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October 30, 2011,
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- John Worthen, - Nauvoo Illinois, - Salt Lake City Utah, Deaths, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Emigration, Historical Documents, Marriages, Personality and Interests, Professions, Reeve Chidester's Family
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by Zenna Worthen Buttle – Granddaughter John Worthen was born 22 July, 1817 at Northwich, Cheshire, England. He was the son of Richard Worthen and Mary Cowap. He had seven brothers and sisters. Their names are Samuel Richard, William, James, Robert, Richard 2nd, Joseph. The sisters are Jane and Mary Worthen. Richard, the father of John, was a shoemaker by trade. Richard’s father was Richard Nicols, a soldier who died in Foriegn Wars while fighting under the British Flag. Richard’s […]
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October 25, 2011,
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- John Worthen, - Nauvoo Illinois, Autobiographical, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Emigration, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Personality and Interests, Reeve Chidester's Family, Uncategorized
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John Worthen, son of Richard Worthen and Mary Cowap, his lawful wife according to the laws of England, was born 22 July 1817, in the town of Northwich, Cheshire, England. Being of a nervous sanguine and bilious temperment with rather a preponderance of the bilious, which physiologist say give greather strengt and activity of the mild. In my boyish days I was called a good quiet boy. But according to my own recollection, I know that energy and a determination […]
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October 25, 2011,
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- Panguitch Utah, - Samuel Worthen, Adult Years, Births, Deaths, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Emigration, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Personality and Interests, Professions, Reeve Chidester's Family
Tags: Ann Worthen, Bishop Sevy, Centerville UT, Echo Canyon Campaign, Eliza Judd, Elizabeth Henderson Worthen, England, Hannah Elam, Harmony UT, Henry Excell, Henry Worthen, Illinois, James Worthen, Jane Osborne, Jane Worthen, Jim Henrie, John Imlay, John Worthen, Joseph Worthen, Kanarraville UT, Maria Louisa Grow, Martha Worthen, Mary Cowap, Mormon church, Nauvoo, Nauvoo Illinois, Panguitch UT, Pheobe Burros, Richard Nicols, Richard Worthen, Richard Worthen II, Robert Worthen, Salt Lake City, Samuel Worthen, Sarah Hallam, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, William Cowap
Written by Elizabeth Worthen Henderson of Panguitch, Utah Samuel Worthen, the son of Richard Worten and Mary Cowap, was born December 21, 1825 at Northwich, Cheshire, England. When a boy about ten years of age, he went as an apprentice to learn the trade of a mason, and through his training he became a master mechanic of the trade. He, in connection with his Mother, brothers and sister, emigrated from England to the United States when he was a young […]