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Chesterfield Worth was born in 1850 in Rush County, Indiana. He probably was born between June 28th and July 12th. The U. S. Census for Indiana, 1850, enumerated September 4, lists Chesterfield D. Worth as 1 year old.(1) The U. S. Census for Indiana, 1860, enumerated July 12th, lists Chester F. D. Worth as 10 years old.(2) The U. S. Census for Illinois, 1880, enumerated June 28th, lists Chesterfield Worth as age 29.(3) The census records for 1850 and 1860 indicate Chesterfield Worth had a middle initial of "D".
Chesterfield was the son of John Worth and Julia Ann Drysdale.(4) John Worth and Julia Ann Drysdale were married June 5, 1837, in Rush County, Indiana.(5) According to the U. S. Census for Indiana, 1850, John and Julia Ann Worth were the parents of at least six children, all born in Indiana: Seth, James, John C., Mary J., Elizabeth, and Chesterfield Worth.(6) Julia Ann (Drysdale) Worth died April 10, 1856, and was buried in the Old Boggstown Cemetery at Boggstown, Shelby County, Indiana.(7) John and Julia Worth may have had other children between the time of the 1850 census and the date of Julia's death in 1856.
Chesterfield Worth apparently died in 1891 at Terre Haute, Indiana, probably sometime after March of that year. The 1892 Terre Haute City Directory lists Lucy Worth as the widow of Chesterfield.(18) Ethel Leona Worth, the youngest child of Chesterfield and Lucy Worth, was born January 1, 1892, in Terre Haute, Indiana. Both the death certificate and the social security application form of Ethel Leona (Worth) Older show that her father was Chesterfield Worth and that her mother was Lucy Jane Harmison.(19) No will or estate papers have been found for Chesterfield Worth nor is it known where he is buried. Chesterfield was dead at the time Ethel was born. Her Social Security application gives her birth date as January 1, 1892.
George Horn married Mary J. Worth, a sister of Chesterfield, on May 14, 1866, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.(26) In the same wedding ceremony, John C. Worth, a brother of Chesterfield, married Matilda Horn, a sister of George Horn.(27) John C. Worth served in the 120th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.(28) Records in his service file clearly identify him as a son of John Worth in Montgomery County, Indiana.
4) Mellisa (Melessia M.) Worth married Cuby V. Hutchings on April 11, 1898.(42) She was erroneously listed as a son, not daughter, of Chesterfield and Lucy Worth on her birth record in Champaign County, Illinois. The birth record also gives Chesterfield Worth’s middle initial as S.
3) Social Security application form of Ethel Leona Worth, SSN #562-21-4615, also listed under Roy Burton Older SSN #329-09-0236, applied for at Ventura, California, which lists her father as Chesterfield Wort, her mother as Lucy Jane Harmeson, and her birth date as January 1, 1892.
1. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1850, Rush Co., Jackson Township, enumerated September 4, 1850, by Isabael L. Sutton, p. 556, dwelling 52, family 54, Chesterfield D. Worth, age 1, born in Indiana.
2. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1860, Hendricks Co., Middle Township, Pittsborough, enumerated July 12, 1860, by Asa S. White, dwelling 0823, family 0823, Chester F. D. Worth, age 10.
3. U. S. Census of Illinois, 1880, Vermilion Co., Oakwood Township, e. d. 219, sheet 41, dwelling 298, family 299, enumerated June 28, 1880, by Magruder W. Selby, Chesterfield Worth, age 29, born in Indiana.
4. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1850, Rush Co., Jackson Township; U. S. Census of Indiana, 1860, Hendricks Co., Middle Township.
5. State of Indiana, Rush Co., Marriage Records, June 5, 1837, John Worth and Julia Ann Drysdale, p. 4:327.
6. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1850, Rush Co., Jackson Township, John Worth, age 34, born in North Carolina, wagon maker, Julia A. Worth, age 35, born in Kentucky; Seth Worth, age 10, James Worth age 9, John Worth, age 5, Mary J. Worth, age 5, Elizabeth Worth, age 3, and Chesterfield D. Worth, age 1.
7. Tombstone of Julia Ann (Drysdale) Worth, Old Boggstown Cemetery, Shelby Co., Indiana. John German viewed the tombstone in the 1960s. John recorded in his notes that the tombstone read as follows: JULIA A., Wife of, JOHN WORTH, DIED, April 10 1856, Aged, 40 Yrs 2 mo, & 13 ds. Elizabeth Worth German, a sister of John Worth, was an ancestor of John German. She also was buried in the Old Boggstown Cemetery. Before Curtis L. Older visited the Old Boggstown Cemetery on August 26, 2000, vandals damaged many tombstones. The upper-left portion of the Julia Ann Worth tombstone, which included the letters "Juli", was broken off.
8. State of Indiana, Shelby Co., Marriages, January 1, 1857, John Worth and Mary Jane (Lemon) Stephens.
9. The John and Mary J. Worth household is listed twice in the U. S. Census of Indiana, 1860. Once record is for Montgomery Co., Madison Township, post office - Linden, family number 0161, dwelling number 0166. The second record is for Hendricks Co., Middle Township, Pittsborough, family number 0823, dwelling number 0823.
10. U. S. Census of Illinois, 1880, Vermilion Co., Chesterfield Worth, age 29, born in Indiana, Lucy Jane Worth, age 27, born in Indiana; State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages 1880 - 1920, R-Z, p. 190, Sup. Mt. v. 19, Clara Belle Worth, Isaphine Worth, Jessie Worth, and Malessia M. Worth; 1892, 1894, and 1896 Terre Haute (Indiana) City Directory, "Worth, Lucy (wid Chesterfield).
11. Indiana State Board of Health, Certificate of Death, Lucy Lewellen, location of death - Harrison Township, Vigo Co., Terre Haute, N 4th St., date of birth April 1851, age 57 years, widow, father Isaiah Harmeson, mother - not known, date of death January 30, 1908, burial Highland Lawn, information given by Jesse Worth, N 4th St.
12. Ibid; U. S. Census of Indiana, 1900, Vigo Co., Vol. 78, E. D. 110, Sheet 11, Line 77, Lucy J. Lewellen, born April 1851, age 49, number of years in present marriage - 3, number of children - 7, number living - 6, born in Indiana, father born in Ohio, mother born in Indiana.
13. State of Illinois, Vermilion Co., Marriages, Doctor Dillon and Lucy Harmison, September 7, 1872, Film #1298746 - 1298749. Other than the fact that Chesterfield could not read or write and would not know what was written on the marriage certificate as his name, I have no idea why he is listed on his marriage license as Doctor Dillon. He apparently went by the name “Dock” because one of his daughters, Isaphine Worth, lists her father’s name as Dock Worth on her marriage license. Perhaps his middle name was Dillon, but I have nothing else to support that possibility.
14. U. S. Census of Illinois, 1880, Vermilion Co., Elizabeth A. Worth, age 7, born in Illinois.
15. State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages, 1880-1920, R-Z, p. 190: name of bride - Isaphine Worth, name of father - Dock Worth, mother’s maiden mame - Lucy Harmeson, female, white, age next birthday - 19, date of marriage - July 29, 1903, Book 7, p. 42.
16. Pictures of Lucy Jane (Harmison) Worth and the brothers and sisters of Ethel Leona Worth, excepting one sister, Melissa Worth, are in the possession of Curtis Lynn Older, a grandson of Ethel L. (Worth) Older. The pictures were obtained from Wilma Jane (Older) Zillman, a daughter of Ethel L. (Worth) Older. Each picture has writing on the back by Ethel L. (Worth) Older that identifies each picture; U. S. Census of Indiana, 1900, Vigo Co., line 77, Lucy J. Lewellen, born April 1851, age 49, number of years in present marriage - 3, number of children - 7, number living - 6.
17. Highland Lawn Cemetery, 4420 East Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana, Annie Worth, age 18, buried September 23, 1891, Section 20, Lot 8, Block 5, no stones, county burial - impoverished.
18. 1892 Terre Haute (Indiana) City Directory, "Worth, Lucy (wid Chesterfield), lab, res 214 S 1st". Lucy also is listed as a widow of Chesterfield in the 1894 Terre Haute City Directory, residing at 22 Chesnut, and in the 1896 Terre Haute (Indiana) City Directory, residing at 426 S. Water.
19. State of California, Ventura Co., Certificate of Death, local registration district 5600, certificate number 2405, Ethel Leona (Worth) Older, date of death December 26, 1975, date of birth January 8, 1893, father - Chesterfield Worth, mother - Lucy Harmison; Application for Social Security Number, April 25, 1972, Ventura, California, Ethel L. Older, maiden name Ethel Leona Worth, parents - Chesterfield Worth and Lucy Jane Harmison.
20. State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages, V 4-M, Nov 1892 - Dec 1896, p. 87, Box 60, June 9, 1896 (929.3177245 V); State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages, June 9, 1896, Jesse Lewellen and Lucy Worth, Book 14, p. 84.
21. State of Indiana, Montgomery Co., Marriages, Jesse W. Lewellen and Elizabeth Worth, married November 17, 1864, filed and recorded January 28, 1865, Book 6, p. 272.
22. State of Indiana, Montgomery Co., Births, 1882 to 1920, Book H-4, p. 141, male child of Jesse Lewellen and Elizabeth Worth, born March 26, 1888.
23. U. S. Census of Illinois, 1880, Vermilion Co., Oakwood Township, e. d. 219, sheet 41, Chesterfield Worth, age 29, born in Indiana, Lucy Jane Worth, age 27, born in Indiana, Elizabeth A. Worth, age 7, born in Illinois, Jesse Worth, age 4, born in Illinois, Clara Belle Worth, age 2, born in Illinois.
24. State of Indiana, Montgomery Co., Marriages, Johnathan Lewellen and Martha A. Werth(Worth), married April 21, 1869, Book 7, original source p. 230.
25. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1880, Montgomery Co., Shannandale, Jonathan Lewellen, age 38, farmer, born in Indiana, father born in NC, mother born in NC, Martha A. Worth, age 27, keeping house, born in Indiana, father born in NC, mother born in Ohio, Nettie, age 9, at school, Lillian, age 7, at home, Thomas, age 4, Arthur, age 2, Oliver, age 7/12.
26. State of Indiana, Tippecanoe Co., Marriages, George Horn and Jane Worth, May 14, 1866, Book C-11, p. 202.
27. Ibid, John Worth and Matilda Horn.
28. National Archives, Civil War Pension Records, John C. Worth, 120th Indiana Infantry, Private, Company C, soldier's certificate #368-228, Can #7 730, Bundle #22, wife Rebecca J. Worth, number 497,241 appears on the cover of his folder, also #1,567,964. File contains copy of his Honorable Discharge, copy of his Death Certificate, and copy of Death Certificate for Matilda Worth. John C. Worth lost sight in his left eye, was partially deaf in both ears, and was severely wounded in the left shoulder and right arm due to a shell explosion at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.
29. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1880, Montgomery Co., Franklin Township, Shannandale, enumerated by F. H. Marshall on June 11, 1880, enumeration district 102, p. 15, dwelling 147, family 147, George Horn, age 34, Mary Jane, age 34.
30. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1880, Montgomery Co., Shannandale, enumerated June 11, 1880, by F. H. Marshall, p. 16, e. d. 102, John Worth, wife Matilda, dwelling 151, family 152, Jesse Lewellen, wife Elizabeth, dwelling 158, family 159.
31. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1870, Montgomery Co., Franklin Township, post office Shannandale, dwelling 302, family 303, p. 40, Jesse Leuallen, age 50, occupation - cooper, born in Ohio, cannot read or write, Ruth A., wife. Jesse Lewellen, the father of Jesse Lewellen who married Lucy Jane (Harmison) Worth, was born April 7, 1820, in Ohio. He married Grace Clinton September 21, 1841, in Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., Indiana. He married second Ruth Anna Pickering July 10, 1861, in Crawfordsville. He died January 30, 1899.
32. Indiana State Archives, Vigo Co., Indiana Death Index, name of deceased - Lucy Lewellyn, female, white, age at death 57, date of death January 30, 1908, Terre Haute, CH-49, p. 26; The Terre Haute Tribune, Terre Haute, Indiana, January 31, 1908; Lucy Lewellen obituary, p. 2; The Terre Haute Indiana Star, Terre Haute, Indiana, February 1, 1908, Lucy Lewellen obituary, p. 3.
33. Highland Lawn Park Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana, Lucy Lewellen, burial in Lot 59, B. A. Sec. 11.
34. Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana, Annie Worth, age 18, buried September 23, 1891, Section 20, Lot 8, Block 5, no stones, county burial - impoverished.
36. 1894 Terre Haute (Indiana) City Directory, Jesse Worth, laborer, J. Hanley Mfg. Co., residence 22 Chesnut; 1896 Terre Haute (Indiana) City Directory, Jesse Worth, tobacco maker, Fred J. Biel, residence 426 S. Water.
37. State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages, 1880-1920, R-Z, p. 190, Sup. Mt. v. 19, date of marriage - Aug 10, 1901, Book 6, p. 23.
38. Terre Haute Tribune newspaper, pages 1 and 2, 24 March 1925.
39. State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages, 1880-1920, R-Z, p. 190, Sup. Mt. v. 19, (Genealogy 977.201 V689U, v.19): name of bride - Clara Belle Worth, name of father - Chester, mother’s maiden name - Lucy Harmison, female, white, age next birthday - 19, date of marriage - February 25, 1896, Book 4, p. 80.
40. Social Security record, Clara Belle (Worth) Duke, born May 2, 1878, died January 11, 1967, Los Angeles, California, mother's maiden name - Harmeson.
41. Statements by Truxton James Older and Wilma Jane (Older) Zillman made to Curtis L. Older.
42. State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages, 1880-1920, R-Z, p. 190, Sup. Mt. v. 19. (Genealogy 977.201 V689U, v.19): name of bride - Malessia M. Worth, name of father - Chesterfield, mother’s maiden name - Harmison, female, white, age next birthday - 19, date of marriage - April 11, 1898, Book 5, p. 31.
43. Data from Janet Kay (Zillman) Shinkle, granddaughter of Ethel Leona (Worth) Older and daughter of Wilma Jane (Older) Zillman.
44. State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages, 1880-1920, R-Z, p. 190, Sup. Mt. v. 19. (Genealogy 977.201 V689U, v.19): name of bride - Isaphine Worth, name of father - Dock, mother’s maiden name - Lucy Harmeson, female, white, age next birthday - 19, date of marriage - July 29, 1903, Book 7, p. 42.
45. Information from Janet Kay (Zillman) Shinkle to Curtis L. Older.
46. State of California, Ventura Co., Certificate of Death, local registration district 5600, certificate number 2405, Ethel Leona (Worth) Older, date of birth January 8, 1893. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1900, Vigo Co., 1900, Ethel Worth, born January 1893, age 7.
47. Statement by Wilma Jane (Older) Zillman made to Curtis L. Older. No marriage record was found for Roy Burton Older and Ethel Leona Worth.
48. State of Illinois, Macon Co., Decatur, Birth Certificate, date of birth September 28, 1911, residence of the mother and location of birth - 1165 North Edward Street, Decatur, Illinois, name of child added to the birth certificate per affidavit of Truxton James Older, July 3, 1973; Birth certificates for Wilma Jane Older and Robert Burton Older should be on record at the Court House, Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois; U. S. Census of Illinois, 1920, Vermilion Co., Danville, Newell Township, enumeration district #173, enumerated January 5, 1920, by Blanche Miller, Roy Older household; U. S. Census of Illinois, 1930, Vermilion Co., Danville, Ward Four, enumerated April 3, 1930, Roy Older household.
49. State of California, Ventura Co., Certificate of Death, local registration district 5600, certificate number 2405, Ethel Leona (Worth) Older, date of death December 26, 1975.
50. Springhill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois, Lot 337, Block 21.
51. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1850, Rush Co., Jackson Township, p. 556, John Worth household; U. S. Census of Indiana, 1860, Hendricks Co., Middle Township, Pittsborough, John Worth household.
52. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1870, Montgomery Co., Sugar Creek Township, Post Office - Darlington, dwelling 34, family 34, enumerated June 17, 1870, by J. S. McLaughin, John Worth household.
53. U. S. Census of Illinois, 1880, Vermilion Co., Oakwood Township, e. d. 219, sheet 41, Chesterfield Worth household.
54. Champaign County, Illinois, official record #0405000002065. Title: Champaign County Register of Births, Entry 2065, Comments: Registration of Birth for Malissa Worth, Born August 20, 1880, in Champaign. Son of Chesterfield S. and Lucy Worth.

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