William Wirt Winchester

William Wirt Winchester
Born	June 22, 1837
Died	March 7, 1881 (aged 43)
Nationality	American
Known for	Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Spouse(s)	Sarah Lockwood Pardee (1862–81)
Children	Annie Pardee Winchester
Relatives	Sarah E. Pardee, Mary A. Pardee, Antoinette E. Pardee; Leonard M. Pardee; Isabelle C. Pardee, Estelle L. Pardee

William Wirt Winchester (June 22, 1837 – March 7, 1881) was the treasurer of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, a position he held until his death in 1881.

Family

He was the son of Oliver Fisher Winchester and Jane Ellen Hope and was born in Baltimore. His siblings include: Ann Rebecca Winchester (1835-1864) who married Charles B. Dye; and Hannah Jane Winchester who married Thomas Gray Bennett. William married Sarah Lockwood Pardee on September 30, 1862. On July 12, 1866, Sarah gave birth to their only child, Annie Pardee Winchester, but the baby died five weeks later of marasmus. William died in New Haven, Connecticut on March 7, 1881 of tuberculosis. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven. After his death, his wife Sarah went on to build the Winchester Mystery House.

Legacy

The William Wirt Winchester Hospital in West Haven, Connecticut was established in his honour by his wife for the treatment of tuberculosis. The hospital was later sold and became a Veteran's Administration Hospital. The Private Pavilion at Yale New Haven Hospital was then renamed in his honour.^[1]

Sources

• Oliver Fisher Winchester (genealogy) from www.TheWinchesters.net

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