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.
From the guide to the Winfield family papers MC113., 1833-1870, (Bulk: 1858-1870), (Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, )
