Background
Stockton, William Tennent was born on December 2, 1887 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of John Noble Cumming and Fannie Gilchrist (Baker) Stockton.
Stockton, William Tennent was born on December 2, 1887 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of John Noble Cumming and Fannie Gilchrist (Baker) Stockton.
Student Princeton, 1905-1908, Master of Arts, 1927. Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford (Rhodes scholar), 1910, diploma economics, 1911.
Admitted to Florida bar, 1912. Member Stockton, Ulmer & Murchison, 1925-1933 and, since 1935. Associate general counsel Home Owners Loan Corporation, Washington, District of Columbia, 1933-1935.
President Ortega Company, 1930-1933.
Commissioned captain Field Artillery, United States of America, 1917. In Saint Mihiel and Argonne offensives.
Bravery citation, November 1918. Trustee Bolles School, Jacksonville.
Member Stockton, Ulmer & Murchison, 1925-1933 and, since 1935.
Married Nell Owens Waldo, January 5, 1918. Children: William Tennent, Albigence Lamar Waldo.