William H. Worden (1840 - 1863)

Born 10 May 1840 in Dover Twp., Lenawee County, Michigan

Ancestors

Died 5 Oct 1863 at age 23 in Corinth, Mississippi

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Biography

Source 1: Note: The transcriber wrote Pelson Worden, it should read Nelson Worden.

William H Worden United States Census, 1850 Name William H Worden Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Event Place Dover, Lenawee, Michigan, United States Gender Male Age 10 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1840 Birthplace Michigan House Number 178

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Silas Worden M 37 New York Fanny Worden F 34 New Hampshire Mary Worden F 14 New Hampshire Susan M Worden F 12 Michigan William H Worden M 10 Michigan Pelson Worden M 7 Michigan Alexander Worden M 5 Michigan Laura A Worden F 2 Michigan Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8J-FYB : accessed 8 November 2015), William H Worden in household of Silas Worden, Dover, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing family 178, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Source 2: William Henry Worden, born in Mich., Lenawee Co. To. Dover May 10th 1840. William H. Worden died Oct. 4, 1863 age 23 years on the battlefield in Tennessee. William Henry Worden enlisted Sept. 1, 1861 at Jackson, Mich. in Co. E 3rd Mich. Cav. he was killed in action Oct. 5, 1863 near Corinth, Mississippi in a skirmish near Albany as indicated in the pension file.

Sources

1. US Federal Census 1850. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8J-FYB

2. Wordens Past Newsletter May 1992 pages 847, 848.

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD5-8R5F : 13 March 2018), William H Worden, 1887.

• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005647337;view=1up;seq=202