Winfield Scott DINKINS

1847 - 1913  (65 years)

• Name	Winfield Scott DINKINS
  Birth	21 Nov 1847	Sumter District, South Carolina   [1]
  Baptism	25 Jun 1876	1st Baptist Church, Sumter, South Carolina   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	excluded May 1892, joined the Methodist Church  [2]
  _UID	BB8025C175E540AD9B094770E33D80319450
  Death	29 Jul 1913  [3]
  Person ID	I15544	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2004

  
  

  Father	Colonel Langdon Hastings DINKINS,   b. 1812, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. Fall 1879, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Frances Laura/Louise JAMES,   b. 25 Apr 1818, Sumter District, South Carolina d. Feb or Mar 1898 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1839  [4, 5, 6]
  _UID	EDD4F271495541DBA840C84EFC823D54EBFF
  _UID	EDD4F271495541DBA840C84EFC823D54EBFF
  Family ID	F13911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louisa Florence SPANN,   b. 10 Sep 1856   d. 6 Jun 1920 (Age 63 years)
  _UID	A24B997601F54EC9AE066EB255B1CD1BCB55
  _UID	A24B997601F54EC9AE066EB255B1CD1BCB55
  Family ID	F11014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Leonora “Nora” OSTEEN,   b. 15 Mar 1852, Sumter District, South Carolina d. 12 Aug 1875 (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1873	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  _UID	B7B2703A101741ECAE8E9CD90272173DE083
  _UID	B7B2703A101741ECAE8E9CD90272173DE083
  Children	1. Esther Annie/Anne DINKINS,   b. 21 Nov 1873   d. 19 Apr 1900, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F10809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2004

  
  

• Notes

  Langdon, Winfield’s father, admired General Winfield Scott, as he knew him in the mid-1800’s- during the trouble with Mexico- and thought so highly of him that he named his son for him. Later when Scott joined the Union Army during the Confederate War, he regretted having given his son that name. [7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S246] Beatrice Mackey Doughtie, Page 810. [S698] page 69. [S43] Ellen McNeal of Columbia, SC, Page 18. [S340] Kate Wyllie James LePine, Page 6. [S43] Ellen McNeal of Columbia, SC, Page 17. [S761] page 1. [S37] Cassie Nicholes Historical Sketches of Sumter County Vol. II, page 108.