PHILIP P. WINSTON
Was born in Hanover county, Virginia, May 20, 1828, the son of Henry
and Jane (Doswell) Winston, of that county, both now deceased. His
father died a few months before Philip's birth, in 1827, aged fifty-five
years. Until he was seventeen years of age the subject of this sketch
attended school in his native county. He then clerked for eighteen
months in that county, since which time his home has been in Richmond.
He was two years deputy sheriff under Richard Adams, of Richmond,
when, under the provisions of the old constitution, the senior magistrate
was the sheriff, and he has been connected with the sheriff's office since
1847 continuously except for a few years and during the war. He is now
deputy sheriff. His second son, Lewis P., has been high sheriff of Richmond,
Virginia, since February, 1884.
In 1862 Philip P. Winston entered the Confederate States army,
Company B, 15th Virginia Infantry, private. He was wounded and
made prisoner at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862, held on
the battlefield three weeks, then exchanged. Returning to Richmond
he was appointed clerk in the comptroller's office, C. S. A., and so served
until the close of the war, returning then to the sheriff's office as deputy
under John W. Wright.
In Hanover county, Virginia, May 14, 1857, he married Maria Louisa
McGee, born in that county, the daughter of Edward and Marietta
(Lipscombe) McGee, both now deceased. The fruit of this union is six
children, born in the order named: Edward H., Lewis P., Wesley M.,
Mary W., Lizzie W. and John G.
