1900 Federal Census, Cottle County, Texas, 8 June, Fork, District 77, Page 5B,
House #93, Family #95
Wooley, Enoch Head W M Mar 1849 51 Married 29 yrs MO MO MO Farmer Rents
Wooley, Sadie Wife W F Oct 1852 47 Married 29 yrs 8 children/8 living AR TN
TN
Wooley, Mertie W F Jan 1886 14 Single TX MO AR
Wooley, Robert Son W M Mar 1888 12 TX MO
AR
"I am kin to the Wooley family. Howard Arthur Wooley is the son of Thomas
Howard Wooley and Mary Ann Brickey. Thomas Howard Wooley is the brother to my
great grandfather Enoch Wooley. Thomas Howard Wooley was a buffalo hunter.
There is a photo of him in a book with Mary Ann Brickey. Mary Ann Brinkley
was from England. ... Also, Elijah Myers Wooley and his wife Sarah Howard
Wooley are buried at the Harmony Cemetery and it is on the Internet. Thomas
Howard Wooley and his wife Mary Brickey Wooley are buried at Greenwood, I
believe. They are on the Internet as well."
-- Wanda Cox, from her research, Facebook Message to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24
July 2015
(Her name is found spelled as Brickey, Brickley and other ways. It appears
the proper family name was Brickey.
1880 Federal Census, Young County, Texas, 30 June, Precinct 1, District 167,
page 50 (scan 400B), Hse/Fam #475
Wooley, Thomas H W M 24 Husband Farmer MO IL IL [b abt 1856]
Wooley, Mary A W F 24 Wife Housekeeping AR MS MS [abt 1856]
Wooley, Howard A W M 4mos born Feb 1880 Son At Home TX MO MO
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Thomas Howard Wooley
Birth Apr. 20, 1845
Death Dec. 1, 1938
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Thomas Howard Wooley, buffalo hunter, trail driver, pioneer cattleman, and
frontier postmaster, was born April 20, 1845, a son of E.M. [Elijah Myers]
Wooley [and Sarah Elizabeth Howard] of Tennessee, who gained pioneer honors in
both Missouri and Texas. His original American ancestors came to the States
from Ireland.
The elder Wooley owned three of the twenty wagons which left Missouri for
Texas in 1849, when Tom Wooley was four years old. Those three wagons led the
caravan and were the only ones of the group which came as far west as Parker
County. The remaining seventeen wagons stopped in East Texas, but E.M. Wooley
pushed on toward the frontier, preempted land five miles south of Weatherford
on Sanchez Creek, and built a house which was to become a Parker County
landmark. People for miles around came to see the new dwelling, for it had
pine floors and real glass windows -- the first glass windows in the whole
county. Unlike the typical two-room cabin of that day, the Wooley house was a
story and a half high, and the lumber and shingles for its construction were
hauled from saw-mills in East Texas.
Tom Wooley's first real farm task was breaking sixty acres of ground with a
bull-tongue plow. Breaking the ground wasn't so difficult, but the small boy
found it a real task to shoulder a shotgun and carry a six-shooter in his belt
while the plowing was being done. It was necessary, however, to go armed, for
one never knew when the Indians were going to make an attack.
Mr. Wooley was too young for enlistment at the outbreak of the Civil War, but
in 1862, at the age of 17 years, he became a private in Company E., Nineteenth
Texas Cavalry, which served with the Twelfth and Twenty-First Regiment,
Morgan's Battalion and Pratt's Battery of four guns in Parson's Texas Cavalry
Brigade, in the command of Gen. Nat M. Burford of Dallas. Mr. Wooley is the
last surviving man of the 800 who enlisted in the Confederate Army from Parker
County.
Following the war, Mr. Wooley and W.H. Eddelman, who at one time was president
of fourteen Texas banks, began freighting with ox teams, and in 1870, sold
their business for $8,000 in gold. It was next that Mr. Wooley located in
Young County, bought a ranch, and branded hundreds of cattle with "W.O.L.Y."
He drove one herd to Shreveport, Louisiana, and another of 1,400 steers up the
trail to Abilene, Kansas. In 1877, the H.&T.C. Railroad reached Ennis, and he
shipped four carloads of fed steers to Kansas City, which are believed to have
been the first cattle ever fattened in Texas for an outside market.
Mr. Wooley spent his Christmas holidays hunting buffalo with his father and a
group of neighborhood boys, at one time salting down 7,000 pounds of prime
buffalo rump, which later sold in Alvarado for twenty-five cents a pound.
On March 21, 1879, Mr. Wooley married Miss Mary Ann Brickley at Alvarado,
whose paternal grandfather was a native of England. To this union five
children were born: Arthur Wooley, Mrs. Josie (Edward) Gower, both deceased;
Mrs. Fairy (H.R.) English of Dallas; Kline B. [Brickey] Wooley of Dallas; and
Mrs. Fornia (Floyd) Bowden of Weatherford. Mr. Wooley has eight grandchildren:
Glenn and Darrell Wooley; Aubra and Eddie Lee Gower; and DeVere, Netholyn, and
W.H. (Kelfra) Bowden.
In 1882, Mr. & Mrs. Wooley returned to Parker County, settling at Millsap,
where Mr. Wooley operated a general merchandising business and served the
community as postmaster. Twenty-two years ago, they moved to Weatherford, and
since Mrs. Wooley's death, October 15, 1933, Mr. Wooley has made his home with
his daughter, Mrs. [Fornia] Floyd Bowden, in Weatherford.
The things Mr. Wooley remembers with fondest memories of pioneer days are how
he and his wife picked wild geese for pillow feathers, shot wild turkey and
deer from the front door of their cabin, started fire with flint and steel,
molded bullets and folded rags for gun-wadding, roasted unpeeled potatoes and
unshucked roasting-ears in hot ashes, and made biscuits and cakes without the
aid of soda or baking powder.
-- (from Holland, Gustavus Adolphus; "The History of Parker County and the
Double Log Cabin;" Weatherford, Texas, Herald, 1931 & rpt. 1937; pp. 228-229.)
+++++++++++++++
Spouse Mary Ann Brickey Wooley (1860 - 1933)
Children:
Fairy Belle Wooley English (1890 - 1985)
Kline Brickey Wooley (1892 - 1979)
Fornia Mae Wooley Bowden (1895 - 1951)
Burial Oakland Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
Maintained by John Bauer, Originally Created by timcdfw Jul 19, 2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #28388078,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28388077
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1880 Federal Census, Young County, Texas, 9 June, Precinct 1, District 167,
page 13 (scan 384B), Hse/Fam #177
Wiley [Wooley], Enoch W M 24 Head Farmer MO MO MO [b abt 1856]
Wiley, Sadie J W F 24 Wife Housekeeping AR MS MS [abt 1856]
Wiley, Elizabeth E W F 8 Dau At Home TX MO AR [abt 1872]
Wiley, Lydia M W F 6 Dau At Home TX MO AR [b abt 1874]
Wiley, Ida W F 5 Dau At Home TX MO AR [b abt 1875]
Wiley, William W M 2 Son At Home TX MO AR [abt
1878]
1900 Federal Census, Cottle County, Texas, 6 June, Paducah, District 20, Page
3A, House/Family #48
Wooley, William Head W M Mar 1853 47 Married 22 yrs MO MO MO Farmer Rents
Wooley, Matilda Wife W F July 1846 53 Married 22 yrs 8 children/8 living TX
TN TN
Wooley, Virgil F Son W M Nov 1885 14 TX MO TX Day Laborer
William W. "Bill" Wooley
Birth Mar. 30, 1853 Missouri, USA
Death Apr. 3, 1934 Cottle County, exas, USA
No Dates On the Stone
Spouse Matilda Criswell Wooley (1846 - 1930)
Children:
William Auston Wooley (1879 - 1920)
Effie Brooks Wooley Carpenter (1882 - 1968)
Virgil Fisher Wooley (1885 - 1942)
Burial Buck Creek Cemetery, Paducah, Cottle County, Texas
Maintained by Megan Heyl, Originally Created by June Barker Mar 13, 2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #25232516,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25232516
Mary Woodhouse b Abt 1570 in St Magnus Parish, London Bridge, London,
Middlesex, England d Aft 1625 in Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Parents: Anthony Woodhouse 1534-1587, Millicent Strelley 1538-1606 -- Carla
Dye, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1196359/person/-1975273461
1850 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia, 25 October, page 445, Hse/Fam
#1111
Daniel Green 51 M Farmer b SC
Catharine Green 45 F SC
Nancy J Green 11 F GA
Sarah C Green 6 F GA
Lucinda M Green 3 F GA
1860 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia, 8 June, P O Not Reported, page
401, Hse/Fam #222
Dan'l Green 62 F Married Farmer $0 Real Estate $0 Personal Estate (None rptd)
b So Carolina[b abt 1798]
Catherine Green 57 F b So Carolina [b abt 1803]
Nancy J Green 20 F b Georgia [b abt 1840]
Sarah C Green 16 F b Georgia [b abt 1844]
Lucinda Green 12 F b Georgia [b abt 1848]
Wm Wooten 19 M b Georgia [b abt 1841]
1870 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia, 6 August, PO Cumming, Hightower
District, page 15 (scan 350), Hse #312, Fam #279
Green, Daniel 68 M W Farmer $75 Real Estate $0 Personal Estate born South
Carolina Cannot write [b abt 1802]
Green, Catharine 66 F W Keeping House born South Carolina [b abt 1804]
Green, Nancy J 29 Farm Hand born Georgia [b abt 1841]
Green, Catharine 3 F W At Home born Georgia [b abt
1867]
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Joseph Eugene Wooten
Married, Retired Farmer, Age 88
Residence 262 N Magdalen, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, for 49 years
Birth 12 October 1879 Texas
Father's Name Joseph W Wooten
Mother's Name Amanda West
Mrs Mattie Wooten, wife
Death 13 July 1968 St John's Hospital, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas,
United States
Cause of Death Cardiovascular ar Renal Disease for 1 year, due to Genberalized
Arteriosclerosis, Decompensation, Uremia
Burial 15 July 1968Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Texas
Certificate #59822 filed 18 July 1968, filed State 27 August 1968
Document source
FamilySearch.org
"Census records (see 1850 for Greenville SC and in 1860, for Habersham in GA)
list only two sons (initially) of his father, Aaron, those being Abraham
(1835-1862) and Joseph W. After death of his first wife, Joseph's father
remarried and had another son prior to his death ca 1860, who was named
Benjamin."
-- Marv Wooten, comment on a story about Joseph Wooten on Ancestry, 17
October 2019
Civil War Military Records
Company F. 20th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, C S A
Fulton County, Georgia, "Confederate Continentals"
Joseph W WOOTEN
Joseph W Wooten
Birth Sep 14, 1839
Death Jul 1, 1918
Spouse Amanda West Wooten 1842-1926 (m. 1865)
Daughter Ollie Wooten Henslee 1868-1970
Burial Vamoosa Cemetery, Vamoosa, Seminole County, Oklahoma
Created by Erice Wilcox Sep 02, 2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #29494881,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138156121/ollie-henslee
1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina, 21 September, page 83 (scan
42), Hse/Fam #610
Robert Gregory 24 M Planter $400 Real Estate b South Carolina [b abt Jan 1826]
Marguerite Gregory 20 F b South Carolina [b abt Jan 1830]
Sarah Gregory 6mos F b South Carolina [b abt Jan 1850]
1860 Federal Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, 13 June, Division 2, page 6 (scan
98), Hse #40, Fam #42
Robert Gregory 34 M Farmer $300 Real Estate $230 Personal born South Carolina
[b abt 1826]
Margaret J Gregory 30 F born South Carolina [b abt 1830]
Sarah E Gregory 10 F born South Carolina [b abt 1850]
William T Gregory 8 M born Alabama [b abt 1852]
John B Gregory 5 M born Alabama [b abt 1855]
Berry A Gregory 3 M born Alabama [b abt 1857]
Theodore H Gregory 8 months M born Alabama [b abt Sept 1859]
1880 Federal Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, 1 June, Township 8, District 56,
page 1 (scan 596), Hse/Fam #9
Gregory, Robert W M 55 Head Married Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1825]
Gregory, Margaret J W F 50 Wife Married Keeping House SC SC SC [b abt 1830]
Gregory, William T 27 Son W M Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1853]
Gregory, Mary L F 13 Dau W F Single House Keeper SC SC SC [b abt 1867]
Margaret Gregory
Birth 1828
Death 1898
Children:
Sarah Elizabeth Gregory Poteet (1849 - 1915)
John B Gregory (1854 - 1922)
William Francis Gregory (1856 - 1934)
Berry Alexander Gregory (1856 - 1950)
Mary Florence Gregory Davis (1866 - 1949)
Burial Bethel Cemetery, Benton, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
Created by sandy walton Dec 26, 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial #45818425,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45818425/margaret-gregory
Cherokee County, Georgia, Marriage Records, Book D, p 64
Mary Mullins Marriage to Alfred W Worley
25 May 1856 Cherokee Co Georgia, USA
1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, 5 June, Canton District, P O
Canton, page 15 (scan 673), Hse #101, Fam #108
Alfred W Worley 23 M Laborer $333 Personal b Georgia [abt 1837]
Mary C Worley 20 F b Georgia [abt 1840]
Elvira Worley 3 F b Georgia [abt 1857]
Louis Worley 2 M b Georgia [abt 1858]
American Civil War Soldiers
Alfred Worley
Residence: Pickens County, Georgia
Enlisted as a Private on 31 Aug 1861
Promoted to Full Corporal
Died Company E, 23rd Infantry Regiment Georgia on 15 Mar 1862 at Yorktown, VA
I received from Karen Strand, a descendant, burial information and other
details.
Muster Roll of Company E
23rd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Army of Tennessee (CSA), PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA ("TATE GUARDS")
Worley, Alfred W. private, August 31,1861, Appointed Corporal
Died at Yorktown, Va. March 15, 1862 [killed in action]
Buried at Cowart Farm, Keithburg, north of Canton, Ga.
(Born in Georgia March 5,1837.)
-- Karen Strand, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 25 January 2010
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Alfred W Worley
Birth Mar 5, 1837 Keithsburg, Cherokee County, Georgia
Death Mar 15, 1862 Yorktown, York County, Virginia
Enlisted CO. E, 23 Georgia Infantry August 31st 1861
Killed in Action Yorktown VA, ,March 15, 1862
Parents:
Pleasant Worley (1785 - 1865)
Lucy Susannah Neal Worley (1795 - 1870)
Siblings:
William W Worley (1812 - 1874)
John Pleasant Worley (1819 - 1900) Half-sibling
Mahuldah Worley Dowda (1819 - 1845)
Ambrose W Worley (1821 - 1879)
Ezekiel Graham Worley (1825 - 1909)
Pearson Lumpkin Worley (1831 - 1919)
Marietta Worley Holland (1835 - 1912)
Allen Jasper Worley (1840 - 1863)
Burial Worley Family Cemetery, Keithsburg, Cherokee County, Georgia
Created by Linda Oct 23, 2013
-- Find A Grave Memorial #119201020,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119201020
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Social Security Death Index
Loren Worley
Born 2 Jul 1920
Died 11 May 2006
Last Residence Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma 73055
SSN 447-16-7415 issued Oklahoma (Before
1951)
1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, 5 June, Canton District, P O
Canton, page 15 (scan 673), Hse #107, Fam #114 Pleasant Worley 78 M Farmer
$2500 Real Estate $985 Personal b Virginia [abt 1782] Susan Worley 68 F b
South Carolina [abt 1792] -- page 15 -- Marietta Worley 23 F b Georgia [abt
1837] Marietta is the same age as their son Alfred W Worley, who is recorded
earlier on the same page. If Marietta is their daughter (and not a
granddaughter), it might mean she and Alfred are twins. I note that their age
would mean that if Susannah is their mother, she would have been 45 when they
were born. Some sources report she was born in 1795, which would make her
about 42 at their birth. Family sources report that Alfred is her son.
Living next door to Pleasant and Susannah is their don William W Worley, who
is a Primitive Baptist minister. 1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County,
Georgia, 5 June, Canton District, P O Canton, page 15 (scan 673), Hse #107,
Fam #114 William W Worley 45 M Minister (P Baptist) $3000 Real Estate $2183
Personal b North Carolina [abt 1815] Liacain (?) Worley 40 b South Carolina
[abt 1820] Isabella Worley 17 F b Georgia [abt 1843] James P Worley 15 F
Student b Georgia [abt 1845] Samuel T Worley 12 F b Georgia [abt 1847] Ambrose
Worley 6 F b Georgia [abt 1854] Liacain (same as mother) 2 F b Georgia [abt
1858] On the other side of William is John Worley, who is likely a son of
William. 1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, 5 June, Canton
District, P O Canton, page 15 (scan 673), Hse #109, Fam #116 John Worley 20 M
Farmer $125 Personal b Georgia [abt 1840] Mary Worley 19 F b Georgia [abt
1841] The following notes on Pleasant "John" Worley are found in Carter
Alexander Worley's genealogy: Pleasant and Obadiah moved to Habersham in
Georgia. His brother Pleasant Worley lived at the foot of Yonah (elev. 3156
ft;) and Pink (elev.2623 ft. ) Mountains, about 4 miles South of East as the
Crow flies. Pleasant & Lucy Williams/Neal Worley The second of the Worley
boys to move into Habersham was named William. He m. Susan Hannah Hutcheson of
Spartanburg County , SC where they lived a number of years, and where their
children Woodson, Susan, Silas and James H. were reared. They are covered more
completely in Part 8 of this series. It was a real estate deal of
William's--one of many--that brought his brother Pleasant and Susannah and
family into this county. Deed Book F, page 7 dated 3 Jan.1827 tells us that
William Worley of Habersham County, GA deeds to Pleasant Worley of Rutherford
County, N C a 250 acre tract of land. This was Land Lot #166 Third District
described as being on Yellowbank Creek in the Cool Springs District. [NOTE:
The 1832 Lottery has two Pleasant Worleys listed in different Districts:
Pleasant, "Sr." in "Captain Hughes District; and Starr's Book, shows one ')ust
plain Pleasant" in "Mat. Gordon's Battalion 107th G.M.GA.--Capt. James R.
Brock Distr." The writer believes there is sufficient evidence to identify
this "Sr.", but not the other. Both men named Pleasant had 2 draws; in the
case of "Sr." he was a veteran of the War of 1812, serving in Captain James
Bradley's Co. of the 3rd NC Militia Regiment as confirmed by the application
of his widowed wife for a Pension. We are uncertain why the other Pleasant
Worley has 2 draws]. Pleasant paid William $300.00--which is about average
for good farmland back the--for the 250 acre lot which William bought a
Sheriff Sale 5 Dec.1826 for $20.00; and no doubt both men were satisfied with
the deal. The steep mountain land lots of 490 acres in old Habersham could be
had for as little as $25.00; and at a later period ownership of mountain land
could be had just by registering at the Courthouse. Pleasant and Susannah
moved right next to Pink (and Yonah) Mountain on its western side, after 3
Jan.1827 with their first five children: Williams Washington b.1812, John
(Pleasant?) b.1817, Hulda b.1819,Ambrose b.1821, and Ezekial Graham Worley
b.1825. After living there some time Sarah (Sallie) was b. 1828, Piersoll
Lumpkill (Bob) b. 1831, and Mary Etta was born in 1835. Not sure if Alfred W.
(b.Mar.1838) was born before or after the move to Cherokee Co. There is no
doubt that Allen Jasper, b. 1840, was born on the banks of the Etowah River,
near Keithburg, 3 miles north of Canton, GA. [NOTE: Both of the last two sons
were killed in the War Between the States]. The Habersham1830 US Census
confirms 6 children at that time. One photo herein shows a view looking
toward Pink Mountain on the right, and cliff - faced Yonah on the left. This
is looking East along Tom Bell Road to just where E. J .Biggers Road comes in
on the right. There are several Bigger's houses that occupy much of th old
Land Lot of the Worleys. The place is about one mile north of Cleveland, White
County, Georgia and east of Hwy. 75. From the high ground here the Horse Range
Mountain--where Pleasant's brother Obadiah lived--is easy to see about 4 miles
westerly. The two-people photo shows John "Johnny" Worley (the second child
of Pleasant and Susannah to reach maturity) and Mary "Polly" Williams
(daughter of Jonathan Williams and Jane-) not many years after they were
married. Johnny was 17 years old when his family moved to the Cool
Springs-Pink Mountain farm (now White County); and stayed there until he was
about 30 years of age, apparently still single and waiting to find the "Just
Right" young lady. He moved to Cherokee County, GA with his family; and pretty
soon found the right one; and thus he and Polly were married shortly after
moving. They raised eight children to adulthood mostly at the "Worley
Crossroads", in lower Pickens County. The "Dowdy-old-Mill" is about a mile
west down the road on Sharp Mountain Creek, where remaining stonewalls
identify the site. William Balaam Dowda, the miller, fIrst married Johnny's
sister Hulda Worley, and after she died married Julianne Williams, sister to
his wife Polly. Johnny lived at one time at Salacoa, and later moved west to
near Fairmount, in (now) Bartow County, Georgia. There they gave the land for
the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church across the road from their farmhouse; and they
are both buried there in the church cemetery. More information can be found in
the Cherokee and Pickens and Bartow County heritage books. Served in War of
1812 in Capt James Bradley's Co, NC Militia -- Ancestry World Tree,
http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caworley&id=I39
James Dale Wornom
Birth 23 Aug 1888 in Illinois USA
Death 17 Nov 1954 in Chandler, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Parents Henry Crawford Wornom 1855 - 1933
Catherine Lillis "Kate" Tharp b 1860
Spouse Edith B Lawrence Birth abt 1894 in Kansas, Death Unknown
-- Families of Tidewater,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2932920/person/-791610068?ssrc=&ftm=1
1900 Federal Census, Warren County, Illinois, 14 June, Kirkwood Village,
District 99, page 13A, Hse/Fam #315
Wornom, Henry C Head W M Mar 1859 41 Married 17 year IL VA KY Farmer
Wornom, Catherine L Wife W F Aug 1860 39 Married 17 years 4 children/4 living
IL NJ NJ
Wornom, Chas W Son W M Nov 1883 16 IL IL IL Farm Laborer
Wornom, Bessie F Dau W F Jun 1886 13 IL IL IL At School
Wornom, James D Son W M Aug 1888 11 IL IL IL At School
Wornom, Roy G Son W M Feb 1896 4 NB IL IL
1915 Kansas State Census, Sumner County, Osborne, page 16, Hse/Fam #111
Wornom, H C Head Owns Farm M W 57 b Illinois Moved to Kansas from Ill Farmer
Wornom, Kate Wife F W 54 b Illinois Housewife
Wornom, Dale 27 M W b Illinois Farmer
Wornom, Roy 19 M W b Nebraska --
1920 Federal Census, Sumner County, Kansas, 2 January, Springdale Township,
District 185, page 1B, 6th St, Hse/Fam #19
Wornom, J Dale Head Rents F W 31 IL IL IL Electrician
Wornom, Edith B Wife F W 26 Kansas IL Missouri
Wornom, Laurance Son M W 1yr3mos Kansas Illinois Kansas
1925 Kansas State Census, Sumner County, Conway Springs, page 3, Hse/Fam #30
Wornom, Dale Head Owns Free M W 36 b Illinois Moved to Kansas from Ill
Electrician
Wornom, Edith Wife F W 32 b Kansas Teacher
Wornom, Lawrence 7 M W b Kansas
Wornom, Catherin W 5 M W b Kansas
Wornom, Wayne H 3 M W b Kansas
1930 Federal Census, Barber County, Kansas, 17 April, Kiowa City, District 10,
page 5B, Hse #122, Fam #124
Wornom, James D Head Rents $37 M W 41 Married at 25 IL IL IL Manager Light &
Power Co
Wornom, Edith L Wife F W 38 Married at 23 KS IL MI
Wornom, Lawrence Son M W 12 KS IL KS
Wornom, Kathryn A Dau F W 10 KS IL KS
Wornom, Wayne H Son M W 8 KS IL KS
Wornom, Joyce M Dau F W 4yrs6mos KS IL KS [b abt Oct 1925]
The burial list online courtesy of the research of Julia Jenkins Willadson,
niece of Eyline Lynch Jenkins Wornom, 18 May 2017.
Wornom Burials in Oak Park Cemetery
WORNOM Wayne Huntley Dec 24 1921 Mar 15 2005 2nd Lieutenant U. S. Army World
War II Purple Heart
WORNOM Eyline D. Lynch Jul 29 1916 Dec 25 1969
WORNOM James Dale Aug 23 1888 Nov 17 1954
WORNOM Edith B. Apr 16 1893 Oct 17 1985 Wife of James D.
WORNOM Lawrence Dale Feb 4 1918 Mar 22 2005 CDR U. S. Navy World War II Korea
married Aug 21 1942 Photo
WORNOM Mary Love Oct 13 1919 Jan 25 2002 Wife of Lawrence D. Photo
-- "Oak Park Cemetery, Lincoln County, Oklahoma," Oklahoma Cemeteries,
http://www.okcemeteries.net/lincoln/oakpark/wsurnames.html
1930 Federal Census, Barber County, Kansas, 17 April, Kiowa City, District 10,
page 5B, Hse #122, Fam #124
Wornom, James D Head Rents $37 M W 41 Married at 25 IL IL IL Manager Light &
Power Co
Wornom, Edith L Wife F W 38 Married at 23 KS IL MI
Wornom, Joyce M Dau F W 4yrs6mos KS IL KS [b abt Oct 1925]
U.S. School Yearbooks
Yearbook Title: The Jayhawker Yearbook
Joyce Wornom
Age: 20, Estimated Birth Year 1926
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1946
Obituaries of her brothers provide some information about Joyce's marriage.
Joyce married Carl Wright.
"Former Chandler resident Lawrence D. Wornom of Stillwater, 87, died Tuesday,
March 22, in Stillwater. ... Survivors include ... two sisters and
brother-in-law, Kathryn Bridge of Russell, Kan., and Joyce and Carl Wright of
Tulsa...."
-- Shawnee News-Star, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 25 Mar 2005
"Wayne Huntley Wornom, born Dec. 24, 1921 in Conway Springs, KS to J. Dale and
Edith Blanch Wornom and went to be with the Lord on May 15, 2005. ... He is
survived by his wife, Marita of the home; ... 2 sisters, Kathryn Bridge of
Russell, Kansas, Joyce Wright and husband Carl of Tulsa, OK...."
-- Daily Oklahoman(Oklahoma City) on 18 May 2005
1925 Kansas State Census, Sumner County, Conway Springs, page 3, Hse/Fam #30
Wornom, Dale Head Owns Free M W 36 b Illinois Moved to Kansas from Ill
Electrician
Wornom, Edith Wife F W 32 b Kansas Teacher
Wornom, Catherin W 5 M W b Kansas
1930 Federal Census, Barber County, Kansas, 17 April, Kiowa City, District 10,
page 5B, Hse #122, Fam #124
Wornom, James D Head Rents $37 M W 41 Married at 25 IL IL IL Manager Light &
Power Co
Wornom, Edith L Wife F W 38 Married at 23 KS IL MI
Wornom, Kathryn A Dau F W 10 KS IL KS
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Kathryn A Bridge
Birth Date 10 Jan 1920
38 S Main St, Russell, KS, 67665-2902 (1993)
624 W 12th St, Russell, KS, 67665-1408 (1996)
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Kathryn A Bridge
Birth Date 10 Jan 1920
2503 E 104th Ave Unit 337, Denver, CO, 80233-6159
1200 Galapago St Apt 422, Denver, CO, 80204-3571
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Great Bend, Kansas, City Directory, 1958
Bridge Orval L (Kath A) supt MUrfin Drilling h 203 Hubbard
A genelaogy fills in some details from family soruces.
Kathryn Ann "Kay" Wornom
Birth 10 Jan 1920 in Conway Springs, Sumner County, Kansas
Death 4 May 2012 in Denver, Colorado
Parents:
James "Dale" Wornom 1888 - 1954
Edith Blanche Larrance 1893 - 1985
Marriage to Orval Loren Bridge
Birth 1 Mar 1915 in Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Death 13 Sep 1975)
Married 7 Sep 1946 Chandler, Lincoln, Oklahoma, after their discharges from
the service
-- Harper-Gilmour, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/30263040/person/12575575969
Obituaries of her brothers provide some information about Kathryn's marriage.
"Former Chandler resident Lawrence D. Wornom of Stillwater, 87, died Tuesday,
March 22, in Stillwater. ... Survivors include ... two sisters and
brother-in-law, Kathryn Bridge of Russell, Kan., and Joyce and Carl Wright of
Tulsa...."
-- Shawnee News-Star, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 25 Mar 2005
"Wayne Huntley Wornom, born Dec. 24, 1921 in Conway Springs, KS to J. Dale and
Edith Blanch Wornom and went to be with the Lord on May 15, 2005. ... He is
survived by his wife, Marita of the home; ... 2 sisters, Kathryn Bridge of
Russell, Kansas, Joyce Wright and husband Carl of Tulsa, OK...."
-- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) on 18 May 2005
Social Security Death Index
Kathryn A Bridge
Born 10 Jan 1920
Died 4 May 2012
SSN issued Oklahoma (Before
1951)
1920 Federal Census, Sumner County, Kansas, 2 January, Springdale Township,
District 185, page 1B, 6th St, Hse/Fam #19
Wornom, J Dale Head Rents F W 31 IL IL IL Electrician
Wornom, Edith B Wife F W 26 Kansas IL Missouri
Wornom, Laurance Son M W 1yr3mos Kansas Illinois Kansas
1925 Kansas State Census, Sumner County, Conway Springs, page 3, Hse/Fam #30
Wornom, Dale Head Owns Free M W 36 b Illinois Moved to Kansas from Ill
Electrician
Wornom, Edith Wife F W 32 b Kansas Teacher
Wornom, Lawrence 7 M W b Kansas
1930 Federal Census, Barber County, Kansas, 17 April, Kiowa City, District 10,
page 5B, Hse #122, Fam #124
Wornom, James D Head Rents $37 M W 41 Married at 25 IL IL IL Manager Light &
Power Co
Wornom, Edith L Wife F W 38 Married at 23 KS IL MI
Wornom, Lawrence Son M W 12 KS IL KS
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OBITUARY
Lawrence D. Wornom
Former Chandler resident Lawrence D. Wornom of Stillwater, 87, died Tuesday,
March 22, in Stillwater.
He was born Feb. 4, 1918, in Argonia, Kan., to James D. and Edith (Larrance)
Wornom.
Wornom graduated from high school in Woodward in 1935. He then graduated from
Oklahoma A&M (OSU) in 1940 and attended graduate school at Harvard University.
On Aug. 21, 1942, he married Mary Love in Chandler.
He entered the U.S. Navy in 1941 as an ensign. He served in the Pacific during
World War II. He served until 1953. After his dischange, he returned to
Chandler and went to work for First National Bank. He retired from the bank
after serving as president and chairman of the board for many years.
Wornom was a member of the First Christian Church in Chandler, where he served
as trustee and choir member. He also was a member of the Rotary Club, American
Legion and served on the Chandler City Council, Chandler City Planning
Commission, the Industrial Authority and the Lincoln County Trust Authority.
He was involved with the local 4-H Conservation Fair and the Boy Scouts of
America. He helped with the development of the Will Rogers Camp in Cleveland
and served as a member of the Lincoln County Conservation District Board
starting in 1964 and was appointed by then Gov. David Boren to the Oklahoma
Conservation Commission and served as its chairman.
Wornom received the Oklahoma Association District President's award in 1980
and received the Oklahoma Conservation Water Pioneer award in 1993. He was
instrumental in the building of Lake Arcadia and saw a 30-year dream come true
with the building of Bell Cow Lake in Chandler. He helped establish the
Chandler Baseball Camp, Chandler Diener Mills and the Chandler Airport. He was
named Most Valuable Citizen of Chandler in 1963.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.
Survivors include his daughter, Katy Greenfield of Chandler; son and
daughter-in-law, John L. and Beverly Wornom of Perry; grandchildren, Suzanne
Greenfield of Norman, Nicholas Greenfield of Akron, Ohio, Jason Wornom of
Luther, Sarah (Wornom) Holben and husband Matt of Arcadia; one brother and
sister-in-law, Wayne and Marita Wornom of Oklahoma City; two sisters and
brother-in-law, Kathryn Bridge of Russell, Kan., and Joyce and Carl Wright of
Tulsa; and many relatives.
Service will be 3 p.m. today at First Christian Church of Chandler with the
Rev. Fred Rider and the Rev. Paul Stewart officiating. Parks Brothers Funeral
Service of Chandler is directing arrangements.
-- The Shawnee News-Star, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 25 Mar 2005
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Lawrence Dale Wornom
US ARMY KOREA
Birth Date 4 Feb 1918
Death Date 22 Mar 2005
Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, OK 74834
The burial list online courtesy of the research of Julia Jenkins Willadson,
niece of Eyline Lynch Jenkins Wornom, 18 May 2017.
Wornom Burials in Oak Park Cemetery
WORNOM Wayne Huntley Dec 24 1921 Mar 15 2005 2nd Lieutenant U. S. Army World
War II Purple Heart
WORNOM Eyline D. Lynch Jul 29 1916 Dec 25 1969
WORNOM James Dale Aug 23 1888 Nov 17 1954
WORNOM Edith B. Apr 16 1893 Oct 17 1985 Wife of James D.
WORNOM Lawrence Dale Feb 4 1918 Mar 22 2005 CDR U. S. Navy World War II Korea
married Aug 21 1942 Photo
WORNOM Mary Love Oct 13 1919 Jan 25 2002 Wife of Lawrence D. Photo
-- "Oak Park Cemetery, Lincoln County, Oklahoma," Oklahoma Cemeteries,
http://www.okcemeteries.net/lincoln/oakpark/wsurnames.html
Some initial vital details for Wayne are found in the Social Security Death
Index.
Wayne H Wornom
Birth 24 Dec 1921, Death 15 May 2005 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Last Residence Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma 73122
SSN 442-14-9099 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)
1925 Kansas State Census, Sumner County, Conway Springs, page 3, Hse/Fam #30
Wornom, Dale Head Owns Free M W 36 b Illinois Moved to Kansas from Ill
Electrician
Wornom, Edith Wife F W 32 b Kansas Teacher
Wornom, Wayne H 3 M W b Kansas
1930 Federal Census, Barber County, Kansas, 17 April, Kiowa City, District 10,
page 5B, Hse #122, Fam #124
Wornom, James D Head Rents $37 M W 41 Married at 25 IL IL IL Manager Light &
Power Co
Wornom, Edith L Wife F W 38 Married at 23 KS IL MI
Wornom, Wayne H Son M W 8 KS IL KS
Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Wayne H Wornom, Age 26, Birth abt 1922
Spouse Sarah J Betsworth, Spouse Age 21.
Marriage 3 Jul 1948 Jackson County (Kansas City area), Missouri
In the 1951 city directory, Wayne and his first wife Sally are recorded in
Wichita, Kansas.
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1951
Wornam Wayne (Sallie) asst mgr h 418 Ida
The next directory I found him in is Chickasha, Oklahoma, 1957, where I knew
him and his second wife, my aunt, Eyline Lynch Jenkins Wornom.
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1957
Wornom Jeep Co (Wayne H Wornom) autos 1702 S 4th
Wornom Wayne H (Eyline); Wornom Jeep Co) h 1522 S 17th
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1959
Wornom Jeep Co (Wayne H Wornom) 1702 S 4th
Wornom Mike mech hlpr Wornom Jeep Co r 1528 S 17th
Wornom Wayne H (Eyline); Wornom Jeep Co) r 1528 S 17th
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1960
Wornom Jeep Co (Wayne H Wornom) used autos 1702 S 4th
Wornom Michael J student r 1528 S 17th
Wornom Wayne H (Eyline D); Wornom Jeep Co) h 1528 S 17th
After Eyline died in 1974, Wayne marrired again. His new wife was named
Marita. Eyline's grandson Terry Price, LaRhonda's son, mentions Marita.
"My grandmother Eileen [Eyline] passed away when I was only a year or two old
I believe, so didn’t even get to know her very well. Wayne remarried a
lovely woman named Marita. So Wayne and Marita were the only grandparents
that I knew, and I never really got to know anyone else."
-- Terry Price, son of LaRhonda Jenkins Wornom, email to Orville Boyd
Jenkins, 14 May 2012
I find it interesting that none of these Chickasha entries mention the
youngest child LaRhonda Jenkins Wornom, Eyline's youngest child from her first
marriage to Bud Jenkins.
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Wayne H Wornom
Birth Date 24 Dec 1921
PO Box 1416, Bethany, OK, 73008-1416 (1993)
4700 NW 46th Ct, Warr Acres, OK, 73122-5321 (1993)
U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Wayne Wornom
Birth Date 24 Dec 1921
6216 Woodcreek Ct, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73122-7052
Address: 4700 NW 46th Ct, Oklahoma City, OK, 73122
Phone Number: 405-789-5045
Residence Years: 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
The Veterans Gravesite Register also reports on Wayne:
Wayne H Wornom
Service Info.: 2ND LT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 24 Dec 1921
Death Date: 15 May 2005
Oak Park Cemetery, C/O Curry Parks Funl Home 617 Manvel Chandler, OK 74834
A genealogy of the Wornom family provides Wayne's full name, Wayne Huntly
Wornom.
-- Families of Tidewater Virginia,
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-791436268&tid=2932920
On his obituary, the middle name is spelled Huntley. Initially I was able to
find only the summary details, not the full text of the obit.
WORNOM, Wayne Huntley; 83; Conway Springs KS, Oklahoma City OK; Daily
Oklahoman; 2005-5-18
Wayne Huntley Wornom
Publication Date 18 May 2005
Death Abt 2005 Oklahoma City, OK
Age at Death 83, Est Birth Date 1922
-- Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2011,
http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=Wayne
Huntley%20Wornom&type=Keyword&ftm=1
A few more details are found in his obituary summary on RootsWeb.
Wayne Huntley Wornom
Birth 24 DEC 1921 in Conway Springs, Kansas
Death 15 MAY 2005
-- Oklahoma Associated Obituaries,
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=oklaobits&id=I85026
Here is the full text of the obituary:
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Wornom, Wayne Huntley
Wayne Huntley Wornom, born Dec. 24, 1921 in Conway Springs, KS to J. Dale and
Edith Blanch Wornom and went to be with the Lord on May 15, 2005. He graduated
from Chandler High School. He served in WWII in the 45th Division in Salerno,
Anzio, Sicily and Italy where he received 2 purple hearts. He later served in
the Army in occupation in Japan. He was a member of the 45th Division since
High School.
After military, Wayne attended Spartan School of Aeronautics. Most of Wayne's
life he was a salesman until his retirement in 1983. He married Marita Davis
Aug. 7, 1970. He was much loved for his humor, his deep convictions of right
and wrong, his love for God, Family, Country and Friends. He was in the ROMEO
Club of the Methodist Church, a group of retired men eating out. He enjoyed
his Sunday School Class and delivering Mobil Meals.
The family wishes to say a big thank you to Dr. Kathryn Little, Dr. Dan Smith,
Dr. Domnick Pedulla and Dr. Scott Lucas for the care and love that they gave
to Wayne and his family. May god bless them as they help others.
He was preceded in death by his wife and the children's mother, Eyeline; his
parents and a brother. He is survived by his wife, Marita of the home;
daughter LaRhonda Marlow and husband Oscar of McAlester, OK; 3 sons, Trent
Jenkins and partner George Anderson of Beaumont, TX, Michael Wornom and wife
Virginia of Kingston, OK, Joel Jones and wife Janice of Yukon, OK.; 2 sisters,
Kathryn Bridge of Russell, Kansas, Joyce Wright and husband Carl of Tulsa, OK;
8 grandchildren, Terry, Gerry, Jerry, Kimberly, Jennifer, Justin, Keith, and
Jessica; 15 great grandchildren and many other family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to P.C. Mobil Meals. Services to
celebrate his life will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, May 19th at Putnam City United
Methodist Church.
-- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) on 18 May 2005
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Wayne and Eyline Wornom's burial record was found online in 2017 by Julia
Jenkins Willadson, Eyline's niece. The following Wornom burial list has been
organized by couples.
Wornom Burials in Oak Park Cemetery
WORNOM Wayne Huntley Dec 24 1921 Mar 15 2005 2nd Lieutenant U. S. Army World
War II Purple Heart
WORNOM Eyline D. Lynch Jul 29 1916 Dec 25 1969
WORNOM James Dale Aug 23 1888 Nov 17 1954
WORNOM Edith B. Apr 16 1893 Oct 17 1985 Wife of James D.
WORNOM Lawrence Dale Feb 4 1918 Mar 22 2005 CDR U. S. Navy World War II Korea
married Aug 21 1942 Photo
WORNOM Mary Love Oct 13 1919 Jan 25 2002 Wife of Lawrence D. Photo
-- "Oak Park Cemetery, Lincoln County, Oklahoma," Oklahoma Cemeteries,
http://www.okcemeteries.net/lincoln/oakpark/wsurnames.html
Wayne's memorial on Find a Grave inlcudes his long obituary from the Daily
Oklahoma newspaper, which we have transcribed above, plus an earlier death
announcement. I found there was no memorial for his second wife Eyline Lynch
Jenkins Wornom, who is my aunt by marriage to her first husband Arthur Carthal
"Bud" Jenkins. I created a memorial and liinked her to his memorial.
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Wayne Huntley Wornom
Birth Dec 24, 1921 Conway Springs, Sumner County, Kansas
Death May 15, 2005 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Wayne Huntley Wornom: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
The Daily Oklahoman, (Oklahoma City, OK) - Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Wayne Huntley Wornom
WORNOM
Wayne Huntley, born Dec. 24, 1921 in Conway Springs, KS. To J. Dale and Edith
Blanch Wornom and went to be with the Lord on May 15, 2005. He graduated from
Chandler High School. He served in WWII in the 45th Division in Salerno,
Anzio, Sicily and Italy where he received 2 purple hearts. He later served in
the Army in occupation in Japan. He was a member of the 45th Division since
High School.
After military, Wayne attended Spartan School of Aeronautics. Most of Wayne's
life he was a salesman until his retirement in 1983. He married Marita Davis
Aug. 7, 1970. He was much loved for his humor, his deep convictions of right
and wrong, his love for God, Family, Country and Friends. He was in the ROMEO
Club of the Methodist Church, a group of retired men eating out. He enjoyed
his Sunday School Class and delivering Mobil Meals.
The family wishes to say a big thank you to Dr. Kathryn Little, Dr. Dan Smith,
Dr. Domnick Pedulla and Dr. Scott Lucas for the care and love that they gave
to Wayne and his family. May god bless them as they help others. He was
preceded in death by his wife and the children's mother, Eyeline; his parents
and a brother. He is survived by his wife, Marita of the home; daughter
LaRhonda Marlow and husband Oscar of McAlester, OK; 3 sons, Trent Jenkins and
partner George Anderson of Beaumont, TX, Michael Wornom and wife Virginia of
Kingston, OK, Joel Jones and wife Janice of Yukon, OK.; 2 sisters, Kathryn
Bridge of Russell, Kansas, Joyce Wright and husband Carl of Tulsa, OK; 8
grandchildren, Terry, Gerry, Jerry, Kimberly, Jennifer, Justin, Keith, and
Jessica; 15 great grandchildren and many other family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to P.C. Mobil Meals. Services to
celebrate his life will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, May 19th at Putnam City United
Methodist Church.
-- CITY Edition, Page 15A
Copyright (c) 2005 Oklahoma Publishing Company
WORNOM, Wayne H: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
The Daily Oklahoman, (Oklahoma City, OK) - Tuesday, May 17, 2005
WORNOM, Wayne H
WORNOM, Wayne H., 83, retired salesman, died Sunday. Memorial service 2 p.m.
Thursday, Putnam City United Methodist Church (Guardian West).
-- City Yukon Edition, Page 10A
Copyright (c) 2005 Oklahoma Publishing Company
Wayne H Wornom Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Wayne H Wornom
Issued Oklahoma
Birth Saturday December 24, 1921
Death Sunday May 15, 2005
Est Age at Death 83 years, 4 months, 21 days
Last known residence Warr Acres, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
73122
Parents:
J Dale Wornom (1888 - 1954)
Edith Blanche Wornom (1893 - 1985)
Spouse Eyline Dorothy Lynch Wornom (1916 - 1969)
Sibling Lawrence Dale Wornom (1918 - 2005) [Lawrence is also correctly linked
here as Wayne's brother]
Burial Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Maintained by Tommy Neathery, Originally Created by Janey Clark Feb 04, 2006
-- Find A Grave Memorial #13232223,
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13232223
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1940 Federal Census, Lamar County, Texas, 18 April, Justice Precinct 2,
District 139-19, page 12A, Hse #237, Rents $3
Worthy, J A Head F W 47 Grade 6 b Ark Rural Lamar Co in 1935 Farm Laborer
Worthy, Eunice Wife F W 41 Grade 6 b Ark same place in 1935
Worthy, William Son M W 19 Grade H1 b Okla Rural Lamar Co in 1935 Laborer WPA
Rd
Worthy, Hershell Son M W 16 Grade 7 b Okla Rural Lamar Co in 1935 Farm Laborer
** Worthy, Marie Dau F W 14 Grade 7 b Okla Rural Lamar Co in 1935 **
Worthy, Gladys Dau F W 12 Grade 4 b Texas Rural Lamar Co in 1935
Worthy, Nell Dau F W 6 Grade 1 b Texas Rural Lamar Co in 1935
Worthy, Mack Son M W 4 Grade 0 b Texas
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Midland, Texas, City Directory, 1950, p 213
McSwain Bert (Helen) carp r 201 E Kentucky av apt 5
McSwain O N (Marie) carp h 2008 Keith
A Martin-Ritch family researcher provides good detail from family and public
sources.
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TESSIE MARIE 'Theresa' WORTHY
Birth 11 Nov 1925 in Box Elder, TX
Death 11 Sept 2006 in Coolidge, Pinal, Arizona
Parents:
JESSE ANDREW WORTHY 1893 - 1980
EUNICE DORTHY "DOT" GARNER 1898 - 1975
1930 United States Federal Census, Residence Precinct 8, Red River, Texas
Andrew C farm labor (37) mar. 24/19 b/m/f Ark Emma E (31) b/f Ark/ m/Louisanna
Howard W (9) OK Hersel G (6y2m) b OK Tessie M (4y5m) b OK Gladis (2y6m) b TX
Rember M Worthy (21)1/2 brother b/m/f Arkansas farm labor
1940 United States Federal Census
Age: 15 Residence Hawkins, Texas, USA
Hershell was in the navy with Jesse Reed, Glayds actually dated Homer Reed and
Marie dated Jess Reed in high school.
Abt 1943 Age: 18 Marriage to charles edward "sam" dodson texas
possibly texas as that is where charles dodson was from
1944 Marriage Age: 18 Residence Gregg Texas
birth of daughter Virginia Gayle Dodson
1945 June Age: 19 Residence Paris Texas
Lindale, Smith City, Tx; for the birth of son Glen Charles Dodson
1946 4 August Age: 20 Residence Paris Texas
Baby Glen Charles Dodson died from ant bites on his way to medical care in a
horse and buggy driven by Marie.
1947 January Age: 21
Residence Eleven Mile Corner, Pinal County, AZ
The POW Camp ~*Eleven Mile Corner, Pinal County, AZ (branch camp under
Florence, 300 Germans) ~ Marie pregnant with Gary
This is where the migrant workers lived after they converted the POW camp.
1947 8 June Age: 21 Divorce from charles edward "sam" dodson
Before Gary was born
Abt 1947 Age: 22 Marriage to O N Owen McSWAIN Arizona
Marie began working for ON McSwain and although much older than her he
convinced her to marry him.
1948 September Age: 22 Residence Eloy AZ
Living in Eloy when daughter Glenda Diane McSwain was born.
1949 November Age: 24 Residence Seagraves Texas
Birth of daughter Sandra Geton McSwain.
Seagraves Texas is where ON McSwains family was from
1950 November Age: 25 Residence Seagraves, Texas
Married: O.N. McSwain and Tessie Marie Worthy per Hersel Glen Worthys brothers
obit
1952 Age: 27 Marriage to vernon palechek Texas ?
1953 Age: 28 Residence Alaska
Vernon was in the airforce and stationed in Alaska. Gary/Gayle living with
Worthy grandparents/Glenda & Geton with Palechecks in Milwaukee
1954 Age: 29 Residence Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birth of daughter Verna to Marie Worthy and Palechek
1959 Age: 34 Residence Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
born daughter Jan Marie to Tessie Marie Worthy and Palecheck
1964 Age: 39 Marriage to Private Pichaco Arizona
Date estimated since there are pictures with Jan and Verna and step children
Topper and George about 1964
1970 Age: 45 Occupation Picacho, Pinal, Arizona Cafeteria Cook
1972 26 FebAge: 46 Marriage to edward mckinnley lillie jr
Imperial County, California
California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
1975 Age: 50 Residence Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona
Marie sold her house in Pichaco after marrying Ed Lillie and they bought a
house in Holbrook, AZ where he was working.
1976 -1979 Age: 51 Residence Yuma, Arizona
Ed worked for the Dept of Soil Conversation and was transferred to Yuma where
they bought a new home.
1979 -1990 Age: 54 Residence Nafziger Rd, Coolidge AZ
Marie and Ed lived on the Lillie Farm in a repurposed milking barn. Following
Ed's death Marie and granddaughter Christine Cooper sold the farm and moved
into town
1989 -2006 Age: 64
Occupation Coolidge, Pinal, Arizona
Pinal Gila Senior Center Volunteer
1990 Age: 65 Residence Coolidge AZ
Coolidge Ave sold Lillie Farm and moved to town.
2006 11 September Age: 80 Death Coolidge, Pinal, Arizona
After several heart attacks she has a final heart attack in her bathroom. Her
granddaughter Christina Marie Cooper found her.
-- Martin-Ritch, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7106982/person/-1159896010
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Tessie's last marriage was in California in 1972.
California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
Marie T Worthy
Age 45, Est. Birth 1927
Spouse Edward M Lillie
Spouse Age 47
Marriage 26 Feb 1972 Imperial County
Tessie Marie Worthy McSwain was referred to as Mrs O N McSwain when memtioned
as a survivor in her brother's obit. Residence in 1950 was Seagraves, Texas
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Hershel Glenn Worthy Obit in newspaper
[Saturday] 11 Nov 1950, Tyler TX
HERSHEL WORTHY RITES TOMORROW
Funeral services for Hershel Glenn Worthy, 27, of Tyler will be held at 10 am
Wednesday [15 Nov 1950] in the Burks-Walker-Tippit Chapel. Burial will be in
the Harris Creek cemetery. Rev. Cecil Jackson will officiate at the
ceremonies.
Worthy was killed in a head-on automobile accident Saturday five miles south
of Gladewater on the Tyler-Gladewater highway. One other person was also
killed in the accident.
Surviving Worthy are his wife MRS. JEAN WORTHY [Imogene Woods], and a son
TRAVIS GLENN WORTHY, both of Tyler; his parents, MR and MRS J.A. WORTHY [Jesse
Andrew Worthy and Eunice D Garner], of Seagraves, two brothers, W. H WORTHY
[Howard William Worthy] of Snyder and MARK WORTHY [Henry Mack Worthy] of
Seagraves; and two sisters Mrs. J H REED [Gladys Ailene Worthy] of
Jacksonville and MRS O. N. MCSWAIN (Tessie Marie Worthy) of Seagraves.
Original obituary article (Saturday, 11 November 1950, newspaper unknown)
provided by Hershel's grandson William Worthy April 27 2009, providing family
names; edited for spelling by Orville Boyd Jenkins 28 October 2013
Hershel Glenn Worthy Obit in newspaper
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7106982/person/-1159893172/fact/5208535875
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In Tessie's own obituary, note that her name is given as Marie Theresa Lillie.
Her marriage record transcribed above also has this name order. I find that
most genealogies list her under her nickname, with a different name order:
Tessie Marie Worthy. However, Tessie is a nickname for Teresa (Theresa).
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Marie Lillie
September 16, 2006
COOLIDGE - Marie Theresa Lillie, 80, died Sept. 11, 2006 at home.
A celebration of life will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Coolidge
Adult Center.
Mrs. Lillie was born Nov. 11, 1925 in Boxelder, Texas, to Jesse and Eunice
(Garner) Worthy. She lived in Arizona for 50 years after moving from
Wisconsin. She was a volunteer at the Adult Center for many years. She was a
giving person who liked to help people.
Survivors include a son, Gary Dodson of Auburn, Wash.; four daughters, Gayle
Shumacher of Wasilla, Alaska, Verna Palechek of Coolidge, Geton Wolf of Palm
Springs, Calif., and Jan McCormick of Payson; a sister, Gladys Worthy of
Tyler, Texas; 20 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Edward M. Jr., and a daughter, Dee Cooper.
Simes Mortuaries Coolidge Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
-- Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc. 2006,
http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/view.aspx?db=web-obituary&kw=&pid=12354790&url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll%3Fdb%3dweb-obituary%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26tid%3d7106982%26tpid%3d-1159896010%26rhSource%3d1144%26ftm%3d1%26gss%3dangs-i
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