Brief Life History of Nathaniel Prentiss
When Nathaniel Prentiss Worden was born on 9 April 1826, in Rutland, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Amos Prentiss Worden, was 45 and his mother, Mary Case, was 29. He married Ann Cowley on 15 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States in 1870 and Socorro, New Mexico, United States in 1885. He died on 27 February 1907, in Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Nathaniel, "United States Census, 1870"
- Nathaniel Prentiss Worden, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Nathaniel Prentiss Worden, "Find A Grave Index"
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1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1848 · Fire Destroys the Temple
On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire)
habitational name from Worden in Leyland (Lancashire). The placename probably derives from Old English wer ‘weir’ + denu ‘valley’.
habitational name from any of the four places in Devon called Worden. These are Worden in Shebbear, Worden in Bradworthy, Worden in Luffincott, and Worden in Stoke Fleming. All but Worden in Stoke Fleming appear to have been named with Old English worthign ‘enclosure, homestead’ (compare Worthen ). Worden in Stoke Fleming may derive from Old English hwyrfel ‘circle’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Grandpa Worden and cotton farming
From Nathaniel Worden's granddaughter's (Bina Beal) Book of Remembrance -- "In 1889, Grandpa Worden planted the first cotton that was raised in the Gila Valley, just north of Warner Mattice's house. …
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