Winfield Scott Featherston

1820 - 1891  (70 years)

• Name	Winfield Scott Featherston  [1]
  Born	08 Aug 1820	Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States of America   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	Abt 1836  [1]
  	Featherston, Winfield Scott, soldier, b. in Rutherford County, Tennessee, 8 Aug. 1820. He was educated at various academies, and in 1836, while at school in Georgia, served for three months as a volunteer against the Creek Indians. He then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He was afterward elected to Congress as a Democrat , and served in 1847-1851, but was defeated for a third term by the Union candidate. He was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1852, and was sent by his state to Kentucky in December 1860 to confer with the authorities on the subject of succession. In May 1861 he became colonel of the 17th Mississippi Regt. He served in Virginia in 1861-62, and on 4 March 1862 was promoted to brigadier general for gallantry at Ball’s Bluff. He was wounded on the fifth day of the battles around Richmond and, in January 1863, was transferred to Vicksburg at his own request. He commanded an expedition sent to meet Porter’s gun-boats, ascending Deer Creek, joined Johnston in Georgia in May 1864 and continued with that Army till the surrender in 1865, commanding a division much of the time. After the war he returned to the practice of law and was a member of the Mississippi legislature in 1876-78 and 1880-1882. In 1881 he became judge of the 2nd Judicial Circuit of the state.56 Winfield Scott Featherston was admitted to the bar at Houston, Mississippi, and began his successful legal career in 1840. He was elected on the Democratic ticket to the Thirtieth and Thirty-First United States Congresses (1847-1851) over strong opposition. In 1850, he was again a candidate for Congress, but was defeated. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was elected colonel of the 17th Miss. Regt., and took part in several important battles and was wounded during the Battle of Seven Days before Richmond. Following the battle at Leesburg, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. In Mississippi, Featherston took command of a brigade of Major General Loring’s division, when General Joseph Johnston requested a skilled brigadier. [He was elected to the Mississippi legislature after the war]. During his last term, he served in the capacity of chairman of the judiciary committee and assisted in the revision of the state code of 1880. Two years later, he became judge of the second judicial circuit of Mississippi. His last public service was as a member of the judiciary committee at the Constitutional Convention in 1890. One year later, May 28, 1891, Winfield Scott Featherston died at his home in Holly Springs,Mississippi.57 56 Wilson, James G. and Fiske, John. Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography. (New York: Appleton & Co., 1887-1889.) 2:424. Cited in Featherston Findings 14:12, 1994. Also located at http://www.famousamericans.net/winfieldscottfeatherston/html. Accessed 28 Aug 2006. 57 Tusa, Bobs M. 8 Nov 2004. Located at http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/mo41.htm. Accessed 28 August 2006. 58 Cuttino, George P. Easy
  Reference Number	59168
  Died	28 May 1891	Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States of America   [1]
  Buried	Aft 28 May 1891	Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States of America   [1]
  Person ID	I59168	Featherstone Main
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Featherston,   b. 06 Nov 1771, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States of America ,   d. 25 Dec 1852, Heard, Franklin County, Georgia, United States of America  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Lucy Pitts,   b. 28 Mar 1775, Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America ,   d. 21 Dec 1853, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia, United States of America  (Age 78 years)
  Married	15 Jan 1794	Powhatan County, Virginia, United States of America   [1]
  Family ID	F18791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth M McEwen,   b. 19 Jul 1834, Tennessee, United States of America ,   d. 17 Sep 1878, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States of America  (Age 44 years)
  Married	1858	Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States of America   [1]
  Children	1. Dudley McEwen Featherston,   b. Abt 1859, Mississippi, United States of America   2. Charles Alexander Featherston,   b. 15 Mar 1859, Mississippi, United States of America ,   d. 04 Jul 1860, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States of America  (Age 1 years)   3. Lizzie Georgia Featherston,   b. 05 Jun 1861, Mississippi, United States of America ,   d. 28 Sep 1878, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States of America  (Age 17 years)   4. Elise Featherston,   b. Abt 1863, Mississippi, United States of America ,   d. 23 Mar 1939, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States of America  (Age ~ 76 years)   5. Winfield J Featherston,   b. 06 Oct 1864, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States of America ,   d. 11 Sep 1878, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States of America  (Age 13 years)   6. Dudley McEwen Featherston,   b. Aug 1867, Mississipppi, United States of America   7. Lucius Marshall Featherston,   b. 14 Nov 1870, Mississippi, United States of America ,   d. 01 Jun 1871, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States of America  (Age 0 years)   8. Lily Cloy Featherston,   b. 1872, Mississippi, United States of America ,   d. 27 Feb 1951, Bexar County, Texas, United States of America  (Age 79 years)   9. Lucy Eloise Featherston,   b. 04 Feb 1878, Mississippi, United States of America ,   d. 04 Feb 1945, Maryland, United States of America  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2022
  Family ID	F18798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Holt Harris,   b. 03 Dec 1827,   d. 05 Aug 1849, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States of America  (Age 21 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1848	Mississippi, United States of America   [1]
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2022
  Family ID	F18799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Image Brig General Winfield Scott Featherston 1820-1891 Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S1730] Featherstone Society Member Elaine Boston, E. Elaine Boston, (2014). [S1730] Featherstone Society Member Elaine Boston, E. Elaine Boston, (2014), Brig General Winfield Scott Featherston Birth 8 Aug 1820 Rutherford County, Tennessee Death 28 May 1891 Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi Burial Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi Marriage 1858 Lowndes County, Mississippi Father Charles Featherston (1771-1852) Mother Lucy Pitts (1775-1853) Other spouse Mary Holt Harris (1827-1849) Marriage 14 Nov 1848 Mississipppi.