Almira Wynne

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ALMIRA WINCHESTER, b 30 Mar 1805, at Cragfont, near Gallatin, TN, d 24 Jun 1884, buried at Cragfont. Almira m in Sumner Co, TN, 14 Mar 1825, Alfred R. Wynne (b 1800, d 18 Dec 1893, buried at Cragfont, son of Col Robert Wynne & Cynthia Harrison). They lived near Cragfont in a house built about 1825 on land that was inherited by Almira from her father's estate. Designed to serve as a stage coach stop, it is considered a splendid example of the log cabin type of architecture, and is now the oldest structure of its type and size in Tennessee. Although it never became a stop on the stage coach line, the Wynne family established a very successful spa there, called "Castalian Springs".

The land was farmed and the home was occupied by the Wynne family until the death of George W. Wynne. It is now maintained by the State and known as "Wynnewood" to avoid confusion with the name of the nearby community of Castalian Springs. Colonel Robert Wynne (d 1802) was the son of John Wynne (1753-1820) and Polly Lewis (data from J.R. Wynne). Robert m Cynthia Harrison in Sumner Co, TN, on 6 Jan 1800. Cynthia m 2nd, in Sumner Co on 31 Jul 1805, Samuel Kerr/Carr. Her father's will refers to her as Cynthia Carr. She was the daughter of James Harrison & Cynthia Gibson (once thought to be half sister to Susan Black). At age 16, Robert Wynne's son A.R. Wynne went to work as a clerk in James Winchester's general store at Cairo, TN. 

This was where A.R. met his future wife, Almira. A.R. Wynne was commissioned 2nd Major, 15th Reg, Sumner Co Militia, 8 Jun 1830 and on 27 May 1835 he became Col Commandant of the regiment. (Militia Commission Bk 5, p116; Bk 6, p110.) Throughout the years, A.R. engaged in a number of businesses, including trading on the Cumberland and Mississippi Rivers.

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