Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Woodworth, John S. 1785 - 1850
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  THE WOODWORTH FAMILY, Palestine. One of the prominent pioneer families of
Crawford County is that of Woodworth. For nearly three-quarters of a century,
the name has been identified with the county's interests, and is a synonym of
honor and integrity, industry and business energy. John S. Woodworth, the
progenitor of the Woodworth family in this county, and whose portrait appears in
this volume, was born December 29, 1785. He was a native of New York, but mostly
reared in Kentucky, and emigrated to Illinois in 1814, locating near where
Palestine now stands. He came here with Thomas Gill and family, and afterward
married a daughter of Mr. Gill. Soon after his arrival, he bought a squatter's
claim from Thomas Kennedy, and during his life accumulated a large landed
property, owning at the time of his death about a thousand acres of land in La
Motte Township, near Palestine. He was the second Sheriff of Crawford County,
but never aspired to office or public position, preferring a quiet life, and
devoting his time and attention to the improvement of his property and to the
ties of home. In 1815, he was married to Miss Gill, who died in a few years, and
in 1827 he was married again, to Mrs. Kincaide, of Lawrence County. Of ten
children born to him there are now but three living; viz.: Martin B., James L.,
of Palestine, and Abner P., of Robinson. He died July 28, 1850, a highly
respected citizen of the county.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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