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    of Texas in 1913. Wortham was born in Woodland, Freestone County, Texas. With his son Gus Wortham, he started the John L. Wortham and Son insurance agency...
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  • 1891, in Mexia, Texas, to John Lee Wortham and Fannie Sessions. He moved with his father to Houston and opened John L. Wortham and Son, an insurance agency...
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  • father's insurance company, John L. Wortham & Son Agency, until his death in 1924. Following his father's death, Wortham began the company in response...
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    State of Texas. History of the Office, Texas Secretary of State. "Secretary John B. Scott's Resignation Letter" (PDF). www.sos.state.tx.us. December 5, 2022...
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  • Wortham Independent School District is a public school district based in Wortham, Texas (USA). In addition to Wortham, the district serves students in...
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    Daingerfield Academy, where he boarded with the family of state legislator John A. Peacock. After leaving school, Colquitt unsuccessfully attempted to get...
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    survives in Lifton Church to John Dynham (d.1641) of Wortham, consisting of an escutcheon showing the arms of Dynham of Wortham impaling Harris of Hayne (Sable...
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    Mayfield was born in Overton, Texas, April 12, 1881, to the marriage of John Blythe Mayfield (1857–1921) and Mary Ellen DeGuerin (maiden; 1859–1886)....
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    Louis J. Wortham (March 27, 1859 – September 10, 1927) was a newspaperman, author, and politician in Texas. He was heavily involved in the early years...
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    pianist William Ezell. Jefferson was buried at Wortham Negro Cemetery (later Wortham Black Cemetery) in Wortham, Freestone County, Texas. His grave was unmarked...
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