A. E. WINROTT (b. 1852)

WINROTT, FITZGIBBONS

Posted By: Linnie Howell (email)
Date: 6/2/2005 at 23:08:01

WINROTT, A. E., of the firm of Freer & Winrott, Fayette News; born in Ashland Co., Ohio, Sept. 13, 1852; came with his parents in 1856 to West Union, where they still reside; 1869, he entered the Gazette office as an apprentice, and has worked there at intervals for the last eight years; in the meantime, however, he was employed in Mills & Co.'s Job Printing House, at Des Moines, Elkader Journal and Dubuque Times. On the 30th day of Sept., 1876, was married in Chicago to Miss Josephine Fitzgibbons; she was born in St. Hillier's, Jersey, Channel Islands, Jan. 29, 1853, and came to the United States in 1872. In the beginning of 1877, he purchased an interest in the Fayette News; he is spoken highly of as a fancy job and card printer, and with other qualifications equally as good, he has the respect and confidence of the public.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Fayette Township
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