ROSS WINANS
Name: Ross Winans
Born: 1796
Died: 1877
Ross Winans (1796-1877) was an American inventor, mechanic, and builder of
locomotives and railroad machinery. He is also noted for design of pioneering
cigar-hulled ships. Winans, one of the United States' first multi-millionaires,
was also involved politics and was a vehement states' rights advocate. His
outspoken anti-federal stance as a member of the Maryland legislature led to his
arrest during the early period of the American Civil War. Winans was related to
James McNeill Whistler through marriage (Whistler's brother George married
Winans' daughter Julia).
Name: Ross Winans
Born: 1796
Died: 1877
Ross Winans (1796-1877) was an American inventor, mechanic, and builder of
locomotives and railroad machinery. He is also noted for design of pioneering
cigar-hulled ships. Winans, one of the United States' first multi-millionaires,
was also involved politics and was a vehement states' rights advocate. His
outspoken anti-federal stance as a member of the Maryland legislature led to his
arrest during the early period of the American Civil War. Winans was related to
James McNeill Whistler through marriage (Whistler's brother George married
Winans' daughter Julia).