Howard-Fayette-Tipton County IN Archives Biographies.....Wooters, William 1834 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 21, 2006, 3:10 pm Author: Jackson Morrow WILLIAM WOOTERS. Not alone are those worthy of biographic honors who have moved along the loftier planes of action, but to an equal extent are those deserving who are of the rank and file of the world's workers, for they are not less the conservators of public prosperity and material advancement. Through all the graduations of life recognition should be had of the true values, and then should full appreciation be manifested, for there can be no impropriety in scanning the acts of, if it be done justly, any man as they effect his public, social and business relations. In the collection of material for the biographical department of this publication there has been a constant aim to use a wise discrimmination [sic] in regard to the selection of subjects and to exclude none worthy of representation in its pages. Here will be found mention of worthy citizens of all vocations, and at this juncture we are permitted to offer a resume of the career of one of the substantial and highly esteemed representatives of the agricultural interests of Howard county, where he has maintained his home for the past thirty years at the time of this writing, 1908, and where he has not only attained a high degree of success in his chosen field of labor and enterprise, but also established an imperishable reputation for uprightness in all the relations of life. William Wooters was born in Caroline county, Maryland, February 6, 1834, the son of Smith and Nancy (Griffin) Wooters. The subject was only a small boy when his father died, and he was but seven years old when his mother passed away. The subject was bound out to his grandfather and went to live with an uncle, Mathew Wootres, and in 1845 he came with John W. Colescott to Connersville, Indiana, where he worked ten months on the canal at seven dollars per month. He then worked for John W. Colescott, driving a huxter [sic] wagon. He remained in Fayette county for a number of years, and he was married in that county to Nancy Stockdale, a native of Fayette county. She was born May 27, 1834, and she died in Howard county March 5, 1905. They moved from Fayette county to Tipton county in 1858. They lived on a farm of forty acres in the latter county and later bought forty acres more, where he successfully farmed until 1878, when he came to Liberty township, Howard county, buying sixty acres of good land in section 32, and he has been living here ever since, gradually imp roving his farm until it is now in a high state of productiveness and shows that a man of good judgment and thrift has managed it. A good dwelling house is on the place, also several comfortable and substantial outbuildings. Mr. Wooters always took a delight in keeping good stock. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wooters as follows: William A., whose date of birth was in 1855, and Charles A., who was born in 1858. The latter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally is a Mason, also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men. William Wooters, our subject, is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and also the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and his son, Charles A., have passed the chairs in the last named lodge. Mr. Wooters, our subject, and his son Charles A. are both loyal Democrats, neither have been active, preferring to spend their lives quietly on the farm. Our subject is a man of scrupulously honest principles and he has gained and held many loyal friends by his well regulated life. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF HOWARD COUNTY INDIANA BY JACKSON MORROW, B. A. ILLUSTRATED VOL. II B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (circa 1909) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/howard/bios/wooters347nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb