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Partial Genealogy of the Winfreys
(of Mississippi & Tennessee)
1763-83
1789-1823
1824-33
1834-53
1854-
1800
1850
1900
Constantine Winfrey
(1836-at least 1910)
(born Cosnton Ture as an African-American slave of Absolom Farrar Winfry/Winfrey in Georgia)
(freed after Civil War; moved to Poplar Creek, Montgomery co. Mississippi)
= Violet A. ???? of NC (1839-at least 1880)
(born an African-American slave)
8 Others
Sanford Elias Winfrey
(1871-at least 1910); (farmer)
= Ella Staples of MS
(1874-at least 1908)
1950
6 Others
Elmore E. Winfrey
(1901-88); (farmer)
= Beatrice Woods
(1902-99)
3 Others
Vernon Winfrey
(1933-); (coal miner/barber shop/real estate developer)
(born MS); (US Army); (moved to Nashville, Davidson co. Tennessee); (Nashville TN city council)
2000
= Vernita Lee (1935-); (house-maid)
(not married
Orpah/Oprah Winfrey
(1954-); (Dem)
(born Kosciusko, Attala co. MS); (moved with mother to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to stay with grandmother Hattie Mae Presley Lee)
(sent by mother to live with father in Nashville TN, 1968); (Miss Black Tennessee, 1971)
(radio reporter/TV anchor in Nashville, 1972-; in Baltimore, Maryland, 1976-; also talk show host, 1978-)
(moved to Chicago, Cook co. Illinois, 1983); (host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, 1983-at least 2009; syndicated nationally from 1986
(movie actress; Academy Award nomination for The Color Purple, 1985)
(multi-media activities included co-founding Oxygen cable network, magazine publishing; founder/president, Harpo Productions producing, 2002-)
(became wealthiest African-American with net worth approaching $3 billion by 2008; also resided CA, NJ, GA, CO, HI, Antigua)
(political activity including support for Barack Obama, elected 1st African-American US President, 2008)
= unknown father
1 Son
(died infant, 1968)
Republican & Democrat