Background
He was the son of Oliver Fisher Winchester and Jane Ellen Hope and was born in Baltimore.
He was the son of Oliver Fisher Winchester and Jane Ellen Hope and was born in Baltimore.
William married on September 30, 1862. On July 15, 1866, a daughter was born Annie Pardee Winchester. She died on July 24, 1866 from Marasmus.
William died in New Haven, Connecticut on March 7, 1881 of tuberculosis.
He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven. The hospital was later sold and became a Veteran"s Administration Hospital.
The Private Pavilion at Yale New Haven Hospital was then renamed in his honour.