Winfield Scott Featherston
Born: August 8, 1819
Birth Place: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Father: Charles Featherston 1771 – 1852
(Buried: Franklin City Cemetery, Franklin, Georgia)
Mother: Lucy Pitts 1775 – 1853
(Buried: Franklin City Cemetery, Franklin, Georgia)
Wife: Elizabeth McEwen 1834 – 1878
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi)
Children:
Charles Alexander Featherston 1859 – 1860
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery Holly Springs Mississippi)
Lizzie Georgia Featherston 1861 – 1878
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery Holly Springs Mississippi)
Winfield J. Featherston 1864 – 1878
Lucius Marshall Featherston 1870 – 1871
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery Holly Springs Mississippi)
Eloise Featherston Posey 1878 – 1945
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery Holly Springs Mississippi)
Education:
Completed Preparatory Studies
Occupation before War:
Served in the Creek Indians War
Attorney in Houston, Mississippi
1847 – 1851: United States Representative from Mississippi
Attorney in Holly Springs, Mississippi
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1861: Led his Regiment during the First Battle of Bull Run
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862 – 1863: Participated in all the major Eastern Campaigns
1863 – 1865: Served in the Western Campaign of the War
1865: Surrendered and Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Holly Springs, Mississippi
President of Mississippi State Taxpayer's Convention
Mississippi State Representative
1882 – 1891: Judge of Second Judicial Circuit of Mississippi
Died: May 28, 1891
Place of Death: Holly Springs, Mississippi
Cause of Death: Paralysis
Age at time of Death: 70 years old
Burial Place: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi
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