Before his father's death in 1837 he was involved in real estate and helped operate his father's plantation, Belmont. He owned Belmont until 1847 when it was sold to Slaughter Ficklin. Slaughter used it as a horse farm and upon his death it became one of the nation's first subdivisions and lends the name Belmont to the neighborhood that it became.
Due to the national depression of the late 1850s Benjamin struggled to support his wife and family and ended up managing some of his father-in-laws property in Amherst County while his wife remained in Charlottesville. After his death his wife, with assistance from her father, opened a boarding house in Charlottesville for university students which she operated until her death. All the family fortune was lost.
Due to the national depression of the late 1850s Benjamin struggled to support his wife and family and ended up managing some of his father-in-laws property in Amherst County while his wife remained in Charlottesville. After his death his wife, with assistance from her father, opened a boarding house in Charlottesville for university students which she operated until her death. All the family fortune was lost.
Before his father's death in 1837 he was involved in real estate and helped operate his father's plantation, Belmont. He owned Belmont until 1847 when it was sold to Slaughter Ficklin. Slaughter used it as a horse farm and upon his death it became one of the nation's first subdivisions and lends the name Belmont to the neighborhood that it became.
Due to the national depression of the late 1850s Benjamin struggled to support his wife and family and ended up managing some of his father-in-laws property in Amherst County while his wife remained in Charlottesville. After his death his wife, with assistance from her father, opened a boarding house in Charlottesville for university students which she operated until her death. All the family fortune was lost.
Due to the national depression of the late 1850s Benjamin struggled to support his wife and family and ended up managing some of his father-in-laws property in Amherst County while his wife remained in Charlottesville. After his death his wife, with assistance from her father, opened a boarding house in Charlottesville for university students which she operated until her death. All the family fortune was lost.
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The Winn family were originally buried on John's plantation (Belmont) but were moved when the plantation was subdivided in the 1890s.
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