DUCKWORTH BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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DUCKWORTH, Joseph L. - b: 1854 Warren Co, MO
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 613
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

Joseph L. Duckworth, of Clinton, is a native of Missouri, and belongs to a pioneer 
Henry County family. Mr. Duckworth was born in Warren County in 1854, and is a 
son of Lewis and Sarah (Baxter) Duckworth, the former a native of Kentucky and 
the latter of Virginia. They located in Warren County, Missouri, prior to the Civil 
War, and after the close of that conflict they came to Henry County in 1865 and 
settled in Bethlehem township, where the father died in 1869. The mother 
survived him a number of years and departed this life in 1915 at Clinton. Their 
remains rest side by side in the Bethlehem Cemetery. To Lewis and Sarah 
(Baxter) Duckworth were born the following children: James Lewis, who was a 
Civil War veteran, having served four years, and for some time after the war was 
in the United States secret service, died in Colorado; John, died in Warren County, 
Missouri; Joseph L., the subject of this sketch; Edward, present whereabouts 
unknown, and Mrs. Dora Butler, deceased. Joseph L. Duckworth was reared and 
educated in Henry County. He was only fifteen years of age when his father died, 
and after that time he was unable to attend school to any extent, as his widowed 
mother required his assistance on the home farm in Bethlehem township. Here he 
was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1910, when he removed to 
Clinton, which has since been his home. He was engaged in the feed business for a 
time, and in 1915, he entered the employment of the Keyes Mill & Elevator 
Company, where he is at present employed. Mr. Duckworth was married in 1886 to 
Miss Lula Counselman, a daughter of J. N. Counselman of Bethlehem township, 
Henry County. J. N. Counselman was a Henry County pioneer, he and his wife 
settling here in the sixties; they are both now deceased, and their remains are 
interred in the Bethlehem Cemetery. To Joseph L. Duckworth and wife have been 
born four children, as follows: Gladys, a milliner at Holden, Missouri; Orva, 
manager for the Armour & Company poultry house at Duluth, Minnesota; Florence, 
a teacher, and Odessa, who resides at home with her parents. They are all 
graduates of the Clinton High School, and all have had the advantage of good 
education. Mr. Duckworth is interested in the welfare of his town and county and 
has always taken a commendable interest in public affairs. While a resident of 
Bethlehem township, he held the office of Justice of the Peace for a number of 
years, and is now a member of the Clinton city council, serving his second term 
in the second ward. He is a substantial citizen and stands high in the estimation 
of his friends and neighbors who know him best. 

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