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Show UJ R. T. WOOTIEN'S FATHER BURIED Hober City, Nov. 5. Funeral services serv-ices for Attewall Wootton Si were held hero yesterday noon and was at-tonded at-tonded by a large concourse of people. peo-ple. Mr. Wootton was born at Tunstall. Staffordshire, England, December 26, 1S39. He came to America with his parentc, John and Ann Turner Wootton, Woot-ton, when 2 years old The family settled at Nauvoo, where the father died. Mr. Wootton crossed tho plains with his mother in tho early fifties nnd settled at American Fork, later moving to Provo. Ho graduated from the B. Y. U. and began teaching school when IS years old. After teaching at Provo and American Amer-ican Fork Mr. Wootton moved to Midway. Mid-way. Ho was superintendent of public pub-lic schools here for more than 20 years and prominent In the Mormon I rjfg church He served two years on a jyft mission to Great Britain. In 1SG2 ho i fjj married Cynthia Jane Jewell, at Snlt ji hake. Nine children resulted Gcoigc M A., superintcnuent of the ilebcr 1 ight j I S: Power company; William T. oC the $Jx Heber Mercantile company; Attcw.ill I M Jr., principal of Heber district schools, , Sfl John A. of Myton, Richard T of Og- , jt( den. Dav;d A. of Morgan. Edward J: of Myton. Mrs. Udwavd Jaspeison of r Ogden and .Mrs Donald V, illcs of Mid- Ja way. j. |