Louis Winston, (sculpture).

Louis Winston, (sculpture).

Hathaway, Isaac, sculptor.

Louis Winston, (sculpture).

Bust: bronze; Base: marble.

Bust: approx. 21 x 25 x 16 in.; Base: approx. 46 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.

(On back of bust, raised:) Isaac Hathaway/1920 (On front of base:) LOUIS J. WINSTON/OUR LATE SUPREME/PRESIDENT AND/FOUNDER OF THE W O U (Woodmen of Union)/BORN AT NATCHEZ MISS/OCT 22, 1844/DIED AT LEXINGTON MISS/SEPT 11, 1918/AGE 74 YRS/AT REST signed

Life-sized portrait bust of Louis J. Winston mounted on base. He has a mustache and wears a coat, vest, button shirt, and short, knotted necktie.

Portrait male -- Winston, Louis J. -- Bust

Occupation -- Industry -- Lumber

Ethnic -- African American

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Natchez

Administered by City of Natchez, Natchez City Cemetery Association, Cemetery Road, Natchez, Mississippi 39120

Located Natchez City Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Natchez, Mississippi

Louis J. Winston (1844-1918), a native of Natchez, was founder of the Woodmen of Union (WOU). Biographical information on Winston can be found in Black history (Natchez) Research files, Historic Natchez Foundation, 108 South Commerce Street, Natchez, Mississippi 39120. In the past, chlorox was used to clean marble base.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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