Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Woodworth, M. B. 1825 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  M. B. WOODWORTH:, farmer, P. O, Palestine, was born August 19, 1825, in La

Motte Township, a son of J. S. Woodworth, born December 29, 1785, in Rensselaer,

County, N. Y. His parents removed to Mount Lebanon, where he was brought up. In

the twenty-third year of his age, the father left his native State, and rambled

for some three years, and then settled in Mount Sterling, Ky. In 1814, he

removed to Illinois, and settled near Palestine, and on the 19th of June, 1815,

he was married to Polly Gill, who died in August, 1827. She was the mother of

six children, of whom our subject is the youngest and only one living. Mr. J. S.

Woodworth was married again in September, 1828, to Mrs. E. Kincaide, who

survives him. She is the mother of four children, of whom two boys are now

living. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a

willing and liberal supporter. His land joined the old fort of La Motte; he was

the second Sheriff of Crawford County, and died July 28, 1850, aged sixty-four

years. His son, Martin B., remembers distinctly of having seen the remains of

the old fort in his boyhood; he went to school in La Motte Township and

Palestine. He followed his father's vocation, that of a farmer, and was married,

February 29, 1840, in La Motte Township, to Miss Mary E. Crews, born September,

1831, in La Motte Township. She is the daughter of W. J. and Emily Crews, who

came here at an early date. Mr. Woodworth is still carrying on farming; he is

living in a nice residence; a part of which is built with bricks from the old

court house; he has over a thousand acres of land, which speaks for his success

as a farmer; 779 acres are in La Motte Township, and 270 acres are in other

places. The old fort stood on his present place. Mr. Woodworth is a strong

Republican; he is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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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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