WILLIAM W. HAWORTH
William W. Haworth, born on the 24th of January 1831, is a native of Vermillon(sic) county, Illinois, and is the son of William and Ruth (Wright) Haworth. He was married on the 13th day of July, 1851 to Miss Sytha Cox, who was born in Indiana, in October, 1828, and died in July, 1873, leaving five children to mourn his loss. Their names are...Mahala, wife of James Jones, of Kansas; Amanda, wife of Edward Johnson, of this township; Anselm, at home; Simon and Alice, at home; Pamelia, deceased; Samantha D., deceased. Mr. Haworth's second marriage occurred on the 7th of October, 1879 to Miss Martha Baughman, of West Newton, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. After his first marriage, Mr. Haworth resided in Vermilion county, for about two years, and was there engaged in farming, and in 1854, he came to Cass county, Iowa, where he is classed among the pioneers. He reached Indiantown on the 10 of June of that year, and spent some time in looking for a location. At last he bought a claim on section 17, Cass township with ten acres already broke. He built a rude(sic) log cabin and there remained until 1863, and then built a frame house on the same grounds, and remained there until his wife's death in 1873. He then moved on section 20, where he has improved his farm and has a fine residence. His land is well supplied with water, and, including his large tract of timber, he owns 815 acres, and gives attention to the raising of cattle and other fine stock. Mr. Haworth has served his second term as school director, and is very satisfactory to all. And at present, in 1884, acting as justice of the peace.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 505.
