California pioneer and First Mayor of Sacramento. Born in the little town of Pumpkinville, Virginia, Albert Winn & family moved to Zanesville, Ohio when he was 13 years old. In 1830, he married Catherine Gafney and a short time later
moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he worked as a carpenter. He also involved himself in military affairs there and became a colonel in the First Regular Mississippi Militia. When the news of the gold strike in California
reached across the nation, Albert decided to head west via Mexico and then San Francisco, landing there May 28, 1849; his family joined him the following year. He quickly saw the benefits of merchandising to the miners and also became
involved in politics. When Sacramento was beset with a cholera epidemic, Albert Winn helped organize the fraternal organizations and "rose to the emergency of aiding the distressed and burying the dead", this at great financial cost to him personally. He was left impoverished, and never reimbursed for his expenditures during the epidemic. However, within a few years he recovered financially, and
moved to San Francisco. His first wife died in 1862. Three years later in San Francisco he married the widow of James King. He founded the Native Sons of the Golden West (NSGW) in 1875. When he died in 1883, the NSGW raised funds to build an extraordinary monument to the memory of the pioneer who "distinguished himself as a civic leader, humanitarian, and tireless worker for worthy causes."
The monument is perhaps second only to that of Mark Hopkins in its workmanship, impressive and soaring nature, and cost. Plot 37, Pioneer Grove.
California pioneer and First Mayor of Sacramento. Born in the little town of Pumpkinville, Virginia, Albert Winn & family moved to Zanesville, Ohio when he was 13 years old. In 1830, he married Catherine Gafney and a short time later
moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he worked as a carpenter. He also involved himself in military affairs there and became a colonel in the First Regular Mississippi Militia. When the news of the gold strike in California
reached across the nation, Albert decided to head west via Mexico and then San Francisco, landing there May 28, 1849; his family joined him the following year. He quickly saw the benefits of merchandising to the miners and also became
involved in politics. When Sacramento was beset with a cholera epidemic, Albert Winn helped organize the fraternal organizations and "rose to the emergency of aiding the distressed and burying the dead", this at great financial cost to him personally. He was left impoverished, and never reimbursed for his expenditures during the epidemic. However, within a few years he recovered financially, and
moved to San Francisco. His first wife died in 1862. Three years later in San Francisco he married the widow of James King. He founded the Native Sons of the Golden West (NSGW) in 1875. When he died in 1883, the NSGW raised funds to build an extraordinary monument to the memory of the pioneer who "distinguished himself as a civic leader, humanitarian, and tireless worker for worthy causes."
The monument is perhaps second only to that of Mark Hopkins in its workmanship, impressive and soaring nature, and cost. Plot 37, Pioneer Grove.
Family Members
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Ludwell Rector Winn
1811–1889
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Emily Winn
1812–1878
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Bushrod Taylor Winn
1813–1878
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Mary Ellen Winn Hughes
1814–1898
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William Franklin Winn
1817–1895
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Cornelia Ann Winn Lemmon
1821–1902
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Edwin Winn
1830–1830
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Janette Winn Starkey
1833–1918
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Henry B. Winn
1835–1835
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Catherine Jane Wynne Tomlinson
1836–1908
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Elizabeth Winn
1841–1841
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