Sarah Winchester
Female, Deceased Person
1837 – 1922
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Who was Sarah Winchester?
Sarah L. Winchester was the wife of William Wirt Winchester and heiress to his estate and a 50 percent holding in the Winchester Repeating Arms Company following his death from tuberculosis in 1881. Convinced spirits would kill her if she completed construction of her California home, Sarah used her fortune to continue uninterrupted, round-the-clock construction on it for 36 consecutive years. Since her death, the sprawling Winchester Mystery House has become a popular tourist attraction, known for its many staircases and corridors leading nowhere.
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1837
New Haven - Spouses
- William Wirt Winchester
(1862/09/30 - 1881/03/07)
- William Wirt Winchester
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Connecticut
- San Jose
- Died
- Sep 5, 1922
San Jose
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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