Son of Peter Winebrenner and Mary Ann Faigler. Married Mary Frances Stone of Allegany Co, VA in Covington. Was a veteran of the Civil War.
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Son of Peter Winebrenner and Mary Ann Faigler. Married Mary Frances Stone of Allegany Co, VA in Covington. Was a veteran of the Civil War.
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J. C. Winebrenner of Clarksburg Dies
Confederate Veteran, 96, Was In Every Battle Of General Lee's Excepting One
James Calvin Winebrenner who fought under General Robert E. Lee in every Civil War battle where Lee was in command except one and who was perhaps the most colorful Confederate veteran who ever lived in the county died at 7 p. m. Friday, July 1, 1932, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Douglas, at Clarksburg, at the age of 96 years and 4 days.
Mr. Winebrenner was born in Monroe County, West Virginia, on June 27, 1886, the ninth of eleven children of whom he was the last survivor. As a boy he learned the trade of brickmaking, bricklaying and plastering and was engaged at work of this kind in the building of the Chesapeake Ohio railroad when the Civil War broke out.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army in Allegheny County, Virginia, in 1861, leaving behind his young wife whom he had married on April 22, 1860, and who died in 1920. Her maiden name was Francis Stone. He trained at White Sulphur Springs in the Governor Wise Legion and was ready for action when General Lee took charge of the army In Northern Virginia in the fall of 1861. Lee's first battle for the Confederacy was Manassas and that was his only engagement in which Mr. Winebrenner did not take part.
In the Confederate Army Winebrenner was a first sergeant of artillery and was in charge of a cannon, caisson and the number of men and horses necessary to handle them. For two years he used a 3-inch, 7-pound steel rifle that he and his men captured from the federal forces at Perryville near Winchester.
On July 3, 1863, as the Confederates were approaching Gettysburg, Mr. Winebrenner fired seven shots at a house in which it was believed Union troops might be fortified, hitting it five times. Fifty years later, in 1913, he attended a reunion at Gettysburg. The house was still standing, and he could see the places where he had shot through it. The morning of the big battle the axle tree of his cannon gave way on the third or fourth round of ammunition and he was forced to hunt up a forge and materials with which to repair it, thus being kept out of the tremendous conflict that raged during the remainder of the day.
At Chancellorsville Mr. Winebrenner was in the woods near at hand the night General Stonewall Jackson received his fatal wound. He described that night as being in "the tightest place I saw in the war". He with his cannon and men lay in a hollow all night with the cannon balls whizzing through the trees above them. The Union soldiers thought the Confederates were farther away and kept firing over them.
The following day Mr. Winebrenner and his men fired 130 shots from their cannon in one hour at a federal battery and silenced its four guns. He never claimed any particular credit for this, however, as he said he did not know who else was firing at this unit.
Mr. Winebrenner's command lost all its artillery at Cedar Creek where he was struck in the head by a mini ball but not seriously injured. After that he carried a musket with which he fought throughout the remainder of the war. After the surrender of General Lee, he walked home a distance of 300 miles. His rations at times during the closing days of the war were an ear of com a day. The concussion of his cannon in the bombardments in which he took a part impaired his hearing to some degree in life.
In 1868, Mr. and Mrs. Winebrenner and their three children they then had, one of whom was a baby six weeks old, left Virginia and came to Missouri. Mr. Winebrenner and his son, Riley, who died in 1876 when 15 years old, came in a covered wagon and Mrs. Winebrenner and the two little girls came by boat to St. Louis and then by train. They were headed for a point near Pleasant Hill in Cass County but when Mr. Winebrenner and his son got to where Clarksburg is now located, they were completely out of funds and could go no further. Mr. Winebrenner stopped there because there was an opportunity to secure some work at chopping in the timber and thus make a little money. Mrs. Winebrenner the little girls had no way of knowing this and went on to Pleasant Hill, just to receive word that they must return to Moniteau Station, as the platform at Clarksburg was then called.
As the years went by, Mr. Winebrenner became one of the prosperous farmers of his community and a well-known citizen. Fourteen years ago, he retired and moved to Clarksburg.
Surviving are five children, as follows: Mrs. Viola Prickett, San Pedro, California; Mrs. Laura Reed, Kansas City; Mrs. J.E. Douglas, Clarksburg; Dallas Winebrenner, Clarksburg; and James Winebrenner, Boonville.
Mr. Winebrenner was a member of the Methodist Church and was faithful in his duties as a Christian. He was a good citizen. He possessed the energy, adventuresome spirit, courage and never give up nature of the pioneer. He put his heart and soul into whatever he undertook.
Funeral services were held at the Clarksburg Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the Reverend W. H. Hargrove, officiating. Burial will be at the Clarksburg Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Hilton Douglas, Charles Winebrenner, William Baker, Doug Winebrenner, Frank Winebrenner and Earl Winebrenner.
California Democrat
California, Missouri
July 7, 1932
Lisa Ruble (32761004)
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Son of Peter Winebrenner and Mary Ann Faigler. Married Mary Frances Stone of Allegany Co, VA in Covington. Was a veteran of the Civil War.
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J. C. Winebrenner of Clarksburg Dies
Confederate Veteran, 96, Was In Every Battle Of General Lee's Excepting One
James Calvin Winebrenner who fought under General Robert E. Lee in every Civil War battle where Lee was in command except one and who was perhaps the most colorful Confederate veteran who ever lived in the county died at 7 p. m. Friday, July 1, 1932, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Douglas, at Clarksburg, at the age of 96 years and 4 days.
Mr. Winebrenner was born in Monroe County, West Virginia, on June 27, 1886, the ninth of eleven children of whom he was the last survivor. As a boy he learned the trade of brickmaking, bricklaying and plastering and was engaged at work of this kind in the building of the Chesapeake Ohio railroad when the Civil War broke out.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army in Allegheny County, Virginia, in 1861, leaving behind his young wife whom he had married on April 22, 1860, and who died in 1920. Her maiden name was Francis Stone. He trained at White Sulphur Springs in the Governor Wise Legion and was ready for action when General Lee took charge of the army In Northern Virginia in the fall of 1861. Lee's first battle for the Confederacy was Manassas and that was his only engagement in which Mr. Winebrenner did not take part.
In the Confederate Army Winebrenner was a first sergeant of artillery and was in charge of a cannon, caisson and the number of men and horses necessary to handle them. For two years he used a 3-inch, 7-pound steel rifle that he and his men captured from the federal forces at Perryville near Winchester.
On July 3, 1863, as the Confederates were approaching Gettysburg, Mr. Winebrenner fired seven shots at a house in which it was believed Union troops might be fortified, hitting it five times. Fifty years later, in 1913, he attended a reunion at Gettysburg. The house was still standing, and he could see the places where he had shot through it. The morning of the big battle the axle tree of his cannon gave way on the third or fourth round of ammunition and he was forced to hunt up a forge and materials with which to repair it, thus being kept out of the tremendous conflict that raged during the remainder of the day.
At Chancellorsville Mr. Winebrenner was in the woods near at hand the night General Stonewall Jackson received his fatal wound. He described that night as being in "the tightest place I saw in the war". He with his cannon and men lay in a hollow all night with the cannon balls whizzing through the trees above them. The Union soldiers thought the Confederates were farther away and kept firing over them.
The following day Mr. Winebrenner and his men fired 130 shots from their cannon in one hour at a federal battery and silenced its four guns. He never claimed any particular credit for this, however, as he said he did not know who else was firing at this unit.
Mr. Winebrenner's command lost all its artillery at Cedar Creek where he was struck in the head by a mini ball but not seriously injured. After that he carried a musket with which he fought throughout the remainder of the war. After the surrender of General Lee, he walked home a distance of 300 miles. His rations at times during the closing days of the war were an ear of com a day. The concussion of his cannon in the bombardments in which he took a part impaired his hearing to some degree in life.
In 1868, Mr. and Mrs. Winebrenner and their three children they then had, one of whom was a baby six weeks old, left Virginia and came to Missouri. Mr. Winebrenner and his son, Riley, who died in 1876 when 15 years old, came in a covered wagon and Mrs. Winebrenner and the two little girls came by boat to St. Louis and then by train. They were headed for a point near Pleasant Hill in Cass County but when Mr. Winebrenner and his son got to where Clarksburg is now located, they were completely out of funds and could go no further. Mr. Winebrenner stopped there because there was an opportunity to secure some work at chopping in the timber and thus make a little money. Mrs. Winebrenner the little girls had no way of knowing this and went on to Pleasant Hill, just to receive word that they must return to Moniteau Station, as the platform at Clarksburg was then called.
As the years went by, Mr. Winebrenner became one of the prosperous farmers of his community and a well-known citizen. Fourteen years ago, he retired and moved to Clarksburg.
Surviving are five children, as follows: Mrs. Viola Prickett, San Pedro, California; Mrs. Laura Reed, Kansas City; Mrs. J.E. Douglas, Clarksburg; Dallas Winebrenner, Clarksburg; and James Winebrenner, Boonville.
Mr. Winebrenner was a member of the Methodist Church and was faithful in his duties as a Christian. He was a good citizen. He possessed the energy, adventuresome spirit, courage and never give up nature of the pioneer. He put his heart and soul into whatever he undertook.
Funeral services were held at the Clarksburg Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the Reverend W. H. Hargrove, officiating. Burial will be at the Clarksburg Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Hilton Douglas, Charles Winebrenner, William Baker, Doug Winebrenner, Frank Winebrenner and Earl Winebrenner.
California Democrat
California, Missouri
July 7, 1932
Lisa Ruble (32761004)
Son of Peter Winebrenner and Mary Ann Faigler. Married Mary Frances Stone of Allegany Co, VA in Covington. Was a veteran of the Civil War.
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Son of Peter Winebrenner and Mary Ann Faigler. Married Mary Frances Stone of Allegany Co, VA in Covington. Was a veteran of the Civil War.
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J. C. Winebrenner of Clarksburg Dies
Confederate Veteran, 96, Was In Every Battle Of General Lee's Excepting One
James Calvin Winebrenner who fought under General Robert E. Lee in every Civil War battle where Lee was in command except one and who was perhaps the most colorful Confederate veteran who ever lived in the county died at 7 p. m. Friday, July 1, 1932, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Douglas, at Clarksburg, at the age of 96 years and 4 days.
Mr. Winebrenner was born in Monroe County, West Virginia, on June 27, 1886, the ninth of eleven children of whom he was the last survivor. As a boy he learned the trade of brickmaking, bricklaying and plastering and was engaged at work of this kind in the building of the Chesapeake Ohio railroad when the Civil War broke out.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army in Allegheny County, Virginia, in 1861, leaving behind his young wife whom he had married on April 22, 1860, and who died in 1920. Her maiden name was Francis Stone. He trained at White Sulphur Springs in the Governor Wise Legion and was ready for action when General Lee took charge of the army In Northern Virginia in the fall of 1861. Lee's first battle for the Confederacy was Manassas and that was his only engagement in which Mr. Winebrenner did not take part.
In the Confederate Army Winebrenner was a first sergeant of artillery and was in charge of a cannon, caisson and the number of men and horses necessary to handle them. For two years he used a 3-inch, 7-pound steel rifle that he and his men captured from the federal forces at Perryville near Winchester.
On July 3, 1863, as the Confederates were approaching Gettysburg, Mr. Winebrenner fired seven shots at a house in which it was believed Union troops might be fortified, hitting it five times. Fifty years later, in 1913, he attended a reunion at Gettysburg. The house was still standing, and he could see the places where he had shot through it. The morning of the big battle the axle tree of his cannon gave way on the third or fourth round of ammunition and he was forced to hunt up a forge and materials with which to repair it, thus being kept out of the tremendous conflict that raged during the remainder of the day.
At Chancellorsville Mr. Winebrenner was in the woods near at hand the night General Stonewall Jackson received his fatal wound. He described that night as being in "the tightest place I saw in the war". He with his cannon and men lay in a hollow all night with the cannon balls whizzing through the trees above them. The Union soldiers thought the Confederates were farther away and kept firing over them.
The following day Mr. Winebrenner and his men fired 130 shots from their cannon in one hour at a federal battery and silenced its four guns. He never claimed any particular credit for this, however, as he said he did not know who else was firing at this unit.
Mr. Winebrenner's command lost all its artillery at Cedar Creek where he was struck in the head by a mini ball but not seriously injured. After that he carried a musket with which he fought throughout the remainder of the war. After the surrender of General Lee, he walked home a distance of 300 miles. His rations at times during the closing days of the war were an ear of com a day. The concussion of his cannon in the bombardments in which he took a part impaired his hearing to some degree in life.
In 1868, Mr. and Mrs. Winebrenner and their three children they then had, one of whom was a baby six weeks old, left Virginia and came to Missouri. Mr. Winebrenner and his son, Riley, who died in 1876 when 15 years old, came in a covered wagon and Mrs. Winebrenner and the two little girls came by boat to St. Louis and then by train. They were headed for a point near Pleasant Hill in Cass County but when Mr. Winebrenner and his son got to where Clarksburg is now located, they were completely out of funds and could go no further. Mr. Winebrenner stopped there because there was an opportunity to secure some work at chopping in the timber and thus make a little money. Mrs. Winebrenner the little girls had no way of knowing this and went on to Pleasant Hill, just to receive word that they must return to Moniteau Station, as the platform at Clarksburg was then called.
As the years went by, Mr. Winebrenner became one of the prosperous farmers of his community and a well-known citizen. Fourteen years ago, he retired and moved to Clarksburg.
Surviving are five children, as follows: Mrs. Viola Prickett, San Pedro, California; Mrs. Laura Reed, Kansas City; Mrs. J.E. Douglas, Clarksburg; Dallas Winebrenner, Clarksburg; and James Winebrenner, Boonville.
Mr. Winebrenner was a member of the Methodist Church and was faithful in his duties as a Christian. He was a good citizen. He possessed the energy, adventuresome spirit, courage and never give up nature of the pioneer. He put his heart and soul into whatever he undertook.
Funeral services were held at the Clarksburg Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the Reverend W. H. Hargrove, officiating. Burial will be at the Clarksburg Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Hilton Douglas, Charles Winebrenner, William Baker, Doug Winebrenner, Frank Winebrenner and Earl Winebrenner.
California Democrat
California, Missouri
July 7, 1932
Lisa Ruble (32761004)
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Son of Peter Winebrenner and Mary Ann Faigler. Married Mary Frances Stone of Allegany Co, VA in Covington. Was a veteran of the Civil War.
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J. C. Winebrenner of Clarksburg Dies
Confederate Veteran, 96, Was In Every Battle Of General Lee's Excepting One
James Calvin Winebrenner who fought under General Robert E. Lee in every Civil War battle where Lee was in command except one and who was perhaps the most colorful Confederate veteran who ever lived in the county died at 7 p. m. Friday, July 1, 1932, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Douglas, at Clarksburg, at the age of 96 years and 4 days.
Mr. Winebrenner was born in Monroe County, West Virginia, on June 27, 1886, the ninth of eleven children of whom he was the last survivor. As a boy he learned the trade of brickmaking, bricklaying and plastering and was engaged at work of this kind in the building of the Chesapeake Ohio railroad when the Civil War broke out.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army in Allegheny County, Virginia, in 1861, leaving behind his young wife whom he had married on April 22, 1860, and who died in 1920. Her maiden name was Francis Stone. He trained at White Sulphur Springs in the Governor Wise Legion and was ready for action when General Lee took charge of the army In Northern Virginia in the fall of 1861. Lee's first battle for the Confederacy was Manassas and that was his only engagement in which Mr. Winebrenner did not take part.
In the Confederate Army Winebrenner was a first sergeant of artillery and was in charge of a cannon, caisson and the number of men and horses necessary to handle them. For two years he used a 3-inch, 7-pound steel rifle that he and his men captured from the federal forces at Perryville near Winchester.
On July 3, 1863, as the Confederates were approaching Gettysburg, Mr. Winebrenner fired seven shots at a house in which it was believed Union troops might be fortified, hitting it five times. Fifty years later, in 1913, he attended a reunion at Gettysburg. The house was still standing, and he could see the places where he had shot through it. The morning of the big battle the axle tree of his cannon gave way on the third or fourth round of ammunition and he was forced to hunt up a forge and materials with which to repair it, thus being kept out of the tremendous conflict that raged during the remainder of the day.
At Chancellorsville Mr. Winebrenner was in the woods near at hand the night General Stonewall Jackson received his fatal wound. He described that night as being in "the tightest place I saw in the war". He with his cannon and men lay in a hollow all night with the cannon balls whizzing through the trees above them. The Union soldiers thought the Confederates were farther away and kept firing over them.
The following day Mr. Winebrenner and his men fired 130 shots from their cannon in one hour at a federal battery and silenced its four guns. He never claimed any particular credit for this, however, as he said he did not know who else was firing at this unit.
Mr. Winebrenner's command lost all its artillery at Cedar Creek where he was struck in the head by a mini ball but not seriously injured. After that he carried a musket with which he fought throughout the remainder of the war. After the surrender of General Lee, he walked home a distance of 300 miles. His rations at times during the closing days of the war were an ear of com a day. The concussion of his cannon in the bombardments in which he took a part impaired his hearing to some degree in life.
In 1868, Mr. and Mrs. Winebrenner and their three children they then had, one of whom was a baby six weeks old, left Virginia and came to Missouri. Mr. Winebrenner and his son, Riley, who died in 1876 when 15 years old, came in a covered wagon and Mrs. Winebrenner and the two little girls came by boat to St. Louis and then by train. They were headed for a point near Pleasant Hill in Cass County but when Mr. Winebrenner and his son got to where Clarksburg is now located, they were completely out of funds and could go no further. Mr. Winebrenner stopped there because there was an opportunity to secure some work at chopping in the timber and thus make a little money. Mrs. Winebrenner the little girls had no way of knowing this and went on to Pleasant Hill, just to receive word that they must return to Moniteau Station, as the platform at Clarksburg was then called.
As the years went by, Mr. Winebrenner became one of the prosperous farmers of his community and a well-known citizen. Fourteen years ago, he retired and moved to Clarksburg.
Surviving are five children, as follows: Mrs. Viola Prickett, San Pedro, California; Mrs. Laura Reed, Kansas City; Mrs. J.E. Douglas, Clarksburg; Dallas Winebrenner, Clarksburg; and James Winebrenner, Boonville.
Mr. Winebrenner was a member of the Methodist Church and was faithful in his duties as a Christian. He was a good citizen. He possessed the energy, adventuresome spirit, courage and never give up nature of the pioneer. He put his heart and soul into whatever he undertook.
Funeral services were held at the Clarksburg Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the Reverend W. H. Hargrove, officiating. Burial will be at the Clarksburg Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Hilton Douglas, Charles Winebrenner, William Baker, Doug Winebrenner, Frank Winebrenner and Earl Winebrenner.
California Democrat
California, Missouri
July 7, 1932
Lisa Ruble (32761004)
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