralysis; and his death was a quiet falling to sleep.
Patrick Henry Winston was born May 5th, 1820, in Franklin county. His father belonged to the well known family of Winstons which settled in Hanover county, Virginia migrating from Yorkshire, England, and spreading out into Kentucky, Mississippi and North Carolina. ..His mother was Nancy Fuller, sister of the late Jones Fuller and Elizabeth Fuller.
Mr. Winston was a student Wake Forest College two years whence he went to Columbian University, Washington City, and graduated as valedictorian. He read law under Judge Battle at Chapel Hill and settled in Windsor, Bertie county. Here he speedily attained to a large and lucrative practice and amassed a good fortune. He married here Miss. Martha Elizabeth BIRD, a member of a large and influential family, including the Watsons, Capehearts, Masons and Razeurs.
He represented his county several times in the Legislature, but his tastes were not political. His attention was given closely to law and to managing his property. He was decoted also to literature and science and a lover of astronomy and geology.
In 1861, together with Hon. B.F. Moore and Hon. S.F. Phillips, he was elected a Judge of the Court of Claims. At the expiration of the court he was appointed by Gov. Vance, Financial Agent between North Carolina and the Confederate States. In 1861 he was elected one of the Council of State and by that body he was chosen President, a most responsible position at that time.
IN 1865 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention from Franklin, where he had taken refuge during the war. He was eminent in that convention for his firmness and his political sagacity. In 1868 he was offered the nomination
for Congress but declines preferring the practice of law.
Few men in Northeastern North Carolina have possessed a wider influence, a finer character, or a purer reputation. He was a man of profound learning, untiring industry, and strong intellect. He leaves a widow and five children: Patrick H. Winston, Jr., now in Idaho; Prof. Geo. T. Winston, of the University; Frank D. Winston, of Windsor: Robert W.Winston, of Oxford, and Alice Capehart Winston."
(From the Raleigh Chronicle - reprinted in The Western Sentinel {Winston-Salem) on 8 July 1886}.
RECENT DEATH OF THIS EMINENT NORTH CAROLINIAN
The eminent citizen of our State died at his residence in Windsor, Bertie county, on Monday the 14th {1886}, after a lingering illness of three years. During the past six months he has been an invalid in bed from two strokes of paralysis; and his death was a quiet falling to sleep.
Patrick Henry Winston was born May 5th, 1820, in Franklin county. His father belonged to the well known family of Winstons which settled in Hanover county, Virginia migrating from Yorkshire, England, and spreading out into Kentucky, Mississippi and North Carolina. ..His mother was Nancy Fuller, sister of the late Jones Fuller and Elizabeth Fuller.
Mr. Winston was a student Wake Forest College two years whence he went to Columbian University, Washington City, and graduated as valedictorian. He read law under Judge Battle at Chapel Hill and settled in Windsor, Bertie county. Here he speedily attained to a large and lucrative practice and amassed a good fortune. He married here Miss. Martha Elizabeth BIRD, a member of a large and influential family, including the Watsons, Capehearts, Masons and Razeurs.
He represented his county several times in the Legislature, but his tastes were not political. His attention was given closely to law and to managing his property. He was decoted also to literature and science and a lover of astronomy and geology.
In 1861, together with Hon. B.F. Moore and Hon. S.F. Phillips, he was elected a Judge of the Court of Claims. At the expiration of the court he was appointed by Gov. Vance, Financial Agent between North Carolina and the Confederate States. In 1861 he was elected one of the Council of State and by that body he was chosen President, a most responsible position at that time.
IN 1865 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention from Franklin, where he had taken refuge during the war. He was eminent in that convention for his firmness and his political sagacity. In 1868 he was offered the nomination
for Congress but declines preferring the practice of law.
Few men in Northeastern North Carolina have possessed a wider influence, a finer character, or a purer reputation. He was a man of profound learning, untiring industry, and strong intellect. He leaves a widow and five children: Patrick H. Winston, Jr., now in Idaho; Prof. Geo. T. Winston, of the University; Frank D. Winston, of Windsor: Robert W.Winston, of Oxford, and Alice Capehart Winston."
(From the Raleigh Chronicle - reprinted in The Western Sentinel {Winston-Salem) on 8 July 1886}.
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