Joseph Richard Wooten
Full Name: Joseph Richard Wooten
Birth date: March 22, 1862
Death date: June 7, 1915
Birth date: March 22, 1862
Death date: June 7, 1915
Terms of Service
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House,
28th Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. J.R. Wooten, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Joseph Richard Wooten, son of Malvina and Richard Wooten, birth date 3/22/1862, death date 6/7/1915, interment in Myrtlewood Cemetery, Livingston, Alabama. BillionGraves .
- Obituary, "Former State Legislator Dies: J.R. Wooten Developed Long Staple Cotton on Ranch Near Columbus," Columbus, Tex., 6/8/1915, p. 2. Birth date 3/22/1861, "member of the twenty-eighth legislature from this county, where he introduced the first bill for referendum and recall." Galveston Daily News .
- Columbus, "Miss Libbie Wooten and James and Harcourt Wooten left Tuesday, Livingston, Alabama, to attend the funeral of their father, J.R. Wooten, who died in Meridian, Miss., that morning." The Houston Post, 6/13/1915, p. 38. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- 28th Legislature (1903) - J.R. Wooten, postoffice Columbus, nativity Alabama, age 41 (born circa 1862), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
- Joseph Richard Wooten. Mentioned in obituary of son James Harbert Wooten, Sr., Colorado County Citizen, 7/14/1966. "Born in Eagle Lake, Dec. 4, 1888, he was a son of Joseph Richard and Pearlie Harcourt Wooten. When he was a small child his father bought a block of land in Columbus and the family moved here. The older Wooten studied law with Lucius Adkins and later served in the Texas Legislature from 1900 to 1903, at which time Jim served as a page." Colorado County, TXGenWeb Project .
- Obituary, "Death of J.R. Wooten," Friday, 6/11/1915, p. 1. Birth date 3/22/1862 in Livingston, Alabama, marriage to Pearl Harcourt in 1887, survived by widow and 3 children, James H. Wooten, C. Harcourt, and Mary Olivia, death announced by telegram received last Monday morning, 6/7/1915. "In 1892 Mr. Wooten was elected to represent Colorado county in the 28th Legislature and served his constituents with zeal and ability." Weimar Mercury (Weimar, Colorado County, Texas) .