John A. Winston and Company papers 1846-1871 1852-1854 Winston, John A. and Company papers

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John A. Winston and Company papers 1846-1871 1852-1854 Winston, John A. and Company papers

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The John A. Winston and Company papers consist of incoming business correspondence pertaining to Winston's cotton-growing operation in Alabama.

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Winston, John Anthony, 1812-1871

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John A. Winston and Company.

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John Anthony Winston was born on September 4, 1812, in what is now Alabama. After attending college at La Grange College and Cumberland College, Winston began a cotton farm in Sumner County, Alabama. After the 1842 death of his first wife, Mary Agnes Walker, Winston married Mary Longwood. The marriage, however, was a troubled one, and Winston shot and killed Mary's lover in 1847. Winston escaped punishment on claims of self defense, but his marriage never healed and the couple divorced in 1850. ...

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