Haworth, Samuel (1797-1867)

HAWORTH

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 14:54:30

Samuel Haworth
(March 19, 1797 - April 7, 1867)

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.445

HAWORTH, SAMUEL, [res. Washington Township] was one of the early settlers, and who contributed very much to the early settlement and improvement of the county. He was born in Greene county, Tennessee, on March 19, 1797, and, with his parents, moved to Ohio in 1803, and settled in Clinton county, Ohio, near Todd's Fork, not far from Wilmington. Here he lived and grew to manhood, with but limited opportunities of acquiring an education. On July 4, 1821, was married to Hannah Haines, and to them were born six children, who grew to manhood and womanhood, and all but one now living in Warren county. He removed to Edgar county, Illinois, in October, 1852, and started anew in a new country, with his little family. Here he lived until 1846, when, with the family yet at home, came to Warren county, arriving here June 11, 1846. He made his claim, and settled on the land where he lived until he died. His cabin was raised on July 5, 1846, two years before the land was surveyed, and moved into it on August 9, 1846, and almost on the same spot, in after years, when more prosperous, he built his comfortable farm house, in which he lived until his death.He was the only school fund commissioner ever elected in the county. Was also a county commissioner during all the time the commissioner system was the form of county government, and after the creation of the board of supervisors was elected to, and for number of years was a member. He died at his residence, on April 7, 1867. Samuel Haworth was a man of value to the community in which he lived, always active, and laboring for the interests of his people. Known everywhere for his strict integrity, faithful to every trust, and of generous and noble principles. He was a farmer of progressive ideas, and during his active life carried on his farm and operated a mill, and was reasonably successful, leaving a good estate for his widow and children. He was a Quaker, consistent in his devotions, and in his later years a regular attendant upon all the services of his society.