Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley Wadsworth was born in 1818, in Warren, Tennessee, United States, his father, Thomas Wadsworth VI, was 36 and his mother, Nancy Ann Skaggs, was 30. He married Susan Ribble on 21 March 1838, in Orange, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1864, in Madison Township, Daviess, Indiana, United States, at the age of 46.
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Sources (6)
- John W Wadsworth, "United States Census, 1850"
- John W Wadsworth, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- John W Wadsworth in entry for Telman Shinn and Susannia Perry, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
Spouse and Children
1818–1864 Male
1817–1907 Female
Children (10)
1839–1901 Male
1839–1901 Male
1840–1900 Male
1841– Female
1842– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1782–1841 Male
1788–1850 Female
Siblings (18)
1807–1897 Male
1807– Male
1809–1876 Female
1810– Female
1810– Female
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 1
1823
Age 5
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Age 14
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Wadsworth near Halifax, Yorkshire. The placename derives from an Old English personal name Wæddi (genitive Wæddes) + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
History: William Wadsworth came from England to Cambridge, MA, in 1632, and in 1636 accompanied Thomas Hooker as one of the founders of Hartford, CT. — John Wadsworth (died 1787) was a fellow of Harvard College and is buried in the old burial ground in Cambridge, MA. Peleg Wadsworth, born in Duxbury, MA, 1748, was a revolutionary war general and grandfather of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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