RICHARD GOLDSWORTHY - Biography

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This biography appears on page 654 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

RICHARD GOLDSWORTHY, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Union Grove; born in
England, County Cornwall, March, 1828; and came to Wisconsin with his
father, Richard G., Sr., in 1842, who settled on 260 acres in the town
or Paris. Richard Goldsworthy, senior, was a minister of the Wesleyan
Methodist Church; was Justice of the Peace many terms, and died highly
respected and much lamented. Richard, junior, has a fine farm of 120
acres, forty in Yorkville and eighty in town of Paris; has a pretty
residence and good barns. In 1859, married Mary Russell have had five
children, four living. Mr. Goldsworthy has been Clerk of School Board,
and has held other offices many terms. Gave his aid and moral support to
the loyal party during the war.