Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Worstall, Warner
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Doylestown M-Z


WARNER WORSTALL manufacturer, P.O. Doylestown, was born in 
Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, January 22, 1835, 
his parents being Hugh and Mercy (Lowery) Worstall.  Mr. 
Worstall's great-grandfather came to this country from 
England, and lived in this county, where the succeeding 
generations have lived.  Hugh Worstall, father of our 
subject, was reared in Upper Makefield township, where he 
lived all his life, and died September 9, 1885.  He and his 
wife were buried in Wrightstown.  They were members of the 
Friends' meeting, as were all the old stock of Worstalls.  
They were the parents of eight children:  John, Samuel, 
Lewis, Seth, Owen, Watson, Harrison C., and Warner, who was 
reared in Upper Makefield township, and at the age of 17 
began to learn the carriage-making trade with his brother 
Lewis, at Buckmanville.  He remained there five years and 
removed to Pineville, where he carried on carriage-making 
two years.  He subsequently pursued his trade at Forest 
Grove and at Doylestown.  In 1877 he entered the firm of M. 
P. Jarrett & Co., which dissolved in April, 1885, and the 
business was continued as Worstall & Carl. They manufacture 
spokes and bent work, and find a market for their goods 
throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.  The 
business has increased greatly since Mr. Worstall entered 
the firm.  In 1857 Mr. Worstall married Miss Sarah Hill, of 
Bucks county.  They have six children living:  Lizzie, wife 
of Samuel Shelly, lives in West Philadelphia; Edward, John, 
Harry, Ella, Hettie, and Gussie (deceased).  Mr. Worstall is 
a member of Aquetong Lodge, No. 193, I. O. O. F., at 
Doylestown, and has been through all the chairs.  He is also 
a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 44, Sons of Progress, of 
which he is vice-president.  He is a republican politically.