Brief Life History of Milo Newkirk
When Milo Newkirk Woodworth was born on 29 May 1815, in Brookville Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States, his father, Riley Woodworth, was 32 and his mother, Katurah Newkirk, was 25. He married Mary Ann Croslin on 8 January 1845, in Franklin, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Brookville, Brookville Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 29 May 1883, in Ashmore, Coles, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Ashmore Cemetery, Ashmore Township, Coles, Illinois, United States.
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- Milo Woodworth, "United States Census, 1870"
- Miles Woodworth, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Milo Newkirk Woodworth, "Find A Grave Index"
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1816
Historical Information 1816: Franklin, Indiana, United states
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): variant of Woodward or Wadworth, the latter being a habitational name from Wadworth in Yorkshire, which is derived from the Old English personal name Wada, Wadda + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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