CYRUS G. WENTWORTH

WENTWORTH, BARTLETT

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Date: 5/23/2009 at 16:31:12

The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

CYRUS G. WENTWORTH, brick manufacturer; born in York Co., Me., in 1827; located in this county in 1856. Married Miss Sarah C. Bartlett in 1854; she was born in York Co., Me., in 1832; they have two children - Eugene G. and Cora C. Mrs Wentworth is a Presbyterian; he is Republican. He owns 130 acres of land with first-class improvements, valued at $100 per acre; also brick-yard, in which he has manufactured 800,000 brick in one year; his is the only brick-yard in this city or near it; was established by him in 1868.