Post by jarreau on Jun 9, 2014 16:08:17 GMT -5
Name: Horace Molloy Wooten
Date of Birth: June 13th 1760
Place of Birth: South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Place of Residence: Providence, Rhode Island
Occupation: Chief Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court
Religion: Episcopal
A cousin of Representative Ellery Wooten, Horace Wooten serves as the Chief Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court. He is a son of prominent judge Hilary Wooten (brother of attorney Robinson Wooten, Ellery Wooten's father) and his wife Eve (née Thieme). Being one of the best law students at Rhode Island College (today's Brown), Horace Wooten soon became an important figure, first serving as a public attorney in South Kingstown, later moving to Providence. During the revolutionary war, Horace Wooten served under command of his cousin Ellery.