Wootton, Richard

Life Span
to
Dickinson Connection
Class of 1854
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
4
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
6
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

Richard Wootton (Dickinson Alumni Record)

Reference
*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.
Dickinson College
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