Life span: 08/08/1820 to 05/28/1891TabsLife SummaryFull name: Winfield Scott FeatherstonPlace of Birth: Murfreesboro, TNBurial Place: Holly Springs, MSBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Siblings: 6Family: Charles Fetherston (father), Lucy Featherston (mother), Elizabeth McEwen (wife)Occupation: PoliticianMilitaryAttorney or JudgePolitical Parties: DemocraticGovernment: US House of RepresentativesState legislatureState judgeMilitary: Confederate Army Note Cards Winfield Scott Featherston (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceFEATHERSTON, Winfield Scott, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn., August 8, 1820; completed preparatory studies; moved to Mississippi and settled in Houston; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Houston, Miss.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law at Houston, Miss.; moved to Holly Springs in 1856; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; commissioned brigadier general March 4, 1862; paroled in Greensboro, N.C., May 1, 1865; unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1865; member of the State house of representatives in 1876 and 1880; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880; member of the State constitutional convention in 1890; died in Holly Springs, Miss., May 28, 1891; interment in Hill Crest Cemetery. “Featherston, Winfield Scott,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000055. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 10/21/1861 10/21/1861 Union troops suffer a heavy defeat at Ball's Bluff on the Virginia side of the Potomac Major TopicsVicksburg Campaign Documents Images Winfield Scott Featherston Winfield Scott Featherston, detail Bibliography
Winfield Scott Featherston (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceFEATHERSTON, Winfield Scott, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn., August 8, 1820; completed preparatory studies; moved to Mississippi and settled in Houston; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Houston, Miss.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law at Houston, Miss.; moved to Holly Springs in 1856; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; commissioned brigadier general March 4, 1862; paroled in Greensboro, N.C., May 1, 1865; unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1865; member of the State house of representatives in 1876 and 1880; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880; member of the State constitutional convention in 1890; died in Holly Springs, Miss., May 28, 1891; interment in Hill Crest Cemetery. “Featherston, Winfield Scott,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000055.