Haworth, Frances J. (Randall) 1848-1941
HAWORTH, HAWARTH, WALTERS, PARRISH, MITCHELL, FERGUSON
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Date: 3/19/2018 at 19:28:08
Mrs. Frances Haworth, 92, the oldest living resident of Monona, died at her home early Wednesday morning of a heart attack from which she had been ill for nearly a week.
She was born at Elkhart, Ind. Sept. 10, 1848, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Randall. She came to Monona when 9 years old and had the honor of being the oldest citizen who has lived here continuously. One of three widows of Civil war veterans who live in Monona, she has the distinction of being a charter member of the Woman's Relief corps, although she has not been an active member for many years.
She was married to John H. Harworth [sic - his MI was L. for Lytle] while he was home on a furlough from the Civil war in 1864. Mr. Haworth died in July, 1905.
When Mrs. Haworth came to Monona there were only 28 log houses and a few places of business so she has always been considered an authority on pioneer life. she has always taken an active part in community life having been one of the first photographers in Monona. She witnessed the coming of the first train to Monona in the spring of 1864.
During her life Mrs. Haworth completed work on twenty-four scrap books, having started the first on in 1885. Contents of these books are obituaries of friends and relatives and stories of the first settlers in and around Monona. In one she has a specimen of her father's handwriting.
Mrs. Haworth had a very alert mind and was active up to the very day of her illness. Her hobbies were making scrap books, collecting curios and oddities, and crocheting. She enjoyed flowers and in her earlier years loved to care for them in her garden. She listened to her radio daily and kept up with world events.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Freedom Walters of Rossville; Mrs. Edwina Parrish of Canada and Mrs. Murtie Mitchell of Monona. There are eleven grandchildren, twenty-two great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren. Two children, Mrs. George Ferguson and a son William preceded her in death.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.
~Monona Leader, Thursday, March 13, 1941Note: Burial is in the Monona City cemetery, where her & John's inscriptions are on her parents gravestone. Mr. and Mrs. Haworth are mentioned frequently in the local papers throughout the years. The spelling HAWORTH and HAWARTH are used in the various articles, but HAWORTH is on his military gravestone and on the Randall family stone.
Photo caption:
Grandma Frances Haworth, pictured with four generations of her family, Mrs. Freedom Walters, the daughter, 70 years old; her son Dare Walters, 47; his son Harold Walters , 25; and Harold's baby daughter, Kay Harlene Walters, 10 1/2 months old. The Walters families all live near Rossville, while Mrs. Haworth, who is 91 years old, is perhaps Monona's oldest citizen, she has always lived here, a Civil war widow of John Haworth, and a daughter of Wm. Randall, one of the early settlers in Monona. Mrs. Haworth is in excellent health for her age, and visits her daughter at Rossville quite frequently. ~published in the Monona Leader, Thursday, July 4, 1940_______________
Added by Reid R. Johnson 8/13/2024:
Clayton County Register, 19 Mar. 1941.
MONONA: Funeral services for Mrs. Francis J. Hawarth, aged 92, were held at one-thirty Saturday afternoon from the Methodist church, with the pastor, Rev. Harley W. Farnham officiating and burial was made in the city cemetery beside her husband.
Mrs. Hawarth, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Randall, was born in Elkhart, Ind., on September 10, 1848. She came to Monona when nine years of age and had the honor of being Monona's oldest citizen and has lived in Monona continuously. She had the honor of being one of Monona's three Civil War veterans' and was a charter member of the Women's Relief corp although not an active member of late years.
She was married to John W. Hawarth while he was home on furlough from the Civil War in 1864. His death occurred in 1905. When Mrs. Hawarth came to Monona there were only 28 log houses so she was an authority on Pioneer life. She witnessed the first train to come to Monona in 1864. During her life she completed 24 scrap books. She loved her flowers and formerly had a green house where Miss Mathilde Kaiser now lives. Her chief pastimes were listening to the radio and crocheting and has the honor of having crocheted more thread than any other Monona woman living or dead. She remembered all of her relatives and many friends with pieces of her work.
Surviving her are her three daughters, Mrs. Freedom Walters of Rossville, Mrs. Edwinna Parrish of Saskatchewan, Canada, and Mrs. Mertie Mitchell of Monona. She has eleven grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. two children, Mrs. George Ferguson and William Hawarth preceded her in death.
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