Blount County AlArchives Biographies.....Whorton, A. U. W. 1826 - after 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   A. U. R. WHORTON, one of the most prominent farmers of Blount county, was
born in Georgia in 1826, son of Isaac and Iroil (Baker) Whorton, both natives of
South Carolina, who located first in Georgia at an early day and remained until
1840, when the family came to Alabama and purchased a partially improved farm in
Blount county. Mr. Whorton removed to Walker county, however, after a few years,
where he remained till 1867, when he returned to Georgia where he remained till
his death. He represented Forsythe county, Ga., in the legislature before coming
to Alabama, and represented Blount county in the legislature before the war. He
was also the first sheriff of Forsythe county, Ga., under the new constitution.
He and wife were members of the Baptist church. He was a son of Benjamin and
Olla (Green) Whorton, both natives of South Carolina. The maternal grandfather
of Mr. Whorton was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served seven years. He
and wife were both members of the Baptist church. A. U. R. Whorton was reared
mostly in Alabama, and attended school in the old pioneer log house with its
puncheon floor and stick and dirt chimney. In 1848 he married Sarah Alexander,
daughter of Noah and Eliza (Gandy) Alexander, both natives of South Carolina.
Noah Alexander came to Alabama with his parents in 1812 and settled in Morgan
county. He was a son of David and Eunice (Hill) Alexander. Eliza Gandy was a
daughter of Edward and Mary (Thurman) Gandy, both also natives of South
Carolina. Grandfather Gandy was a soldier in the war of 1812, came to Alabama in
1821 and settled in Morgan county at Gandy's Cove, which takes its name from
him. After marriage, Mr. Whorton settled first in Marshall county, Ala., where
he remained till 1854, when he went to Texas and remained one year, and then
returned to Alabama, settled in Blount county and has since remained. To the
union of Mr. and Mrs. Whorton, eight children have been born, of whom six are
still living: Isaac, Eliza, Augusta, John P., Claudie and Ora. The mother was
born in 1830, in Blount county, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. In
1861 Mr. Whorton enlisted in company F, Col. Starn's battalion of cavalry, under
Capt. John McKaskill. He served till the close of the war and was under Gen.
Forrest and Gen. Joe Wheeler. He served as became a good and brave soldier and
at the close of the war was orderly sergeant. He began in life with but little,
but has done well and now owns 200 acres where he lives and 200 acres, two and a
half miles down the valley. In 1865 he engaged in merchandising at Summit and
conducted a large and lucrative business at that point, but since 1885 he has
turned the business over to his sons, although he is still sole owner. He is one
of the leading citizens of the county and a man that is known far and wide as
being an honest and upright man, and a man that has built up his trade by honest
and fair dealings. He is a Free Mason, has always been an ardent democrat, and
at the last election voted against his own brother for senator, because he was
running on the opposition ticket.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 513-514

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