Winningham Family (general history)

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This TNGenWeb local site contains articles about various Winningham events and family members. This specific article provides generalized historical information about the family and its history.

Photo Album

Please note — photos related to Winningham family tragedies are not included in this album slide reel, even though the caption counter says there are more photos available. Those images are in separate articles related to each event.

Unidentified -- pssibly Winningham, Garrett, Amonette, or Jackson

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Got this from my Great Grandma, Bertie Amonett Winningham. It is a very large picture in an old frame. My mother has had it ever since I can remember. Sad thing is that none of us remember who this man was. // Submitted by Tonya Maddux

Richard and Polly (Van Hooser) Winningham

The earliest Winningham family in Overton County appears to have been Richard and his wife, Mary Ann “Polly” Van Hooser. Polly’s parents, Isaac W. and Polly (Poor) Van Hooser migrated to Overton County and died there.

Twelve children are identified in their family group, and all are detailed in the extremely well-documented research of the late Georgina Stewart. Her StewartKin.com site is dormant, but the family tree is accessible via the Internet Archive.

Click here to view the Winningham family’s information. Each of the children listed on the page have clickable links.

Descendants of Richard Winningham on FindaGrave.com

Many Overton County Winningham descendants are connected, documented, and identified with photographs at the FindaGrave Web site. Click here to begin tracing at Richard Winningham’s memorial.