Individual Details
Thomas Christian Wooten
(19 Mar 1858 - 4 Jun 1922)
1860 Census. Kinston, Lenoir, NC, Hh 936
John F. Wooten, 37, Lawyer
Mary Wooten, 30
Richard, 13
John, 11
Sym, 6
Lafayette, 4
Thos. C., 3
Fannie D., 10 months
1870 Census. Kinston, Lenoir, NC, Hh 234
J. F. Wooten, 48, Lawyer, b. NC
Mary A., 39, b. VA
Thomas, 12, at school
Fannie, 10, at school
Beverly, 7, male, at school
Doll Floyd, 5
Oria B., 2
Polly Raines, 10, Black, house servant
1889 Publication. Students of the University of North Carolina
Wooten, Thomas Christian, Kinston, Lenoir Co: 1882-84. Lawyer.
Marriage record to Julia H. (Holderness) Dixon, 29 May 1894, Edgecombe Co, NC. His parents listed as John F. & Mary A. Wooten.
1908 Kinston NC City Directory
Attorney-At-Law
Wooten, Emmett R., 136 Court House Square
Wooten, Thomas C., 136 Court House Square
North Carolina Death Certificate #126
Thomas Christian Wooten died 4 Jun 1922 of uremia and chronic gastric enteritis at Kinston, Lenoir Co. He was about 60, born in Lenoir County, a widower. Lawyer. Father was John F. Wooten, b. NC; mother, Mary Christian, b. VA. D. F. Wooten of Kinston was the informant. Buried at Kinston on June 5th.
FindAGrave.com has him buried Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston. There are links to his parents and siblings.
Parents:
John Franklin Wooten (1821 - 1903)
Mary Adams Christian Wooten (1829 - 1878)
Siblings:
Richard Wooten (1847 - 1869)*
John Council Wooten (1848 - 1901)*
Thomas Christian Wooten (1858 - 1922)
Fannie Dew Wooten Moseley (1860 - 1943)*
Ora Wooten (1869 - 1882)*
Clovis Wooten (1870 - 1870)*
James Frank Wooten (1881 - 1959)**
Lloyd Kirby Wooten (1884 - 1938)**
Carrie Pugh Wooten (1885 - 1887)**
The Kinston Free Press, Kinston, NC, 7 Jun 1922, Wednesday, p.1
DEATH AND FUNERAL OF T. C. WOOTEN, A SENIOR MEMBER BAR
End Came sunday Night. Prominently Related - Licensed to Practice Law Many Years Ago - Was in Poor Health
The funeral of Thomas Christian Wooten, 62 years of age, was held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. ...Mr. Wooten's death occurred sunday night at 9 o'clock following a brief illness, though he had not been in the best of health for several years.
....Mr. Wooten was born at Elm Grove, a few miles south of here, in 1860. He was educated in the schools here and at the University of North Carolina. He was licensed to the bar in 1883. He practiced at Snow Hill ans here. He was a son of the late John F. Wooten, of Kinston, and Mary Adams Christian, who was a member of a prominent family in Virginia. He married Miss Mary Moore of Snow Hill, and after her death, Mrs. Julia Holderness Dixon, of Caswell County, now dead.
...Mr. Wooten is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Saunders; one sister, Mrs. W. O. Moseley, and the following brothers and half brothers; Dal F., Lloyd and Frank Wooten of Kinston, and Beverly Wooten, of Fort Barnwell.
Lenoir Co, NC, Superior Court. Mrs. Bessie W. Sanders states that T. C. Woodten is dead, leaving no will and she is entitled to Letters of Administration. Filed 19 Jun 1922. She was appointed and bond set at $1000. J. Wooten Moseby and K. F. Foscue, her securities
Events
Birth | 19 Mar 1858 | ||||
Marriage | Abt 1885 | Living | |||
Marriage | 29 May 1894 | Edgecombe County, North Carolina - Julia Holderness | |||
Death | 4 Jun 1922 | Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina |
Families
Spouse | Julia Holderness (1855 - 1920) |
Spouse | Living |
Child | Annie or Bessie Wooten (1887 - ) |