William Bevill Whitworth

• Residence: USA
• Residence: Jefferson, Henry, Indiana, USA - 1850
• Residence: Jefferson, Henry, Indiana, USA - 1860
• Residence: Jefferson, Henry, Indiana, USA - 1870
• Residence: Jefferson, Henry, Indiana, USA - 1880
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 7 2022, 0:54:00 UTC

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William B. Whitworth, a son of Archibald and Elizabeth Whitworth, was born in Guildford County, North Carolina, August 4, 1814. At the age of fifteen years, he came with his uncle, Judge John Tomlinson, to Indiana, settling in Delaware County, where the latter entered two hundred and forty acres of land. He remained with Judge Tomlinson for a period of five years and then went to Muncie, Indiana, where he began to learn the trade of a carpenter. He soon left Muncie and came to Henry County, where on October 14, 1835, he entered land in Jefferson Township, the same being the west half of the southeast quarter of section eleven, township eighteen north, range nine east, eighty acres. On this land, which was afterwards brought to a very high state of cultivation, he continued to live until his death. His son, William W. Whitworth, now owns this property and makes it his home.

William B. Whitworth was married Oct 4, 1835, to Elizabeth, daughter of Judge John Tomlinson and Elizabeth, his wife. She was a native of Rowan County, North Caroline, where she was born Oct 20, 1810. She died September 18, 1853, and is buried in Painter Cemetery, two and a half miles northeast of Middletown. The fruits of this union were six children, namely: Sarah Ann, deceased; Margaret, now the wife of Vincent Cummins; John W., Mary E., afterwards the wife of Abraham White, now deceased; Sanford; Jemima J., now the wife of Joseph Hurst. William B. Whitworth was again married, on May 28, 1854, his second wife being Catharine, daughter of Richard and Henrietta Deaver. She was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, December 8, 1823, and came from there with her parents, first to Wayne County, Indiana, in 1828, and then to Henry County in 1835. To this union were born eight children, namely: Eliza J., deceased; Celinda, now Mrs. Patrick Smith, of Anderson, Indiana; Celica C., now the wife of Dr. Jasper T. Englerth, of Honey Creek; William W.; Catharine, now Mrs. John F. Coffman, of Alexandria, Indiana; Emma, now Mrs. Stansberry B. Tibbs, who lives with her husband about three miles north of where she was born; Ulysses S. G. deceased, and Philip H. S. The two daughters, Catharine and Emma, are twins.

William B. Whitworth died February 19, 1895, and his wife, Catharine (Deaver) Whitworth, died February 25, 1891. Both are buried in the Miller Cemetery, two and a half miles east of Middletown.

He was, for many years, a well known citizen of the county, and, in the neighborhood where he lived, no one occupied a higher place in the esteem of the people. He was an extremely industrious man and freely assisted in every movement having for its object the well-being or betterment of the community. He was a radical Republican and during the exciting times from 1856, which witnessed the birth of that political organization, down to and through the Civil War, and afterwards, even to the time of his death, he was a familiar figure in all political campaigns. Because of his intense political enthusiasm, he was appropriately styled "Old Ben Wade," after one of the Ohio senators, a name at one time familiar to all who admired American pluck.

Source: Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1905, Volume 1, pg. 290. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21179305/william-b_-whitworth