


Wrenacres
Ancestors and Family of Brian Scott Dickson and Kathleen Ann Boyle Dickson

Clyde Fleetwood Winn

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Name Clyde Fleetwood Winn Birth 4 May 1875 Ellis Co., Texas [1]
Gender Male Census 14 Jun 1880 Ellis Co., Texas [1]
Residence 1908 Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States Address:
108 E. UniversityCensus 21 Apr 1910 Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States [2]
Address:
108 E. UniversityResidence 1914 Ballinger, Runnels Co., Texas - Interstate City Directory
Census 21 Jan 1920 Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States [3]
Address:
108 E. UniversityOccupation 1929 Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States City Attorney Census 9 Apr 1930 Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States [4]
Address:
412 Royal St.Education Ph.B., 1901, Baylor U.; LLB, 1903, U of Texas - Attended Itaska High School
Occupation Attorney [5] - Started teaching school at age 18; was a newspaper reporter before becoming a lawyer; served as assistant county attorney from 1904 to 1908; was local attorney in Ellis County for the Santa Fe railroad for over 16 years
Religion Baptist Residence 1936 Longview, Gregg Co.,Texas - Longview City directory, Longview, Gladewater, Greggton, Texas
_FSFTID 9QFK-9R3 _UID 4FB3CE9673E945CFB84B6F01CCCC778DE52A Death 13 Jan 1958 Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States [6]
Address:
John's Rest Home, 201 OldhamBurial 14 Jan 1958 Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States [7]
Address:
Waxahachie City CemeteryPerson ID I1932 John Reglin's Tree - 2025-06-30 Last Modified 13 Nov 2014
Father Archeles W. Winn, b. 26 Feb 1847, Maury Co., Tennessee d. 3 Aug 1885, Ellis Co., Texas
(Age 38 years)
Mother Mildred P. Bass, b. 1850, Tennessee d. 5 Jan 1882, Ellis Co., Texas
(Age 32 years)
Marriage License 13 Jan 1866 Giles Co., Tennessee [8]
Marriage 14 Jan 1866 Giles Co., Tennessee [8]
Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Dollie Wells, b. 11 Nov 1876, Laneville, Rusk Co., Texas d. 13 Dec 1966, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States
(Age 90 years)
Marriage 31 Jul 1906 Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas - Marriage place is uncertain- could be Ellis Co., TX
Children 1. Alta Elizabeth Winn, b. 10 Feb 1910, Texas, United States d. 4 Mar 1916 (Age 6 years)
2. Margaret Wilene Winn, b. 1 Aug 1913, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 23 Apr 2003, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles Co., California
(Age 89 years)
3. Janie Louise Winn, b. 19 Dec 1915, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 2 Dec 1996, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States
(Age 80 years)
4. Infant (John) Winn, b. 21 Sep 1918 d. 21 Sep 1918 (Age 0 years) Family ID F14 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2025
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Notes - If he graduated from Baylor in 1901, presumably, he should be enumerated there for the 1900 census. He hasn't been found yet. It's a good plan to search yearbooks, too. Ancestry lists him in the school yearbooks and in the college students list.
UPDATED: 24 Aug 1992 Parents came to Ellis co from TN in 1869 and settled near present location of Forreston. Parents died when he was very young; Clyde and his brother Gray went to live with Joseph Thomas Winn after his father's death; began working for himself at age 13. Graduated from Itasca High School in 1892, began teaching school when he was 18. Graduated Baylor Univ. in 1901, U of TX law department in 1903; was assistant attorney of Ellis Co for 4 years from 1904 to 1908, city atty for 12 years; local atty in Ellis Co for over 46 years. From letter from Clyde Fleetwood Winn to "Mamma and Louise", 6-11-1956. Margaret described him as extremely
ambitious but something of a dreamer. Handsome but not a fashionable dresser, with the "Winn laugh".
Baptized 10 June 1956, First Baptist Church, Waxa.
Lived 108 E. University in 1920 census.
- If he graduated from Baylor in 1901, presumably, he should be enumerated there for the 1900 census. He hasn't been found yet. It's a good plan to search yearbooks, too. Ancestry lists him in the school yearbooks and in the college students list.
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Sources - [S149] 1880 US Federal Census, Ellis Co., TX, Justice Precinct 1; ED 45; Page 35; dwelling 279, family 288; Archelus Winn.
- [S145] 1910 US Federal Census, Ellis Co., TX, Waxahachie, Ward 3; ED 122; Sheet 9-A; dwelling 161, family 165, 108 E. University; Clyde F. Winn.
- [S124] 1920 US Federal Census, Ellis Co., TX, Waxahachie; 123; sheet 7B; dwelling 158, family 162, 108 E. University Ave.; Clyde Winn.
- [S122] 1930 US Federal Census, Ellis Co., TX, Waxahachie ward 3; 70-5; Sheet 11A; dwelling 228, family 268, 412 Royal St.; Clyde F. Winn.
- [S95] Winn, Clyde Fleetwood Death Certificate.
- [S95] Winn, Clyde Fleetwood Death Certificate, Clyde Fleetwood Winn; Waxahachie, Ellis Co., TX; 1958; 1958.
- [S177] Find A Grave, 13 November 2014; Clyde Fleetwood Winn; Clyde Fleetwood Winn; 33277546; Aunt and Uncle M.
- [S181] Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, 12 June 2020; Giles County, 1866, p. 103, A.W. Wenn to M.P. Bass.
- [S149] 1880 US Federal Census, Ellis Co., TX, Justice Precinct 1; ED 45; Page 35; dwelling 279, family 288; Archelus Winn.