Dates: 1792 - 1891.

Biography

Edmund Tobias Winston

Edmund Tobias Winston, son of Emma Eloise Furr (1847-1892) and William Winston (1828-1878), was born at Toccopola, Pontotoc County, on July 22, 1871.  Living most of his life in Pontotoc, Winston was a journalist working at various positions with the Pontotoc newspaper. He also served as mayor of Pontotoc from 1921–1923.  On April 27, 1898, he married Florence Theresa Seale (1875-1959) In Pontotoc County, and the couple had seven children: Theresa Eloise Winston (1899-1973), William Seale Winston (1900-1966), Irma Marie Winston (1901-1997), Charles Edward Winston (1903-1974), Hester Marguerite Winston (1905-2003), Robert Lawrence Winston (1907-1982), and George Everett Winston (1909-1942).

 
Scope and Content Note:

Photocopies of correspondence and personal papers of Winston-Fontaine families.  The whole of the collection centers around the ancestors of Edmund Tobias Winston, particularly the Winston and Fontaine families who came to the Pontotoc area in the 1830s and early 1840s. The collection consists of the following material:

 

Box List:

Box 1, Folder 1: Genealogical data on the Winston-Fontaine families.
Box 1, Folder 2: North Carolina and Virginia land records, 1808–1809.
Box 1, Folder 3: Engraving of John Fontaine.
Box 1, Folder 4: Various unsigned writings and poems, poem "To Mr. Edmund Fontaine" by Sallie B. Winston, 1834.
Box 1, Folder 5: Recipes and shopping list.
Box 1, Folder 6: Receipts and financial records of Patrick Henry Fontaine, 1808–1847, and John Fontaine, 1830.
Box 1, Folder 7: Writings and speeches, social invitation, and a paper, "Thoughts on the Cultivation."
Box 1, Folder 8: Correspondence of Dandridge family.
Box 1, Folder 9: Correspondence of Fontaine family, 1792–1844.
Box 1, Folder 10: Correspondence of Fontaine family, 1792–1844.
Box 1, Folder 11: Correspondence of Fontaine family, 1792–1844.
Box 1, Folder 12: Correspondence of Fontaine family, 1792–1844.
Box 1, Folder 13: Letters to Mary Perkins, 1836–1846.
Box 1, Folder 14: Correspondence of Winston family, 1835–1891.
Box 1, Folder 15: Correspondence of Winston family, 1835–1891.
Box 1, Folder 16: Correspondence of Winston family, 1835–1891.
Box 1, Folder 17: Correspondence of Winston family, 1835–1891.
Box 1, Folder 18: Correspondence of Winston family, 1835–1891.
Box 1, Folder 19: Correspondence of Winston family, 1835–1891.
Box 1, Folder 20: Letter to "My dear Virginia," probably from P. H. Fontaine.