My Genealogy Hound

Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Miller County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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F. G. (Pete) Wootten, the subject of this sketch, is one of the best known characters in the city. Probably no man can boast of having started so many enterprises as has he in his newspaper work. He has owned an interest in the Texarkana Democrat, Weekly Visitor, Sunday Item, and is now full owner of the Evening Call, a journal that is read by everyone and sought after by the entire population. He has been employed as local editor on several papers. His style is catchy, and his friends in the city are many. He is not a bloated bond holder, neither is he a pauper, but one of those happy-go-easy sort of fellows whom it does one good to sometimes meet.

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