The Texas Historian, Volume 31, Number 3, January 1971 Page: 28
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Rremains a mystery. It is possible she was the
wife and widow of Edwin Winfield. The state
erected a monument in 1939 with the follow-
ing inscription: "Mrs. Isabell Winfield, Born:
May 12, 1792, Died: October 16, 1868, widow
of Edwin Winfield, who fell with Col. James
W. Fannin, Jr., at Goliad, March 27, 1836."
The state also entered Winfield's name among
the Goliad dead on a monument erected there.
In 1930 a granddaughter of Edwin Taylor
Winfield, Mrs. Franklin, upon attempting to
join the Daughters of the Republic of Texas,
was denied admission due to the fact that her
grandfather had been killed at Goliad. Know-
ing that her grandfather had fought at Goliad,
and also knowing that he had not been killed
in the battle, she began a search for support-
ing evidence. The question of her legitimacy
and that of succeeding generations of Win-
field's descendants spurred her on a search
that has thrown some light on the subject, but
has not completely solved the mystery.
First, by examining the Federal censusrecords for 1860, she proved that an Edwin
Winfield was living in Trinity County, Texas,
at that time. She also found a Crockett County
newspaper, printed in 1868, which mentioned
an Edwin Winfield.
Secondly, there is evidence that Edwin
Taylor Winfield was at Goliad. A letter to
Winfield from his niece, Emma L. Bibbs, was
written in August, 1861-twenty-five years
after the battle of Goliad. In the letter Mrs.
Bibbs asked Winfield if he was anywhere near
her father, Joseph Kneeland Taylor, when the
latter was killed at Goliad. Contemporary
accounts of the battle also mention the name
Edwin Winfield. In the Texas archives there
is a copy of Mirabeau Lamar's papers in
which an account of the Goliad Massacre is
given by a man who was there. "I saw Mr.
Winfield of Montgomery (Alabama) standing
in the water (the San Antonio River), he was
wounded . . ." There is also a copy of an
account in which Captain Jack Shackleford
stated, "Edwin Winfield was at Goliad in my28
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Texas State Historical Association. The Texas Historian, Volume 31, Number 3, January 1971, periodical, January 1971; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth391413/m1/30/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.