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W. H. Wooton, farmer and merchant, of Mount Zion, is a son of Arthur F. and Elizabeth (Smith) Wooten, and was born in North Carolina in 1818, being one of eleven children, five living. The grandfather was a native of Scotland and came to the United States when a young man, served in the Revolutionary war, and settled in North Carolina, where he raised a large family—four sons and four daughters. The father of our subject, Arthur Wooten, was born in North Carolina in 1798, received a common-school education, was raised in that State, and married, in 1817, Miss E. Smith; came to Tipton County in 1828, and continued farming. Mrs. Wooten died in 1836, and in 1841 he married a Mrs. Joyce, formerly Ann Eliza Smith. They have six children; he remained in the Sixth District until his death in 1865. His first wife was born in North Carolina in 1798. W. H. Wooten was raised and educated in Tipton County. December 18, 1841, he married Caroline W. Howerton, and they had eight children, four living: Leila, wife of G. B. Sale; James K., of Memphis; Estella, wife of John S. Dickinson, and Rufus. Mrs. Wooten was born in Mecklenburg County, Va., in 1827, and died in December, 1860, and in 1861 Mr. Wooten married Mahala C., daughter of Allen and Mary Pickard; they had ten children, seven living: Walter, Josiah, Lucy, Kate, Elbert, Elizabeth and Ann Maria. Mr. Wooten is one of the largest land owners in Tipton County, owning about 4,000 acres, besides considerable real estate in Memphis. In 1879 he commenced merchandising at Mount Zion, and is still engaged in it. The largest portions of his means he has made himself, being a man of great strength of character and strong will, with fine business qualifications. In 1850 he was elected sheriff of Tipton County, and held the office for six years; also served as magistrate several terms, before and since the war. In politics he was formerly a Whig; cast his first vote for President, for Harrison, in 1840. Since the war has been a Democrat; he formerly belonged to the I. O. O F. Mr. and Mrs. Wooten are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mrs. Wooten was born in Tipton County in 1841, and was raised and educated in the county.