Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-07-21
Malcolm Lee WOnsII, Midshipman.

Following his appointment to the
Naval Academy last March by Congress
man c. B. Slemp, Malcolm Lee Worrell.
of Pulaski, has just passed all entrance
requirements and now wears the brand
Of Uncle Sam in midshipman's uni
form.
Young Worrell halls from a long line
OF patriotic ancestry, dating back to
James Jones, brother of Admiral Paul
Jones. James took charge of his broth
er Paul's landed estate near Fredericks-
burg, Va. This James Jones had a son
named Churchill Jones who married a
Miss Minitre. From this union we have
Minitre Jones, ST., who married Miss
Spotswood, and from this union we
have Minitre Jones, Jr., Churchill Jones
Jr., and Spotswood Jones, of revolution
airy fame. Major Minitre Jones. mar
ried Miss Powell, highly educated lady
and from this union we have Abner
Jones and Martha Powell Jones. Mar
tina married Samuel Fulton, who was
father of Greed Fulton, the evangelist
and founder of Emory and Henry Col
lege at Emory Va. Abner Jones mar
RED Miss Fawbush, from which union
were five daughters and one son. This
son was named Churchill Jones, and one
daughter, Ollie, married CAPTAIN John
Worrell about the year 1920. From this
union we have Churchill Fawbush Wor-
rell and Major C. c. Worrell, and Me-
nerva E. Churchill, their Oldest son
married Mary Ann Ballard in 1861.
From this union was one son, Dexter A.
L., who married Rose E. Lyons in 1884.
These are the father and mother of the
young midshipman who is their third
son.
The history of the Worrell family
dates back as far as the battle of Hast
lngs in the year 1866, when Sir Herbert
Worrell lost two sons and was present
ed with two coats of arms for their loss.
The Worrells came to this country
during its earliest settlement and be-
came prominent leaders in its develop
ment.
Records in Philadelphia show that
Richard and John Worrell were decided
lands where Philadelphia now stands by
William Penn. Richard and John had a
brother named James, who settled in
what is now Carroll county (then Mont
gomery) about the year 1870. This
James was the father of Esau, Sr., who
was the father of large family, of
which was Captain John, who married
Ollie Jones about the year 1920.
1t was Isaac Worrell, ST., who de-
livered the address of welcome to Gen.
Lafayette and the veterans of the Rev
olution at their reunion in PHILADELPHIA
in 1924.
Isaac Worrell, Jr., son of Isaac, Sr..
was commissioned brigadier-general in
the British war of 1912.
The young midshipman, Malcolm Lee
Worrell, was born in the little village
among the mountains in Carroll, where
his greatest delight was angling for
trout in the crystal streams near his
moutain home. He was mostly reared
on the farm-the last six years being
spent on a farm near Dublin, Va; but
MS education was not neglected. He
attended Roanoke College at Salem,
and V. P. l., at Blacksburg, and previ-
BUS to his present appointment he Sc
cured clerk-ship with the N. G. w, at |
W. Va, and was soon promo
ed, which is evidence of faithful and
,bedient service.
There were two hundred and eighty
i've applicants for entrance a. the ma
val academy and one hundred and four
passed the mental requirements, Mr..
Worrell being one of them. He was
anxious for the appointment given him
~ Mr.. Slemp, and it is safe to predict
hould his country ever call for his ser
'ices to rally around the flag he will not
'e found wanting, since he halls from
UGH patriotic ancestry who helped to
make our nation the dictator of the
World.