. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. and throughout hislife was an industrious and highly esteemed pioneerof the township. In politics he was a stanch Re-publican. He died May 1, 1888, aged eighty-threeyears, nine months and twentv-one days. Worden C. Rockwell, our subject, was fiveyears of age when he was brought to the wildernesshome in Lathrop township by his parents. He re-ceived only a
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. and throughout hislife was an industrious and highly esteemed pioneerof the township. In politics he was a stanch Re-publican. He died May 1, 1888, aged eighty-threeyears, nine months and twentv-one days. Worden C. Rockwell, our subject, was fiveyears of age when he was brought to the wildernesshome in Lathrop township by his parents. He re-ceived only a common-school education, and whenseventeen years of age began to work out amongthe neighboring farmers. At the age of twenty-five,in 1858, he was married in Lathrop township toMiss Betsey Williams, who was born January 11,1835. daughter of James F. M. and LodemaWilliams, and granddaughter of Thomas M. Will-iams, of Brooklyn, Windham Co., Conn. F. was born in 1800, and died in 1880. In[826 he married Lodema Downing, also a nativeof Brooklyn, Conn., horn in 1799, and died in 1875;she was a daughter of James Downing. They livedat 1 .awrence, X. Y., and other places for a few years,and in 1834 came to Brooklyn township, Susque-. (J M oo d aw Q o
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