X-*cc: Warren_J._Wortman
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Fri, 6 Nov 1992 21:02:00 EST
Reply-To:     wwortman@THAMA1.APGEA.ARMY.MIL
From:         wwortman@THAMA1.APGEA.ARMY.MIL
Subject:      Seeking Wortmans of Iowa
Comments: To: ROOTS-L@vm1.nodak.edu

          Fellow rooters:

          Seeking any info on Wortmans from Iowa (1850-1870).  Of
          particular interest are brothers John(GGrandfather) and Dan.

          I just received pension records of Dan Wortman, which
          provided a great deal of info.  I found it an interesting,
          but tragic story.  All of the following information, with
          the exception of his father's name, were derived the
          records I received from the Archives.  If interested, read
          on....

          He was born on Nov 9th, 1846 (location unknown).  His father
          (Milton?) died when he was 6 months old.  "my mother was
          a crippled women with five children who she was unable to
          support, we were put out and reared by Foster parents; I not
          knowing of my birth by other than those by whom I was raised
          until I was some 9 years of age,..."

          He was a civil war veteran of Iowa 7th Cavalry from
          1863-1866.  During the war, "he contracted scurvy by
          exposure and our diet, we were entirely without vegetables,
          had to subsist on saltmeats, strong coffee and hard tacks.
          The scurvy affected my eyes, causing blindness..."

          He married Lucinda Williamson, July 1872, in Iowa.  They had
          two children who died in  infancy.  They divorced in 1878 or
          79 at Eldora, Hardin Co. Iowa.  He then married Edna
          McIntyre, July 1, 1882 by a Judge Mosher in Ord, Nebraska.
          They had three children Henry (1884), Pearl (1887), & Olive
          (1873) in Garfield Co., NE.

          In the county of Union, Oregon, he applied for a pension in
          1913, but it looks like it was denied because he did not
          possess prove of birth.  He had hazel eyes and a dark
          complection and hair.  He stood 5 foot 6 inches tall.  He
          was a farmer and/or a carpenter all his life.   He had lived
          in Mahaska Co., Iowa, Valley Co., Neb., Union Co., Ore, and
          Kitsap Co., Wash.

          In Kitsap Co., Washington in 26 Jun 1924, apparently Dan was
          still trying to receive a pension.  Dr. Polk provided the
          following statement:

          "...Daniel D. Workman is 77 years of age, has no teeth; that
          his right eye is 4/20, left eye 1/20; that he is partially
          deaf; has very little control of the bowels, has marked
          physical weakness incident to age, and suffers from "falling
          spells".  This man is physically unable to dress or care for
          himself and is in constant need of an attendent."  Indeed,
          the next day, Dan's daughter Pearl Horn of Bremerton, Wash.,
          testified that she had personally been in attendance of her
          father since November 9th, 1923.

          Dan Wortman died 13 April 1926 in Bremerton, Washington.  He
          was receiving $72 per month - so apparently his pension was
          finally approved.

          Warren Wortman
          wwortman@thama1.apgea.army.mil
          (410)740-2274
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