At the time of Angelina's birth, her father was a merchant of Richmond, where he spent fifty years of his life, and reared and educated a family.

[2] When the American Civil War broke upon the South, she devoted herself to the care of the sick, the wounded and the dying soldiers in the hospitals.

She was appointed honorary commissioner for her State to the World Cotton Centennial in New Orleans, and organized associations for work in the woman's department of Texas.

From 1889 till 1893, she served as associate editor and business manager of the Round Table, a monthly magazine of literary miscellany, published in Texas.

[6] In 1903, Mrs. Winkler came to El Paso, Texas, and later effected the organization of the Robert E. Lee chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.