Bradley Jewett Wooten was born on October 12th, 1875, near Woodville, North Carolina, the son of the Rev. Edward and Eliza Yonge Jewett Wooten. He spent his childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina, and received his early education there, graduating from the North Carolina Agriculture and Mechanical College with a Bachelors of Science in 1897.
With the calling up of volunteers for service in the War with Spain in April of 1898, he enrolled on May 17th, 1898, and was mustered into United States service as a First Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant with the 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Camp Bryan Grimes in Raleigh, North Carolina. He served with the regiment at Camp Grimes and then at St. Simon's Island, Georgia, before returning to Raleigh and being mustered out of service on November 25th, 1898.
After his discharge he was employed as a Military Instructor at the Military Instructor at North Carolina Agriculture & Mechanical College from January to July of 1899, when he received an appointment as a First Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant of the newly forming 28th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment, being organized for service in the Philippine Islands. He joined the regiment and served with his battalion at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, and then in the Philippine Islands, before returning with them and being mustered out of service with the regiment on May 1st, 1901, at San Francisco, California.
During this time he had been appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry in the United States Army on February 2nd, 1901, and was assigned to duty with the 7th United States Cavalry Regiment, accepting the appointment in August of 1901. Before leaving to join his regiment he was married in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Miss Nesfield Green Cotchett on August 1st, 1901, and after a brief honeymoon, reported to the regiment at Camp Columbia in Havana, Cuba.
In November of 1901 Lieutenant Wootten took ill, and his family was sent for, at first it was not believed to be a serious illness and that he would recover, however on December 15th, 1901, he died of appendicitis in Havana, Cuba, with his wife by his side. His remains were returned to Wilmington, North Carolina, where a funeral was held at the St. James Church, the same in which he had been married in only a few months before, and he was buried with full honors at the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Bio provided by Kenneth Robison II
With the calling up of volunteers for service in the War with Spain in April of 1898, he enrolled on May 17th, 1898, and was mustered into United States service as a First Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant with the 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Camp Bryan Grimes in Raleigh, North Carolina. He served with the regiment at Camp Grimes and then at St. Simon's Island, Georgia, before returning to Raleigh and being mustered out of service on November 25th, 1898.
After his discharge he was employed as a Military Instructor at the Military Instructor at North Carolina Agriculture & Mechanical College from January to July of 1899, when he received an appointment as a First Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant of the newly forming 28th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment, being organized for service in the Philippine Islands. He joined the regiment and served with his battalion at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, and then in the Philippine Islands, before returning with them and being mustered out of service with the regiment on May 1st, 1901, at San Francisco, California.
During this time he had been appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry in the United States Army on February 2nd, 1901, and was assigned to duty with the 7th United States Cavalry Regiment, accepting the appointment in August of 1901. Before leaving to join his regiment he was married in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Miss Nesfield Green Cotchett on August 1st, 1901, and after a brief honeymoon, reported to the regiment at Camp Columbia in Havana, Cuba.
In November of 1901 Lieutenant Wootten took ill, and his family was sent for, at first it was not believed to be a serious illness and that he would recover, however on December 15th, 1901, he died of appendicitis in Havana, Cuba, with his wife by his side. His remains were returned to Wilmington, North Carolina, where a funeral was held at the St. James Church, the same in which he had been married in only a few months before, and he was buried with full honors at the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Bio provided by Kenneth Robison II
Bradley Jewett Wooten was born on October 12th, 1875, near Woodville, North Carolina, the son of the Rev. Edward and Eliza Yonge Jewett Wooten. He spent his childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina, and received his early education there, graduating from the North Carolina Agriculture and Mechanical College with a Bachelors of Science in 1897.
With the calling up of volunteers for service in the War with Spain in April of 1898, he enrolled on May 17th, 1898, and was mustered into United States service as a First Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant with the 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Camp Bryan Grimes in Raleigh, North Carolina. He served with the regiment at Camp Grimes and then at St. Simon's Island, Georgia, before returning to Raleigh and being mustered out of service on November 25th, 1898.
After his discharge he was employed as a Military Instructor at the Military Instructor at North Carolina Agriculture & Mechanical College from January to July of 1899, when he received an appointment as a First Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant of the newly forming 28th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment, being organized for service in the Philippine Islands. He joined the regiment and served with his battalion at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, and then in the Philippine Islands, before returning with them and being mustered out of service with the regiment on May 1st, 1901, at San Francisco, California.
During this time he had been appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry in the United States Army on February 2nd, 1901, and was assigned to duty with the 7th United States Cavalry Regiment, accepting the appointment in August of 1901. Before leaving to join his regiment he was married in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Miss Nesfield Green Cotchett on August 1st, 1901, and after a brief honeymoon, reported to the regiment at Camp Columbia in Havana, Cuba.
In November of 1901 Lieutenant Wootten took ill, and his family was sent for, at first it was not believed to be a serious illness and that he would recover, however on December 15th, 1901, he died of appendicitis in Havana, Cuba, with his wife by his side. His remains were returned to Wilmington, North Carolina, where a funeral was held at the St. James Church, the same in which he had been married in only a few months before, and he was buried with full honors at the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Bio provided by Kenneth Robison II
With the calling up of volunteers for service in the War with Spain in April of 1898, he enrolled on May 17th, 1898, and was mustered into United States service as a First Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant with the 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Camp Bryan Grimes in Raleigh, North Carolina. He served with the regiment at Camp Grimes and then at St. Simon's Island, Georgia, before returning to Raleigh and being mustered out of service on November 25th, 1898.
After his discharge he was employed as a Military Instructor at the Military Instructor at North Carolina Agriculture & Mechanical College from January to July of 1899, when he received an appointment as a First Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant of the newly forming 28th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment, being organized for service in the Philippine Islands. He joined the regiment and served with his battalion at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, and then in the Philippine Islands, before returning with them and being mustered out of service with the regiment on May 1st, 1901, at San Francisco, California.
During this time he had been appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry in the United States Army on February 2nd, 1901, and was assigned to duty with the 7th United States Cavalry Regiment, accepting the appointment in August of 1901. Before leaving to join his regiment he was married in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Miss Nesfield Green Cotchett on August 1st, 1901, and after a brief honeymoon, reported to the regiment at Camp Columbia in Havana, Cuba.
In November of 1901 Lieutenant Wootten took ill, and his family was sent for, at first it was not believed to be a serious illness and that he would recover, however on December 15th, 1901, he died of appendicitis in Havana, Cuba, with his wife by his side. His remains were returned to Wilmington, North Carolina, where a funeral was held at the St. James Church, the same in which he had been married in only a few months before, and he was buried with full honors at the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Bio provided by Kenneth Robison II
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