Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Woodworth, J. L. 1831 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  J. L. WOODWORTH, merchant and farmer, P. O. Palestine, was born March 5, 1831,
in La Motte Township, this county. He is a son of John S. Woodworth, one of the
old settlers of this county, who was born December 29, 1785, in Rensselaer
County, N. Y. Soon after, his parents removed to New Lebanon, where he was
brought up. At the age of twenty-three, he left New York, 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. 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 only one is now living. Mr. J. S. W. was married again, in
September, 1828, to Mrs. E. Kincaide, who survived him. She was the mother of
four children; two boys are living now. Mr. Woodworth's farm joined the old Fort
La Motte. As a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he was a liberal and
willing supporter of that body. He died July 28, 1850, aged sixty-four years.
Mr. J. L. Woodworth was instructed by private teachers, but finished his
education in Palestine. He has been a successful farmer. He was married, in La
Motte Township, August 5, 1874, to Miss Louisa Lisman, born December 6,1851, in
Sullivan County, Ind. She is a daughter of David and Nancy (Wells) Lisman, and
the mother of three children-Alta, born January 27, 1875; Johnny, born July 8,
1878, and an infant boy born April 5, 1882. Mr. Woodworth has been identified
with the Republican party; is a trustee in the Methodist Church, and owns a
large interest in the Robinson Bank, of which he was one of the founders, and is
now one of the Directors and stockholders. Financially, Mr. Woodworth has been a
success, as he is one of the wealthiest men in 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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