Brother Madison
H. Wooten
was born in the City of Yadkinville, County of Yadkin,
State of North
Carolina, on September 29, 1846. He was the
oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Wooten, Sr.
On Thursday, December 28, 1876, Brother Wooten was
united in marriage to Miss
Nancy Jane Reavis the Reverend Samuel
May, Baptist Minister, officiating, and to
this union were born eleven children, two of whom
still survive at this writing.
Brother Wooten was initiated as an Entered Apprentice
Mason on May 2,
1881. He was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft
on June 4, 1881,
and was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason
on July 6, 1881,
in Yadkinville Lodge No. 162 A.F. & A.M., located
at Yadkinville,
North Carolina.
Around the year 1900
Brother Wooten and his family left North Carolina and
moved to Texas,
and settled on Mesquite Creek some six miles north of
Lake Victor,
Texas, in Burnet County, where he engaged in farming
for many years.
On April 19, 1902, Brother Wooten affiliated with
Saratoga Lodge No.
546 A.F. & A.M., located at Lampasas, Texas, but
in the year 1909,
when the Lake Victor Masonic Lodge was geing
organized, Brother Wooten
demitted from Saratoga Lodge No. 546 on October 23,
1909, and
affiliated with the Lake Voctor Lodge No. 1011 A.F.
& A.M., as a
Charter Member.
Brother Wooten was chosen by the first brethren to be
the first Senior
Warden of Lake Victor Lodge No. 1011 A.F. & A.M.,
and he was duly
and constitutionally installed as such on January 1,
1910.
On January 10, 1914, Brother Wooten demitted from Lake
Victor Lodge No.
1011, and on March 14, 1914, he again affiliated with
Saratoga Lodge
No. 546 located at Lampasas, Texas. He remained
a member of
Saratoga Lodge No. 546 until his death on September
17, 1930.
Brother Wooten was an ardent member of the Baptist
Church, and always
attended such as long as his health permitted.
He was
affectionately known by all as "Grandpa Wooten."
He was buried in
the Warner Cemetery near Lake Victor.
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