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Winthrop Atwell

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
22 Aug 1871 (aged 64–65)
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, USA
Burial
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Winthrop Atwell (Atwill in many records) was born in Massachusetts about 1806 (various census records show ages that differ). He was a noted newspaper editor in the northeast from the late 1820's to the 1850's, starting and running various newpapers. He married Emily J. Pardee (1814-1855) (daughter of Luther and Sarah Jencks Pardee) in Oswego, N.Y., June 12, 1851 while he was the editor of the Oswego Journal. Emily passed away in 1855. He married for the second time to Cornelia Ann (Talman) Barculo (widow of Hon. Seward Barculo) on Oct. 1, 1862 at St. Paul's Church, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.. He was buried in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery on August 24, 1871 per the New York, Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records - St. Paul - Poughkeepsie. Ancestry.com records show that he died August 22, 1871 in New York City.

Papers he edited and published (Partial List)
1832 - Northampton Courier
1842 - New Haven Courier
1842 - Evening Courier - Philadelphia
1851 - Oswego Courier
1854 - Geneva Courier
Winthrop Atwell (Atwill in many records) was born in Massachusetts about 1806 (various census records show ages that differ). He was a noted newspaper editor in the northeast from the late 1820's to the 1850's, starting and running various newpapers. He married Emily J. Pardee (1814-1855) (daughter of Luther and Sarah Jencks Pardee) in Oswego, N.Y., June 12, 1851 while he was the editor of the Oswego Journal. Emily passed away in 1855. He married for the second time to Cornelia Ann (Talman) Barculo (widow of Hon. Seward Barculo) on Oct. 1, 1862 at St. Paul's Church, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.. He was buried in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery on August 24, 1871 per the New York, Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records - St. Paul - Poughkeepsie. Ancestry.com records show that he died August 22, 1871 in New York City.

Papers he edited and published (Partial List)
1832 - Northampton Courier
1842 - New Haven Courier
1842 - Evening Courier - Philadelphia
1851 - Oswego Courier
1854 - Geneva Courier


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