Wadsworth, Benjamin F.

WADSWORTH

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 22:24:46

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.724

WADSWORTH, BENJAMIN F., farmer, Allen Township, Sec. 19; P. O. Summerset; born in Hartford county, Maryland, March 19, 1829, and went with his parents to Morgan county, Ohio, when about ten years old, and was raised there; he came to this county and located where he now lives in 1854; owns a farm of 450 acres, and is largely engaged in the stock business; he married Miss Bettie Thompson, Sept. 30, 1856, a native of Kentucky; they have three sons and two daughters: Robt. B., Maggie Mc., Thomas T., Nancy B. and Bettie S.; Mrs. Wadsworth died January 10, 1866, and on March 16, 1871, he was married to Mrs. Mary Beck, whose maiden name was Elliott, a native of Indiana.