Brief Life History of Elias
When Elias Worthington was born in 1860, in Driftwood Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel Worthington, was 40 and his mother, Maxanna Green, was 37. He lived in Milford Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States in 1870.
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- Elias Worthington in household of Samuel Worthington, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire): habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and Leicestershire named Worthington. The placenames probably derive from an Old English personal name Weorth + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
History: Nicholas Worthington emigrated from England to Old Saybrook, CT, c. 1650.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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