Individual Details
Dr. William WINSTON
(21 Jul 1828 - 13 Aug 1878)
All dates for this couple taken from family bible in custody of Joseph Edmund "Toby" Winston.
Events
| Birth | 21 Jul 1828 | Henry County, VA | |||
| Occupation | 1870 | physician - Pontotoc County, MS | |||
| Marriage | 8 Nov 1870 | Pontotoc County, MS - Emma Eloise FURR | |||
| Death | 13 Aug 1878 | Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, MS | |||
| Burial | Ridgeway-Winston Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, MS |  | |||
| Military | the Civil War |  |
Families
| Spouse | Emma Eloise FURR (1847 - 1892) |
| Child | Edmund Tobias WINSTON (1871 - 1944) |
| Child | William Galen WINSTON (1873 - 1925) |
| Child | Mauna WINSTON (1875 - ) |
| Father | Edmund Dabney WINSTON (1799 - 1875) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Louisa FONTAINE (1804 - 1892) |
Notes
Military
William Winston was a 35-year-old medical student in Pontotoc when he and his brother enlisted in the Pontotoc Minute Men in March 1862. He was detailed to the regimental band on June 1, 1861. He was detailed to attend the sick at Ashland and as Hospital Steward, then in regimental hospital from March until October 1862. He was transferred to the band of the 11th Mississippi Regiment on November 25, 1862. After the war, he returned to medical school and, after completing his studies, practiced with Dr. Austin Bryant of the Toccopola community in Pontotoc County. He married Eloise Furr, and died in 1878 in Pontotoc. He was the father of E. T. Winston, who was a Pontotoc newspaper publisher and the author of The Story of Pontotoc.Endnotes
1. findagrave.com.