[1] Shortly after his birth, the family relocated to Rusk, Texas and Wynne attended Bellevue public schools.

[2] Wynne had a modest upbringing; he worked the family farm and only attended school in the winter after all the crops were gathered.

[3] Wynne was a lieutenant in the Tenth Texas Regiment during the United States Civil War after enlisting in 1861.

[2] The Democratic executive committee of Tarrant County endorsed Wynne as a candidate for nomination to be governor of Texas.

In A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, he was described as a "prominent lawyer" who had "brilliant ability as a legal practitioner.