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Victoria Worthington

Female 1841 - 1918  (77 years)


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  • Name Victoria Worthington  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 4 Jul 1841  Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Died 20 Sep 1918  [4, 7
    Buried Mt. Zion Baptist Cem., Martinsville, Morgan Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7
    Person ID I4323  Carley Bisher's Ancestry
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2011 

    Family Jeremiah Bishir, Jr.,   b. 12 Jan 1835, White, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1909  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 3 Mar 1859  White Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Bishir,   d. UNKNOWN
    +2. Victoria Ellen Bishir,   b. 15 Feb 1860,   d. 20 Nov 1926  (Age 66 years)
     3. Richard Alfred Bishir,   b. 17 Feb 1862,   d. UNKNOWN
    +4. Samuel Edward Bishir,   b. 22 Apr 1863, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1929  (Age 66 years)
     5. Joseph William Bishir,   b. 12 Mar 1868,   d. 30 Oct 1941  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • JOHN WORTHINGTON
      John Worthington was a son of Richard Worthington, who came to Pennsylvania from England in 1822. He was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1822, and when but eleven years old came with his parents to White County, the family living for many years on a farm about a mile west of Monticello. Of the family of eleven children he was the last survivor except his sister, Mrs. Victoria Bishir, of Marion, who was able to be present at his funeral. He was married April 10, 1853, to Lydia Vauscoy and to them were born eight children; his wife and three daughters survived him. In early life Mr. Worthington became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in which communion he lived his entire life. He died at his home in East Monticello, September 7, 1914.



      1850 Indiana, White, Dist 130, p 411b, #210/210 line 35-42
      Worthington, Richard 59, m, farmer, 4000, england
      Mary, 56, England
      John, 28, m, farmer, 400, PA
      Catherine, 21, f, PA
      Lucy, 19, f, PA
      Martha, 17, PA, sch.
      Eliza, 13, f, IN, sch.
      Victory, 9, f, IN, sch.

      Lucy married James P. Moore 2 apr 1851
      Martha married William Roberts 18 Feb 1853
      Catherine married William Orr 27 Mar 1859
      Eliza married John S. Stephens 2 feb 1864
      (White County, Indiana Marriage Records, 1834-1880 (by Robert and Phyllis Selby, Selby Publishing, Kokomo, IN))

      A family story has it that Victoria sent a bushel basket of apples every year to the Queen of England. (Joyce Pappas)

  • Sources 
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    5. [S427] 411B.

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