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No. Sarah Lockwood Winchester had been married to one of the children of the man who owned the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. After he died in Connecticut and her Arthritis worsened she moved to the Santa Clara Valley where the climate was perfect. She owned of a lot of property in San Mateo County and the northern part of Santa Clara County, like Palo Alto. She bought farmland in San Jose and built her odd mansion as a hobby. It was built on her successful, working apricot and prune orchard. She had a powerful enemy in San Mateo County who was a bully landowner and he helped ruin her reputation. She also has a troublemaker nephew who created stories about her. She finally paid him off in return for him leaving her alone.

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