I have received several queries about this family. Can anyone help? Have you ever heard of a Traylor hospital in Victoria? Thanks, Cynthia Buttram <buttram@viptx.net> >From Cal Traylor: "Winn Traylor arrived in Victoria County in 1840. Last week I compiled most of my notes about Winn, and have a "diary" of seven pages, plus four pages of bibliography. I would accept input from researchers of Winn Traylor. One area of weakness in my article is his combat with Indians, twice if not more. Can you fill in my files? The name Winn for many years was a question. Was it derived from another name? Was it a nickname? But, now it seems none of these, for he apparently was named for to honor an ancestor. He manufactured the first bricks in Victoria and built homes.= Seek more details about his remaining years in Victoria. He is buried on his ranch south of Victoria. Can you add information? In Birmingham, how successful was he? Did he make a small fortune there, the fortune used to move to Victoria and start a new ranch? A rancher he became overnight ... from a city resident. How did he make that transition so successfully? In Victoria city there is a hospital named Traylor, as I recall from a visit there a few years ago. My correspondence with the hospital staff indicates they have no records of why it is named Traylor. Do you know? I understand there was a donation by _____ Traylor of $100,000, but the reply to my query indicated they did not have any record of their own history including the donor. I look forward to hearing from you, preferably at my address of TRAYLOROO@JUNO.COM CAL TRAYLOR Incidentally, Winn's ancestry can be traced to Edward Traylor the immigrant to Virginia, from England. He was "Transported" and his passage refunded to a plantation owner ... along with 15 others persons. In England there is a missing link, the parents of Edward. But, in England the family were very poor, and few records ever existed from such poor peons."