Winfield family
Name Entries
family
Winfield family
Name Components
Name :
Winfield family
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Edward Winfield was born in Petersburg, Virginia ca. 1804 and moved to Texas in 1835. In 1836 he served as a major in the Texas army. After the war, he served as clerk of the Second Judicial District Court and as assistant secretary of the Senate for the second session of the Second Congress of the Republic of Texas. In 1837 he married Ann H. Gray Vernon, daughter of Peter Gray who was the son of William Fairfax Gray.
The Winfields resided in Harris County, Texas, Camargo, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas until the raids of Rafael Vásquez amd Adrián Woll in 1842 compelled Edward to volunteer for the Somervell expedition where he served in Capt. Jerome Bonaparte Robertson's company. Winfield also served in the Mexican War in Ben McCulloch's Company A of John Coffee Hays' First Texas Mounted Rifles. After the Mexican War, Winfield served in the House of the Third Legislature of the State of Texas.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Land tenure
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Cameron County (Tex.)
AssociatedPlace