Clay County, SD Biographies.....Woodworth, George W. October 3, 1843 - 
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Source: MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties, South Dakota. (1897)
Author: Geo. Ogle & Co.

GEORGE W. WOODWORTH is prosperously pursuing his calling as a farmer in Spirit Mound
township, Clay county, where he is held in high esteem for his good citizenship. He
is a native of Wisconsin, the place of his birth being in Prairie du Sac, Sauk
county, and the date thereof October 3, 1843. H's father and mother, Samuel and
Julia (Skinner) Woodworth, were married in the Badger state, and there lived until
1857, at which time they removed to Freeborn county, Minn., and in 1870 came from
there to Clay county, Dak. Ter. They located in Spirit Mound township, and there
both passed from time to eternity.

Of the family of seven sons and three daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Woodworth, our
subject was the seventh. He passed his early life in his native county, being
thirteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Minnesota, and in the
latter state he continued to reside until 1S66, when he left the parental roof and
started further west. He spent some time in Montana, and remained on the Pacific
coast and in the western country till the spring of 1869, at which time he arrived
in Dakota territory, and in May, of the same year, purchased a tract of land in
Spirit Mound township, which is a part of his present estate. His landed possessions
at the present time foot up 880 acres, and on this property he has made some
valuable improvements.

Mr. Woodworth was married in Yankton county, October 18, 1874, to Miss Perrilla
Morey, a daughter of the late Milton Morey, who was an old settler of Yankton
county. Mrs. Woodworth was born in Livingston county, N. Y., and by her marriage to
our subject has become the mother of five living children, viz.: Milton M., Elsie
P., Raymond F., Harry L. and Lloyd J. Two children died in infancy. Mr. Woodworth
has been a member of the town board, and has also served as township treasurer, and
in all local matters takes a prominent part. Socially he holds membership in the
Masonic fraternity.


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