Wootton, Richard

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Life span:

04/01/1835 to 12/01/1901

Dickinson Connection:

Class of 1854

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Life Summary

Full name:

Richard Wootton

Place of Birth:

Prince George's County, MD

Birth Date Certainty:

Exact

Death Date Certainty:

Exact

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Sectional choice:

South

Origins:

Slave State

No. of Siblings:

No. of Spouses:

No. of Children:

Family:

William Turnor Wootton (father), Margaret Hall Wootton (mother), Elise Duckett Contee (wife, 1873)

Education:

Dickinson (Carlisle College)

Occupation:

Politician

Attorney or Judge

Farmer or Planter

Businessman

Other

Other Occupation:

Tax collector

Church or Religious Denomination:

Episcopalian

Political Parties:

Democratic

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Richard Wootton (Dickinson Alumni Record)

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*Wootton, Richard - Born April 1, 1835, Prince George's county, Md. ; p., William Turnor and Margaret Hall Wootton ; prep., Georgetown college ; farmer ; engaged in farming until 1887 ; member house of delegates three terms ; clerk house of delegates two terms ; deputy collector internal revenue, 1885-89, 1893-98 ; solicitor for life insurance, 1898-1901 ; B. L. society ; married, March 28, 1873, Elise Duckett Contee of Prince George's county, Md. ; children, William Hill, Henry Contee, Richard, Frank Hall, Mary Margaret, Cora Bowie. Died December 1, 1901.

George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 159.

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