WOODWORTH, CHARLES

WOODWORTH, SILVERNAIL, GILMORE

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Date: 6/16/2004 at 14:27:17

Biography reproduced from page 482 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Charles Woodworth, son of L. D. and Melinda (Silvernail) Woodworth, was born in Ohio, near Cleveland, Nov. 20, 1846. When about a year old his parents removed to Kenosha Co., Wis., where his father followed farming. Mr. Woodworth, the subject of this sketch, lived there twenty-one years, when he took Horace Greeley’s advice and came west. He located in Fenton township, section 30, in Kossuth Co., Iowa, taking a homestead of eighty acres. He followed the threshing business for about six years, traveling through Minnesoto and southern Iowa in the meantime. He then came back and settled on his farm, remaining there until January, 1882. In November, previous, he had formed a partnership with M. L. Bush, of Sterling, Ill., and started a hardware store at Bancroft, selling the first hardware ever sold in that village. In January, 1882, Mr. Woodworth removed to Bancroft. In June, 1883, Mr. Bush sold his interest in the store to O. A. Searles, of Greenwood township, this county. The firm name then being Woodworth & Searles. Mr. Woodworth was married in March, 1875, to Mary Gilmore, daughter of Arthur and Mary Gilmore, of New York. They have four children—Jane, Theren, Alice and an infant. Mr. Woodworth is republican in politics, but in local elections votes for whom he thinks the best man, regardless of party.