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1.3.2.4B.5.2.8B.9. Joseph Robert Worsham b 14 May 1878 Robertson Co., TN md.
Maud Horn. New information on children:
1.3.2.4B.5.2.8B.9.2 James R. Worsham should be James Burton Worsham b. 12 Jan 1901 Robertson Co, TN. According to June Hirsch, 2000:
"her grandfather was James Worsham and my grandmother, Olive Roper, were md in KS around 1920, and they had one son, my father, Thomas J. Worsham. They were divorced in 1924, and my grandmother remarried and changed my dads name to King. Apparently, James Worsham ended up in Oakland, CA and remarried, having two daughters."
California death records provide James Burton Worsham's death as 25 Sep 1952 Alameda Co, CA and his mother's name is Horn. The family link was found from the 1920 Davidson Co, TN census, where Loretta Worsham, age 14 TN, lived with Wm. L. Horn, relationship niece. Her father is believed to be Samuel Worsham b. abt. 1872 and a brother of Joseph Robert Worsham. His second wife may be Anna Belle b. 27 Oct 1901 (or 1900) KS and d. 27 Jun 1987 in Alameda Co, CA.
Children of Olive:1.3.2.4B.5.2.8B.9.2A.1 Thomas J. Worsham b. abt 1921 of KS.
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1.3.2.4B.5.2.9.3 Joseph
Henry Worsham & his wife, Abbie Elizabeth
England, owned and operated the 
Worsham
Hotel in Greenbrier, Robertson Co, TN. Picture of the
Worsham Hotel courtesy of Bill Ralph, 2004
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1.3.2.4B.5.2.9.3.2. Melvin
William Worsham. His name was really William Melvin, but he preferred 
Melvin
William & went by either Melvin or MW. He married Lona Leslie Jones.
He is listed as Melvin W. Worsham age 36 in the 1930 Greenbrier, Robertson, TN
census, md age 21. Lona is age 34 md age 19 with, dau Alma age 14. Melvin &
Lona were known to the grandkids as Pop and Mamaw. Lona d. Indianapolis,
Marion, IN but bur in Robertson Co., TN (Bill Ralph. 2004) Picture
of Pop and Mamaw received from Bill Ralph, 2004.
Children:
1.3.2.4B.5.2.9.3.2.1. Alma Ruth Worsham b 5 Mar 1916 Robertson Co., TN d. 21 Jan 2003 Greenbrier, Robertson, TN. (SSDI) m. Austiene Odell Warren 31 Mar 1934 Franklin Co., KY who was b. 13 Jun 1914 Robertson Co., TN s/o William Warren & Mamie Sutton. He d 29 Mar 2002 Greenbrier, Robertson, TN. (SSDI)
1.3.2.4B.5.2.9.3.2.2. Marian Rhea Worsham b 1 Jan 1931 Greenbrier, Robertson, TN d 1974 m. Horace Green Ralph, Jr. d 1967. Children William Clayton Ralph m. Lynne Eileen Alford & Patricia Gayle Ralph m. Dodd.
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1.3.2.4B.5.2.9.8.2. Thomas York Worsham b 31 May 1895 Robertson Co., TN. Thomas York won the Navy Cross is WWI, when he served aboard the USS Shaw. Doug Worsham, a great grandson has the transcripts from the ship and a letter from the Sec. of the Navy, but does not have the medal. It has been lost over the years. (Doug Worsham, 2004)
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1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.1. John Abbott Worsham
b Jul 
30, 1868.
John A Worsham is in the 1930 Los Gatos, Santa Clara Co, CA census, age 61, a
widow and worked as a carpenter. This photo is a 6x4 cabinet card photo of John A Worsham. His name and the words University Park, Oregon are stamped on the back of the photo. Photo courtesy Larry Washam, 2003.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5.
Robert Pearl Worsham. More information about children:
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5A.1. Fordyce Ver Worsham b 17 Aug 1899 of Baker, OR, md. Alta, & he d 29 Jan 1977 Portland, Multnamah Co, OR. (Social Security Death Index & OR death records).
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5A.2. Robert Paul Worsham b. 24 Dec 1900 of Baker Co, OR & d. 10 Jun 1990 Washington Co, OR. He md. Marian Francis b. 10 Nov 1909 & d. 7 Jun 1997 Lake Oswego, Clackamas, OR.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5A.2. Ruth Worsham b. abt 1906 of Union Co, OR md Mr. Burnett.
Children of Gladys (J. C. Worsham, 2000)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.1 Gladys Wilma Worsham b. 8 Aug 1907, d. 1 Dec 1994, Santa Barbara Co, CA (CA Death Records). She md. William French. No children.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.2 Roberta Pearl Worsham b. 18 Feb 1909, CA, d. 24 Nov 1991, Santa Barbara Co, CA (CA Death Records). She md. Albert Malcolm Saunders. Children: Doris Aleathe Saunders, Wanda Carol Saunders.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.3 Glenn McMurtrey Worsham b. 26 Jul 1910 Santa Barbara Co, CA, d. 21 Jul 1999, Santa Barbara Co, CA. (CA Death Records). He md. Ethel Marilyn Ball b. 26 May 1910 San Luis Obispo, CA, d. 3 Aug 1990 Santa Barbara Co, CA.Children:
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.3.1. Lynn McMurrey Worsham b 10 Aug 1935 Santa Barbara Co, CA & md. Eugenia M. Vignalou 21 Sep 1956. Lynn holds a US patent for "Controllable stunt kite having a pair of symmetrical bridles."
Children: Mark W. Worsham & Joanne M. Worsham.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.3.2. Carlene Joy Worsham b 30 Sep 1941 Kern Co, CA & md Gene Crawford.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.4 Ivan Whittier Worsham b. 20 Oct 1912 Santa Barbara Co, CA, d. 3 Nov 1989, Santa Barbara Co, CA. (CA birth & death records) He md. Katherine Ines Stokes. Child: William Ivan Worsham.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.5 Gilbert I. Worsham b. 29 Jan 1920 Santa Barbara Co, CA. (CA birth record)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.6 Dwight Worsham b. 1920/22 Santa Barbara Co, CA, md. Beret Armer. Children: Ronald Bruce Worsham, Keith Alan Worsham, Gary Worsham.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.7 Dwain Worsham 7 Apr 1922 Santa Barbara, CA (CA birth records, male child)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.5B.8 Harlan Daniel Worsham b. 29 May 1932 Santa Barbara Co, CA. (CA birth record) He md. 1st Patricia McKenzie. After her death he md. Rebecca Davis. Children of Dan Worsham and Patricia McKenzie: Robert Wade Worsham, Sandra A. Worsham, Vicky D. Worsham, Brett A. Worsham. Children of Dan Worsham and Becky Davis: Roberta Gaillyn Worsham, Lincoln John Danielha Worsham, Adam Spencer Chase Worsham, Samuel Ivan Dwight Worsham.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.7. Virginia Victoria Worsham m. Fred Kraack. Robert and Melanie Ensley, 2000, write
"Virginia Worsham Kraack died at the age of 89 in a nursing home in Portland. She was a retired nurse, born in Stone Hill, MO and came to Oregon early in her life. She was educated in Union Co, attended Oregon Normal Institute, and was graduated from Willamette University in 1901. She taught school in Union and Baker counties several years, and worked as a nurse after her graduation from school of nursing in 1911. In 1918 she enlisted in the US Army nursing corps, and served in France and England until her discharge in 1920. She worked in Veterans hospitals in San Fransisco, Denver and Portland until her retirement in 1933."
Sparta, Baker County, Oregon web
site has a photo of Victoria and her class: "While gold 
searching was principle venture for men folk in Sparta, uppermost in the minds
of the Mother's was school larnin' for children. In 1891 a batten board one room
school was constructed. By 1898 teacher Victoria Worsham had 15 students under
her tutelage. (See photo #3 ) She is shown at left. In the picture Catharine Ott
provided, her Mother Virgie Shave is shown 5th from left. A small girl in
striped dress. Several Macy children are shown, their relatives continue
residing today in Baker City. Norma Macy Smith is of that heritage line.
Apparently in a formal photo of 1898, young boys considered a hat a necessity,
while bare feet were admissible."
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.9.
William Patton Worsham. This picture is
believed to 
be of
William Patton Worsham, his wife Mary Maud Mc Carthy with
their first four children, Thelma Teresa Worsham, Nina Opal Worsham, Myrtle Kathleen Worsham,
& Earlda Virginia Worsham. The only markings are Worsham Family, LOUISE STUDIO in Santa Maria, California.
More information about children:
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.9.1 Thelma Teresa Worsham b. 30 Jul 1905 Santa Barbara Co., CA md. Ray Courtney 1934.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.9.2 Nina Opal Worsham b. 3 Apr 1907, San Luis Obispo Co, CA & d. 13 Sep 1907.1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.9.3 Myrtle Kathleen "Kate" Worsham b. 28 Sep 1908 Santa Barbara Co., CA. Myrtle changed her name to Cleone. She d. 1995 Bakerfield, Kern, CA. (Social Security Death Index as Cleone M. Tokash) She md 1st) Mr. Sproul abt 1925 & had child Shirley Jean Sproul b 27 Oct 1925 Los Angeles, CA who md. Mr. Adams. In 1930 Long Beach census she was listed as Myrtle Sproul age 21, employed as a laundress at a steam laundry, divorced, living with her dau., Shirley G.
She md 2nd) Anton Tokash. (Carole Adams Horne, 2003) He is in the 1930 Township 5, Kern, California Cens. as Anthony F Tokash age 31 b North Dakota, an oil field foreman with wife Margaret L age 27 b ND. California death index has him as Anthony Frank Tokash b 11 Mar 1899 ND and died 14 Aug 1995 Bakersfield, Kern, CA. His mother's name was Zinnel. He had a son from his mrg to Margaret. According to Carole Adams Horne, 2003, he was named Mark Anton Tokash. Mark is in CA death records as Mark Anthony Tokash b 4 Nov 1932, d 28 Oct 1993 Kern Co and his mother maiden name was listed as Worsham. Anne Tonette Tokash b 4 Oct 1950 was an adopted daughter. (Carole Kelley, 2004)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.9.4 Earlda Virginia Worsham b. 30 Jul 1910 Santa Barbara Co., CA & md. Russell G. Conover abt 1928 of San Luis Obispo, CA. Russell b 9 May 1904 IL & d 27 Sep 1972 Sacramento, CA. Children: Beverly Jean Conover b 14 Jan 1929, Johanne Conover, Dolly Conover, Jimmy Conover (Carole Kelley, 1997)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.9.5 William Kenneth Worsham b. 14 Jan 1913 Santa Barbara Co., CA, d. 16 Jun 1957 Ventura, CA & md. 3 Jun 1950 Marietta, Cobb Co, GA, Barbara Ruth Lancaster b. 28 Nov 1929 Edna, GA & d. 6 Aug 1986. (Melanie Ensley, 2000)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.9.6 Margaret Elaine Worsham b. 25 Jan 1915 Santa Barbara Co., CA, md. 18 Apr 1935 Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, CA to Oscar Clayton Horne b. 19 Mar 1910 Hazen, Prairie, AR. Children: Carole Horne, Barbara Diane Horne, Jim Clayton Horne. (Carole Adams Kelley, 1997)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.1.9.7 Beverly Bernadine Worsham b. 27 Jan 1920 Santa Barbara Co., CA, md. Elton Vernon Friar. Children: Karren Lee Friar, Cindy Marie Friar, Gayle Friar, Patton Friar. (Carole Kelley, 1997)
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1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.7.
Gilbert Bruce Worsham. More information about children:
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1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.7.1 Jesse Pearl Worsham. According to Ohio Military Men 1917-18, he was Jesse Patent Worsham, address Box 46, Goodrich St., Akron, OH, born Salem, MO, 2 Jan 1887. He d. Sep 1975 of, Akron, OH. He md. Emma G. b. abt. 1892 KS & d. 7 Jul 1962 Akron, Summit, OH. Child:
1.3.2.4B.5.3.2.7.1.1. Margaret Elaine Worsham b 8 Aug 1920 Akron, Summit, Ohio. He obit. is in the Nov 5, 2003 Indianapolis Star:
"Margaret Elaine Worsham Tansek was born Aug 8, 1920 at the beginning of the
Jazz Age in Akron, Ohio. She was an only child who grew up on a wooded hill in a home her father built from a Sears Roebuck kit. She was very bright with an excellent memory. She graduated from Kenmore High School in Akron, OH, at age 16 in 1937. She went to Ohio State University and ledged to the Kappa Sigma Sorority. She majored in chemistry and biology. It was here she met Lester Robert Tansek. He was born Lazlo Tanscek in Budapest, Hungary in 1919 and emigrated to the USA in 1923. They were married on Mar 20, 1941. He volunteered for the Army and was in basic training for the next few months. Margaret graduated and then joined Lester when he was transferred to Montgomery, AL, where she learned to cook. When he was posted to the European front, Margaret joined the American Red Cross and moved to Washington D.C. Upon his return they returned to Ohio State University where she entered graduate school in Physics, while he completed his engineering degree. Their first child, Karin Marya was born in Columbus, OH Jan 13, 1948. They moved to North Arlington, NJ in April 1948. Robert Michael was born Nov 8, 1950, followed by David Bruce Dec 5, 1952. They outgrew their two family home, so they built a home halfway up a mountain on Mac Donald's Farm in Wayne, NJ. Cynthia Elaine arrived on Nov 20. 1958. Margaret Elaine was born on Halloween 1962. Margaret gloried in her children. She awakened every morning with a whistle. Oh my, could she whistle. Any tune. Any birdsong. The woods were her friends. She knew every plant, tree and bird. She taught these things to her children. When they grew up, they were scattered across the country, she made prodigious efforts to visit them and keep them connected by telephone and newsletters. One day she watched a game show, and applied to be a contestant. She won about $20,000 worth of merchandise on Tic Tac Dough in 1959. They were transferred to Detroit, MI in 1965. Margaret returned to graduate school with her eldest daughter. She was awarded a MS in Genetics, which she loved, from Wayne State Univ in1974. She was always fascinated by twins. She was again teaching, this time in Pontiac High School in MI. When they moved to Indianapolis, IN in 1974, she began working for Stokely van Camp. Then Lester died of cancer in Oct 1983. Immediately after that she got a job as a sickle cell disease counselor at Martin Center College, now Martin University. She then went on to teach Biology, Chemistry and Physics there. She also studied and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Services in 1988. This is when she began teaching at the Martin University College which was started that year at the Indiana State Women's Prison. She retired in 1995 at age 75, and began working on her PhD in Urban Studies from Ball State Univ. She moved to Des Moines, IA in Feb 2001 to be near her daughter Cynthia. She continued to be very active in the Republican Party and was named Volunteer of the Year in IA in Jul 2003. She always looked at the bright side and rarely complained. She died of a heart attack on Oct 29, 2003 in Des Moines, IA. Memorial Services were held at Illahee Hills Center in Urbandale, IA and at Westkirk Presbyterian Church. Funeral Services will be on Fri, Nov. 7 at Orchard Park Church, 1605 East 106th St. in Indianapolis, IN. She will be buried next to her beloved husband in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens at 9700 Allisonville Rd., Indianapolis, IN. A luncheon will follow at the Orchard Park Church for all family and friends. Survived by Karin, Robert, David, John, Cindy Tansek-Carroll, Peggy Knock; 12 grandchildren."
1.3.2.4B.5.3.3. Thomas R. Worsham b 19 Jan 1826 VA. Renumber paragraphs to insert Thomas R. Worsham, s/o William Worsham & Elizabeth Ragsdale. Complete family is on page 773. Thomas md Elizabeth Jane Hatcher 15 Mar 1849 Floyd Co., KY. He is s/o William Worsham & Elizabeth Ragsdale of page 114 who is 1.3.2.4B.5.3. Proof of relationship comes from Bill Maxfield who has an original letter from Thomas' wife in Prestonburg, Floyd Co., KY written to Maria Louisa Worsham Fortune, his sister. (See 1.3.2.4B.5.3.6. on page 122) The letter was written shortly after his death from disease at the end of the Civil War.
The following is a letter to the Worsham’s living in Dent County, MO:
"Prestonsburg No 18 1865, Floyd Cty, KY
Dear Father and Mother
I take this sad opportunity of writing a few lines to let you know my family is all well exsept myself my health is very poor I must tell you our sad misfortune of loosing your dear son and my most affectionate husband. he died the 27 day of August last. he had been sick for three years had not been able to cut wood enough to make one fire. his disease was consumption. he was ready and willing to go. all he hated was leaving me and his dear little children. we had five children one boy. there names Angie, Gus, Nell, and Lew Thomas, Caroline my baby. We cald her Carry from when she was young because mr worsham was in the armany. he served one year in the reble servis. he stayed in virginia the most of the time. he caught so much colds he never was well any more. tell Joseph i would be so glad if he would come and stay with us. i am so lonesome. we have been living in prestonsburgh ever since Jo was here. i expect to move to country tomorrow. it was mr worsham request for me to do so. he thoght it would be the best for us. i would be glad if we were in missouri with you all. we have not herd one word from any of you during the war. i would be so glad to here from you. all my sister in law to write to me. tell Jo to write to me if he cant come. i must bring my letter to a close. you must excuse my bad writing and spelling for i feel so distress. cant think of any thing of importance to write you but remain your afection daugter in law
E. J. Worsham
write soon"
Letter to the Worshams living in Missouri:
"Prestonsburg July 8 1866
Floyd Cty Ky
Dear father and Mother
we are all well this sabbath morning. hoping these few lines may find you enjoying the same like blessing. i am very lonesome this morning be cause it makes me think of my dear husband so much. it was on a sabbath morning that he departed this Life. it grieved me so much when i herd that Jo was kild for i loved him as a brother. i feel some times like we never will see each other. i would be so glad if you would come and see us. it looks to me as though we never can get to see any of our worsham connection any more. We get letters from Johns family every few weeks. the children often say thay wish thay could see granfather and granmother worsham. we have a very good crop of corn a fine garden of all kinds of vegetabls. we have laid by abot half of our corn since we moved to the country. we have got a very nice start. of hogs two five cows and calves a very good horse. we have not bought us a farm yet but we will as soon as we come across one that suit us. mr worsham never intended to settle on sandy but now i do not know whether it would be the best or not for me. mr worsham told me what he wanted me to buy. how to do just as you would if one of your children was going to leave home on a long journey for one week before he died. he was all the time telling me how to do and how to manage to get along. our oldest child is about grown. she is thinking of teaching school this fall. my youngest is going on five years old. i must bring my letter to close. tell all the girls to write to me for it dos me much good to hear from you all. you must excuse my bad writing and spelling. so no more at present.
dear father write to me and do not fail.
alas alas how lonely E. J. Worsham"
Thomas R. Worsham was apparently a lawyer. In Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 8-B, 1887 Floyd County:
"ROBERT S. FRIEND is a native of Prestonburg, Ky., was born March 1, 1840, and is a son of John and Rachel (Brown) Friend was born in 1791, came to Madison County, Ky., in 1820, and in 1821 removed to Prestonburg, where he kept the Washington and Jackson Hotel, which was burned in 1848. He was one of the magistrates under the old Constitution, became sheriff of the county, and was jailer for twenty years. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and received a land warrant for 160 acres as bounty. His death occurred in 1876, but his wife, who was born in 1800, died in 1862. Robert S. Friend was educated at Prestonburg and at Mount Sterling Academy. In 1861 he volunteered in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate army, served about four years, and on his return to Prestonburg was licensed to practice law in 1866, having read under Thomas R. Worsham. In 1870 he was elected county attorney, and held the office until 1874, when he was elected police judge. He is now Commissioner of the United States Circuit Court and chairman of the board of school directors. In 1865 he married Miss Rhoda Parsons, of Virginia, who died June 1, 1874, leaving three children. His second marriage was September 1, 1878, to Miss Araminta Auxier, of Johnson County, daughter of Nathaniel Auxier (deceased), and to this union has been born one child. Mr. Friend is a Democrat and a Prohibitionist, and as United States Commissioner has an immense amount of work to perform, his jurisdiction extending to the territory of the "moonshiners" in the adjacent hills."
The following is from Friends of the Samuel May House by DMF Software, Fred T. May and/or Friends of the Samuel May House, Inc. (http://mayhouse.org/friends_inc/Worsham-Memorial.html):
"Captain Thomas R. Worsham Honored by Dr. Robert Perry. On Saturday, December 9th, 2000, members of the Colonel Jack May Camp #1897 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans gathered at the May Cemetery overlooking the Samuel May House to honor Captain Thomas R. Worsham, Captain of Company E, 5th Kentucky Volunteers, C.S.A. Worsham is buried in the old section of the cemetery, next to Prestonsburg merchant James M. Lackey and U. S. Congressman John Preston Martin. A brief ceremony was held at Worsham's gravesite, where a new government tombstone has been erected.
Captain Worsham served with the 5th Kentucky from October 24th, 1861 to November 14th, 1862, when he resigned from the service. His company, Company E, was the first company of Confederate soldiers raised in Floyd County, and he was one of the men who signed the letter sent from the Confederate camp at Prestonsburg to President Jefferson Davis on October 2nd, 1861, announcing the formation of the regiment and requesting that it be supplied with arms, ammunition, and other equipment.
Worsham's military records file, which is kept on microfilm at the Johnson County Public Library in Paintsville, shows that he was one of Colonel May's most trusted officers. Jack May was commander of the regiment during the Spring, Summer, and Fall of 1862. On November 11th, 1861, for example, following the Battle of Ivy Mountain, Worsham's company was given the job of driving 377 hogs from Pikeville to Abingdon, Virginia. "I was detailed with my company," reported Worsham, "to guard and drive said hogs so as to escape capture from the enemy."
Another document in his file shows that during General Humphrey Marshall's Fall 1862 invasion of Eastern Kentucky, Worsham's company was given the mission of establishing a recruiting post at a steam mill in Pike County. While they were camped at that location, Worsham purchased 1621 pounds of beef from local farmers, which he subsequently issued to the recruits who had gathered at the mill. "The issues were made," said Worsham in his report, "according to the regular allowance of rations per day."
Worsham's file contains many interesting records, not the least of which are Special Requisitions, which list clothing and other supplies which his company received during its service in Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia. On March 27th, 1862, for example, at Camp Moccasin, Virginia, Worsham's men were issued 70 pairs of socks, 24 pairs of shoes, 29 dress coats, 34 shirts, 16 pairs of drawers, 33 pairs of pants, and 38 caps by W. W. Cox, Assistant Quartermaster of the regiment. Free of grammar errors and written in a fine, flowing hand, Worsham's reports provide ample evidence that he was a well-educated man.
For some unknown reason-perhaps poor health-Worsham resigned from the service following the Confederate defeat at Perryville. Very little is known about his personal life, but the 1850 Floyd County Census shows Thomas R. Worsham, age 24, schoolteacher, born in Virginia, living in the household of John W. Powell, who owned a farm near Mare Creek. Listed along with Worsham is his wife Elizabeth Jane Worsham, age 17, born in Kentucky. The dates on his original tombstone show that he was 37 years old-still relatively young-when he died on August 27th, 1865.
My friend Delmas Saunders has discovered that Worsham owned a farm on Abbott Creek. In his unpublished History of Abbott Creek Saunders lists the family farms that bordered the creek during the 19th Century, beginning with the Herefords, Greenwades, Spurlocks, Osbornes, Millers, and Shorts. "Farther up the creek was the Tom Worsham Farm. Thomas R. Worsham, a native of Virginia and a Floyd County school teacher, married Elizabeth Jane Hatcher, a native of Pike County. They lived in a large, two-story log house, at that time the creek's most pretentious building. During the War Between the States Worsham served as Captain of the Floyd County company of Jack May's 5th Kentucky Infantry."
"Unfortunately, Worsham died young. His widow married Will T. Elliott, who modernized the
farm . . . the Elliott Farm was a Floyd County landmark . . . Thomas R. and Elizabeth Jane Worsham's great-grandson Billy Richmond Pruitt and his wife Thelma have repaired and restored the old house. Today the furnishings are in place just as they were when his parents expired. Yes, the old logs and the poplar weatherboarding are still in place, underneath the vinyl siding installed to protect them for years to come."
Elizabeth Worsham Elliott died on July 20th, 1927. Her obituary, which Billy Pruitt was kind enough to give me, reads as follows: "Elizabeth Jane Hatcher Worsham Elliott, eldest daughter of John Greer Hatcher and Thursa Stratton Hatcher, was born January 25th, 1833 on the old Powell farm near Mare Creek of this county. Mrs. Elliott was a member of one of the most prominent and highly respected families in the Big Sandy Valley, where she was familiarly known as "Aunt Jane." She was one of the most lovable, charitable women who have every lived in this county, and has probably fed more people at her table without charge than any woman of her generation. No stranger ever went away hungry from her door. She was first married when but sixteen years old to Thomas R. Worsham, a brilliant man from the State of North Carolina. He served in the Confederate Army and only lived a short time after the close of the Civil War. To this union were born five children, Angie, Gustavus, Mell, Lou and Tommie, only two of her children surviving her, Gustavus Worsham of Helen, West Virginia, and Mrs. Lou Johnson of Cliff, Kentucky."
"Mrs. Elliott also leaves fifteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren. On February 10th, 1871, she was married to Mr. T. W. Elliott, who is left to mourn her loss. She was a faithful, devoted wife and mother, and her home was in deed and truth a virtual orphans' home, for she raised her own five children by her first husband, then two of her second husband's daughters, two of her own daughter's sons, Harry Hatcher of Ashland, Ky., and Walter Hatcher of Pikeville, [and] also the orphaned children of her daughter, Mrs. Lou Johnson . . The deceased was a sister of the late Mrs. Joseph M. Davidson of Prestonsburg [and] Mrs. Roland T. Burns of Louisa."
1.3.2.4B.5.3.3. should
be 1.3.2.4B.5.3.4. Elizabeth Worsham b abt 1834.
She md James Morgan 26 Mar 1863 Iron Co, MO.
Jefferson Davis Norris had previously been md to Alice
Fortune a first cousin of Annie Morgan. See1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.2. page 122 of
the Addenda (Ray Cumming, 2004) She is listed in the 1920 Drummond, Granite, MT
census, p 6 B age 86 widow b VA in the household of her daughter Annie & her
husband, Jeff Norris. Jeff is age 58 b TX & Annie is age 49 b MO with
children: Grace age 25 b MO; Howard age 21 b MT; Forrest age 18 b MT. Jefferson
D. Norris is age 68 in the 1930 Drummond, Granite, MT census, p 3A m. age 24
& Annie is age 59 m. age 22. Nearby is their son, Howard age 30 m. age 25
with his wife, Gladys U. age 28 m. age 23 b MT & children: Myrtle E. age 4 b
MT & Beverly age 1 b MT. From Vol. III of Dent County History - Stone Hill
Cemetery burial records. James W. Morgan b 4 Jun 6/4/1832 (married Elizabeth
Worsham d. MT. d/o William & Elizabeth Worsham) d.1/4/1893 bur. Stone Hill
Cemetery, Dent County, MO. Children: Fannie Morgan (Mrs. John C. Cape), Jennie
Morgan (Mrs. Robert Maledy), Annie Morgan (md. Jeff D. Norris, 1893 Dent Co. by
Rev. John Worsham, moved to Drummond, MT), John T. Morgan m. Arabell Bartlett,
1896. It is probable that the mrg to J. D. Norris is wrong information because
Jefferson Davis Norris had previously been md to Alice Fortune a first cousin.
Alice Fortune d/o Maria Louisa Worsham & Edward Wesley Fortune.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.4. should be 1.3.2.4B.5.3.5.
Joseph C. Worsham
1.3.2.4B.5.3.5. should be 1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.
Margaret Adelia Worsham
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1.3.2.4B.5.3.5.1. William Sturdivant b abt 1858 Dent Co., MO is William Worsham Sturdivant m. Ida Jane Young abt 1882 Dent Co., MO. She was b. May 1868 MO. When their first child, Vivian was born, he was age 25 & Ida was age 16. She was listed in the 1900 Greene Co., MO, Springfield Ward census as May Sturdivant age 32 wd 4 children 4 living b. MO with daughters: Blanche V; Maude A., & Ruth B. Her son Oscar was listed in the 1900 Salem, Dent, MO census living with grandparents James & Ruth S. Pemberton
Children:
1.3.2.4B.5.3.5.1.1. Vivian Blanche Sturdivant b. 30 Dec 1883 Dent Co., MO (Missouri Birth & Death Records & 16-1900)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.5.1.2. Maude A. Sturdivant b. Apr 1887 Dent Co., MO (13-1900)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.5.1.3. Oscar Sturdivant b Feb 1889 Dent Co., MO (11-1900)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.5.1.4. Ruth B. Sturdivant b Dec 1891 Dent Co., MO (8-1900)
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1.3.2.4B.5.3.6. should be 1.3.2.4B.5.3.7.
Maria Louisa Worsham d/o William & Elizabeth Ragsdale Worsham. She md
Edward Wesley Fortune 31 Mar 1858 Pulaski Co., VA. There is additional information about the family which was received from Bill
Maxfield, 2000: The William Worsham & the Edward Fortune family moved to Dent Co., MO in about 1858. Brother, Thomas fought for the South in the Civil War and her husband fought for the North. Edward kept a diary while he was an infantryman with Sherman's army from Vicksburg through the end of the war. He contracted chronic dysentery while serving in the war which plagued him until his death. After the war, Edward was a farmer and a justice of the peace. He lived to be 74 years of age and with Maria had 12 children. A family picture of Maria Louisa with her husband & several of their children plus two Norris nieces is included on page 214 of Vol. 1 of "Ozark Heritage" a 1978 compilation of family histories from Dent
Co, MO. Maria Louisa is bur in the Copeland Cemetery in Dent Co., MO.
Children:
1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.1. Mary Emily Fortune b 1860 & d 1883.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.2. Alice Fortune b 11 May 1862 & md Jefferson Davis Norris abt 1884 Dent Co., MO. They had two girls Bertha Norris & Jessie Norris. Bill Maxfield met one of Alice's daughters "Aunt Jessie" Norris in the 1950's at a family reunion in MO. She was living in Washington State at that time as she did most of her life. Jessie Norris m. Jens Madesen but had no children. (Ray Cumming, 2004) Alice d 7 May 1891 & her husband md Annie Morgan abt 1893 d/o James Morgan & Elizabeth Worsham. See Page 120 in the Addendum 1.3.2.4B.5.3.3. Elizabeth Fortune for additional information. 1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.3. Florence Jane Fortune "Jennie" b 1866 & d 1897. She md Elder Morris Adams & had Homer Adams & Zoe Adams who md Ellis McIntosh. 1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.4 Charles R. Fortune b 1869 & d 1937. Bill Maxfield believes Charles Fortune, Alice's unmarried oldest brother, moved with the Norrises and Elizabeth Worsham Morgan to Drummond, Montana in 1890's. He is buried there.1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.3. Florence Jane Fortune "Jennie" b 1866 & d 1897. She md Elder Morris Adams & had Homer Adams & Zoe Adams who md Ellis McIntosh.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.4 Charles R. Fortune b 1869 & d 1937. Bill Maxfield believes Charles Fortune, Alice's unmarried oldest brother, moved with the Norrises and Elizabeth Worsham Morgan to Drummond, Montana in 1890's. He is in the 1920 Drummond, Granite, MT census p 4A age 50 hired man in the household of William Lyon. He is age 60 in the 1930 Drummond, Granite, MT census still in the household of William Lyon.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.5. Nina A. Fortune b 1871 & d 1896.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.6. Laura Belle Fortune b 1873 & d 1893.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.7. Robert Edward Fortune b 1875 & d 1897.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.8. Jonetta Maria Fortune "Etta" b 20 Mar 1878 & d 1911. She md Joseph Wallis.
Children: Roy Wallis; Nellie Wallis & May Wallis1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.9. Teddy Benjamin Fortune b 1880 & d 1956. He md Bertha May Haus 1884 & d 1979. Children: Carl Donald Fortune md Caroline E. Barrett; Lucille A. Fortune md Hoyt Hughes Botkin; Cora Evelyn Fortune b 1913 md Clyde McCrea; Ruth Lois Fortune md Kenneth Ludlow Maxfield (Parents of Bill Maxfield)
1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.10. Lula Fortune b 1882 md Marcus Butts & d 1975. Children: Marcus Butts; Ruth Butts md James Butler & had Maxine Butler & James Max Butler; Carney Butts; Hazel Butts md Harold Skeeters & had Kim Skeeters.
1.3.2.4B.5.3.6.11. Willie Fortune b 1884 & d 1884.
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1.3.2.4B.5.5. Polly Ann Worsham b abt 1793. Her name is Mary Ann Worsham b 8 Apr 1800 Pittsylvania Co., VA d/o Thomas Worsham & Elizabeth Wynne. (See pg 92) Her name has also been shown as Mary S. Warsham according to Judy Brown Rasmussen. She is listed as Polly Worsham in the will of her father, Thomas dated 11 Aug 1817 Pittsylvania Co. VA. She was left one negro woman Aggy and her child Clary, one boy Dan (?) One horse valued at $100, one bed & furniture, one cow & calf. (Pittsylvania Co, VA D & W 1796-1799, Bk 11, p 472) She md
Edmund W. Cobbs 19 Jan 1818 Pittsylvania Co., VA. Edmund b 17 Jan 1792 VA. He was listed in the 1820 Liberty, Bedford Co., VA Census, p 036 as Edmund M. Cobb. He received a distribution of $755.08 from her father, Thomas' estate in March of 1818 & 1820 in Pittsylvania Co Court. He received a distribution from her uncle, John Worsham's estate as an heir of Thomas Worsham in 1823 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. (Pittsylvania Co Accounts Current 1821-1824, Bk 7, pp 362-364, FHL Film 33294) A suit was recorded on 18 Dec 1843 between Thomas Worsham, Jr. vs William Worsham, Jr. In the suit, it was stated that Edmund W. Cobbs & Ann his wife sold their interest in slaves to John Noble. The slaves mentioned in the bill were to be divided: to John Noble one sixth the portion of Edmund W. Cobbs & Ann his wife, etc. She d 31 May 1864. (Pittsylvania Co., VA Court Records, 1842-1844, Order Bk 37, p 292)
Children:
1.3.2.4B.5.5.1. Thomas W. Cobb b 29 Oct 1818 VA.1.3.2.4B.5.5.2. Elizabeth L. Cobb b 15 Aug 1821 VA md Albert Calloway Maddox 25 Nov 1841 Cooper Co., MO who was b 23 Nov 1813 VA s/o Albert C. Maddox. They were listed in the 1850 23rd dist, Cooper Co., MO Census. They were listed in the 1860 & 1870 Heaths Creek Twp., Pettis Co., MO Census. They are in the 1880 Heaths Creek, Pettis, MO census p 130B. He is age 67 b VA & she is age 58 b VA. Her father Edmund Cobbs age 88 b VA is living with them. He d 3 May 1881 Pettis Co., MO. She d 28 Mar 1909 Pettis Co., MO & both are bur Union Cemetery, Pettis Co., MO.
Children:1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.1. Elizabeth L. Maddox d 28 Mar 1909.
1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.2. Thomas Maddox b 1841 m. Vira
1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.3. Mary Augusta Maddox b 18 Aug 1842, d 12 Feb 1887 Pettis Co., MO m. Ezekiel Clark Shaw 12 Jul 1863 Pettis Co., MO who was b 29 Sep 1839 MO & d 1908 Pettis Co., MO. They are on the 1880 Heaths Creek, Pettis, MO census p 12. He is Clark Shaw age 43 b MO & she is age 38 with children: Festus age 15, Ezekiel age 12, Samuel age 11, Henry age 9, Reuben age 7, Mary age 5, Willis age 1.
1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.4. John Samuel Maddox b 5 Nov 1844 Ridgeprairie, MO d 15 Apr 1915 Clifton City, MO m. Mary Ann McBride 2 Dec 1877 Cooper Co., MO who was b 24 Sep 1848 Maury Co., TN d 14 May 1886 MO. They were in the 1880 Heaths Creek, Pettis Co., MO census p 129D. He is age 36 b MO & Mary is age 31 b MO.
1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.5. Lodusca M. Maddox "Lucy" b 1 Sep 1850 KY d 5 Mar 1909 Pettis Co., MO m. Achilles G. Davis 14 Dec 1879 Pettis Co., MO who was b 1828 AR. They are in the 1880 Kearney, Clay, MO census p 288B. He is A. G. Davis age 52 b AR & she is Lousenda Davis age 47 b KY with children: John S. age 18, Hermon age 16 & James C. age 10.
1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.6. William M. Maddox b 20 Oct 1849 d Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO m. Martha Louise McBride 1 Oct 1876 Cooper Co., MO who was b 17 May 1854 Maury Co., TN & d. 1932 Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO. They are in the 1880 Otterville, Cooper Co., MO census p 199B. He is age 30 b MO & Martha L is age 36 b TN with son Herbert Maddox age 2.
1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.7. Edmund Reuben Maddox b 1853 (28-1880) m. Nancy Elvira Beaver 11 Nov 1884 Bates Co., MO who was b 6 Mar 1847 Bates Co., MO
1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.8. Nancy Anna Maddox b. 12 Oct 1856 MO d 31 Mar 1923 Deepwater, Henry Co., MO m. Jessie Baker Parscale 26 Nov 1876 Pettis Co., MO who was b 3 Mar 1840 Wheeling, Ohio, WV & d 1928 Deepwater, Henry Co., MO.
1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.9. Albert Maddox b 1857 (23-1880) d. Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO m. Sarah E. Tritt 17 Dec 1882 Clinton, MO
1.3.2.4B.5.5.2.10. Ida Lee Maddox b 10 May 1863 MO (17-1880) d 19 May 18861.3.2.4B.5.5.3. Sarah Ann Cobb b 7 Dec 1823 VA.
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1.3.2.4B.5.6B.1. Thomas Ritchie Worsham. . He served in the same "F Company" Richmond, Va., 21st Regiment Virginia Infantry, Second Brigade, Jackson's Division, Second Corps, A. N. VA as John Henry Worsham who wrote the book "One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry, 1912. The book may be viewed at http://docsouth.unc.edu/worsham/worsham.html. Thomas was a Private and was on the Muster roll of Captain Richard H. Cunningham, Jr's Company F of Light Infantry from the City of Richmond. Enrolled for Active Service at Richmond on 21st of April 1861; promoted; Mustered into Service at Richmond on the 28th day of June, 1861, for one year from the 21st day of April, 1861, unless sooner discharged. (One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry pp 21, 32, 316)
An article in The Handbook of Texas Online, by Karen Gratke, 0.612, about Darwin, Texas: (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/)
"Darwin was on Farm Road 1472 and Santo Tomas Creek near the bank of the Rio Grande in northwestern Webb County. It was named for David Darwin Davis, the superintendent of the Cannel Coal Company that began mining locally in 1882. The community had a post office from 1896 to 1915. In 1914 the population of Darwin was 800, and it was a station on the Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railroad. At this time Thomas Worsham was the community postmaster, and H. H. Jefferies was a cattle breeder in the area. By 1920 the area mines had declined greatly; they closed in 1939. The Darwin population in 1936 had dropped to seventy-five, and there was one business. By 1983 all that remained at the site was a cemetery."