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W. W. Wilkinson
future, residents of
Fort Worth begin to 189
cast about to discover Iw S
the father of street
tar Acem y paving in the prettiest
and best paved city in the South,
they will finally select William War- :ren
Wilkinson, attorney-at-law. It
was he who persuaded seventy-five il l
per cent of the property owners between
Magnolia and Jessamine
streets on Hemphill to sign paving
contracts many years ago. The move- /
ment, started then by Mr. Wilkinson,
has been growing and growing i
until now it is almost a habit in
Fort Worth. W. W. Wilkinson was
born and reared on a farm seven- I
teen miles west of Corsicana, Navarro
county, Texas. The date of
his birth was December 30, 1869. I
His father was Isaac Newton Wilkinson
and his mother was Sue
Hust, both natives of Tennessee.
Young Wilkinson's literary educa.
tion was obtained at Staunton Military
Academy in Staunton, Virginia,
and his professional education in the
law department of the University of
Texas. Since coming to Fort Worth
to practice his profession Mr. Wilkinson
has won an enviable reputation.
He is attorney for the Texas
Bitulithic Company. From 1903 to
1904, he was assistant city corporation
counsel in charge of the delin- /
quent tax department. Mr. Wilkinson
married Emma A. Morris, June
24, 1903. Two children, boys, one
nine years and the other four
years, have been born. Mr. Wilkinson
has always been a Democrat.
He is a member of the Fort Worth ,
Woodmen of the World, the Fort _.
Worth Club and of the Kappa Sigma
fraternity.
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