CPT James Washington Winters Jr.

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CPT James Washington Winters Jr.

Birth
Giles County, Tennessee, USA
Death
15 Nov 1903 (aged 86)
Burial
Bigfoot, Frio County, Texas, USA
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215
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James Winters, Jr. participated in the Battle of Salado and was with the Somerville expedition, returning with Sommerville without continuing on the Mier Expedition. James Winters lived for a time in Prairie Lea, Caldwell County where he owned a mercantile business and in Moulton, Lavaca Co where he had a store. After the loss by the CSA in the Civil War in which he participated, Winters moved to Tuxpan, Mexico where he farmed and ran a sugar mill. After the death of two children and his wife, he returned to Beeville, TX and settled in Frio County where he died near Bigfoot on 14 Nov 1903. After the death of first wife Percy ca. 1875, Winters married Elizabeth Wier and was active in the Texas Veterans Association.. He is buried in the Brummett Cemetery, three miles northeast of Bigfoot. James W. Winters Jr. left a memoir of his service leading up to and the battle of San Jacinto. Information provided by Wallace L. McKeehan, Sons of DeWitt Colony.

James Winters, Jr. participated in the Battle of Salado and was with the Somerville expedition, returning with Sommerville without continuing on the Mier Expedition. James Winters lived for a time in Prairie Lea, Caldwell County where he owned a mercantile business and in Moulton, Lavaca Co where he had a store. After the loss by the CSA in the Civil War in which he participated, Winters moved to Tuxpan, Mexico where he farmed and ran a sugar mill. After the death of two children and his wife, he returned to Beeville, TX and settled in Frio County where he died near Bigfoot on 14 Nov 1903. After the death of first wife Percy ca. 1875, Winters married Elizabeth Wier and was active in the Texas Veterans Association.. He is buried in the Brummett Cemetery, three miles northeast of Bigfoot. James W. Winters Jr. left a memoir of his service leading up to and the battle of San Jacinto. Information provided by Wallace L. McKeehan, Sons of DeWitt Colony.

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