He married Lydia Ann Williams (1840-1917) in Sugar Creek, IA in 1860.[1][2] They were the parents of at least 8 children:
Anna Kenworthy
Alvin Kenworthy
Laura Kenworthy
Nellie Kenworthy
Walter James Kenworthy
Leon B. Kenworthy
Ezra Kenworthy
Evalyn Kenworthy
He passed away in 1911 and is buried in Huntsville Cemetery, Columbia County, Washington.
Notes
His mother is buried in Rush County, IN. It is possible he was born there rather than in Henry County IN, where his father remarried.
Sources
↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJCV-TLW : 25 September 2017), James Kenworth and Lyda Ann Williams, 29 Feb 1860, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, United States; citing reference vol A p 34, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,028,402.
BIRTH:Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VII part 4 p 249, 302,374; pub 1972; 977.123 IN v.4 @@ Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Portland
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJJ-882 : 19 December 2020), James Kenworthy in household of Wm Kenworthy, Dudley Township, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMPD-W9H : accessed 4 October 2021), James Kenworthy, Alto, Huntsville, McKay, and Railroad Precincts, Columbia, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 4B, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,742.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGV9-MJK : accessed 4 October 2021), James Kenworthy, Huntsville, Columbia, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 1A, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1655; FHL microfilm 1,375,668.
"Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ98-8XX : 10 March 2018), James Kenworthy, 23 Oct 1911; citing Huntsville, Columbia, Washington, reference cn 43, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,991,734.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
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