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William T. Wooldridge. Among the well-known and notable representatives of the learned profession of the law in Hamburg, Ashley County, Ark., is Mr. Wooldridge, who was born in Jamestown, Ga., on September 11, 1858, being a son of Abner D. and Elizabeth (Wimbush) Wooldridge, who were also Georgians, the former being a merchant and farmer. In 1859 he moved with his family to Eastern Texas, but after a nine months’ residence in that State, came to Ashley County, Ark., settled on a farm, and in 1860 made a crop here. He was not long allowed to enjoy his new home, for in the month of July, 1861, he was cut down in his usefulness just as he was about to enter the army. He was thirty-one years of age at the time, and was an industrious and enterprising gentleman. His widow married again at about the close of the war, and with her the subject of this sketch made his home until he was seventeen years of age, when he began to earn his own living. After spending two years on a farm, and saving a little money, he entered the high school, of Hamburg, of which D. C. B. Connerly was principal, and remained in this school for four years, his summers being spent in teaching school as a means of defraying his expenses while obtaining an education. After a time he began reading law under Capt. Hawkins, and in the month of March, 1882, he was licensed to practice, having passed a searching examination. He was associated with Capt. Hawkins in the practice of his profession until 1886, when they dissolved partnership, and for one year he practiced alone. In September, 1888, he formed a partnership with Judge G. W. Norman, and has since been quite successful, and has made a specialty of land cases. He was married on January 3, 1888, to Miss Maggie M. Tucker, of Ashley County, and both are members of the Methodist Church. He belongs to the K. of P., is a Democrat, politically, and during the years 1882-83 he served as treasurer of Ashley County, and in this county of competent officials, he made an enviable record for himself.