Weldon Jackson Wooten

Brief Life History of Weldon Jackson

When Weldon Jackson Wooten was born on 12 September 1909, in Colorado, Texas, United States, his father, Levi Walker Wooten, was 28 and his mother, Effie Izora Gray, was 24. He married Ressie Alma Clark on 17 January 1930, in Izard, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Little Texas Township, Craighead, Arkansas, United States in 1950. He died on 5 November 1995, in Grant, Washington, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Chelan Fraternal Cemetery, Chelan, Chelan, Washington, United States.

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Weldon Jackson Wooten
1909–1995
Ressie Alma Clark
1906–1983
Marriage: 17 January 1930
Janice Wooten
1930–2008
Joy Wooten
1933–2019
Myles Edward Wooten
1939–2015

Sources (13)

  • Weldon Wooten, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Weldon Jackson Wooten - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Weldon Jackson Wooten
  • Weldon Wooten, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"

World Events (8)

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1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting

In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English wid(u), wudu ‘wood’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, such as Wootton in Northamptonshire or Oxfordshire, Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, Wotton in Surrey, and Wotton under Edge in Gloucestershire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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