HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III,
pp.  1323-25.  Bourbon County.

WILLIAM P. WORNALL.  In the matter of definite accomplishment in
connection with the great industry of agriculture William P. Wornall has
gained vantage ground and is numbered among the representative farmers
and stock-growers of the younger generation in Bourbon county, which has
been his home from the time of his nativity and in which he is held in
unqualified confidence and esteem.
     Concerning the genealogy of the Wornall family the following data are
here incorporated.  The original progenitors of the name in America were
Roby and Edyth Wornall, who were of English ancestry and who were Colonial
residents in Virginia.  Their son Thomas, born December 13, 1775, died
November 3, 1838, was prominent in public affairs during his life time. He
was sheriff, a member of the Kentucky house of representatives from Clark
county in 1809, and was a colonel in a Kentucky regiment in the war of
1812.  On the 24th of January, 1797, was recorded the marriage of Thomas
Wornall to Miss Susan, a daughter of John Bowen and Susan (Rion) Bowen.
She was born January 21, 1777, and of the ten children born to this union,
eight grew to maturity, namely,--Richard, Eliza Ann, Alfred, Thomas, James,
Nancy Tucker, Perry and Susan Rion.  Richard, the first born, went to
Missouri, locating near Westport Landing, now Kansas City.  He married
Judith Ann Glover, who had been raised by John Bristow, and she died in
Missouri.  Subsequently Richard married Mrs. Mary Harrison, mother-in-law
of General John S. "Cerro Gordo" Williams.  By his first wife he had three
children, of whom Eliza died unmarried; as did one son Thomas.  The other
son, John Bristow, moved early in life to Westport, Missouri; he served in
the Missouri state senate from 1870 to 1874 and was prominently mentioned
for governor of the state.  He took an active part in the affairs of the
Baptist church, was for many years moderator of the Blue River Association
and was long president of the board of trustees of William Jewell College,
at Liberty, Missouri.  He had four sons, one of whom, Thomas J., was in
Missouri state senate from 1904 to 1908.  John Bristow Wornall had three
other sons, Francis Clay, John B. Jr., and Charles Hardin.
     Eliza Ann, the second child of Thomas and Susan (Rion) Wornall,
married a Mr. Anderson, of Winchester, Kentucky; they had no children.
Alfred, the third child, married Lucinda Hedges and he was summoned to
eternal rest in 1836, being survived by one son Alfred, who served in the
Confederate army during the Civil war and who married Margaret Hamilton.
He died September 19, 1908, and was not survived by any children.  Thomas
Jr., the fourth in order of birth of the above-mentioned children, married
Rebecca Beau and had two children, James W., who wedded Sophia Edwards,
had no offspring; and John T., who married first Ann Ewalt and later Mrs.
Redmon.  The latter union was prolific of one son, John T. Jr., now of Lair
Station, Harrison county, Kentucky.  James Rion Wornall, the fifth child of
Thomas and Susan Wornall, married Anne Moore, of Winchester, Kentucky; they
had two daughters, the elder of whom, Eliza, married Joseph Croxton, of
near Winchester, and has four children, Anne, Carrie Lee, Joseph and Clay;
and the younger of whom, Ann Clay, married William Buckner, of Bourbon
county, Kentucky, and became the mother of three children, Thomas Moore,
James Monroe and Lucy.  Nancy Tucker Wornall, sixth child of Thomas and
Susan Wornall, was united in marriage to Samuel (Graybeard) Clay, of
Bourbon county; they had four children, of whom Alfred died in youth;
Thomas Henry married Fannie Conn Williams, of Paris, Kentucky, and has four
children, George Williams, Thomas Henry Jr., Naunine and Alfred; Susan
Elizabeth married Cassius M. Clay Jr., prominent in politics and candidate
for governor of Kentucky, in 1911:  They had four children, Brutus J.,
Samuel H., Annie L. and Sue: James Eldred Clay, fourth child of Nancy T. W.
Clay, married Elizabeth Alexander, of Paris, Kentucky, and had five
children, Belle Brent, Naunine, James E. Jr., Samuel and Charlton.  Perry
Wornall, youngest son of Thomas and Susan R. Wornall, was born October 12,
1819, and married Elizabeth Ewalt, daughter of Samuel and Synthia (Pugh)
Ewalt and half sister of Ann Ewalt, who married John T. Wornall, as
previously noted.  They had two sons, Samuel Ewalt, born March 27, 1846,
and Thomas Parker, born December 13, 1847, and died November 23, 1891.
Samuel Ewalt Wornall now resides in the vicinity of Kansas City, Missouri.
He married Alice W. Buchanan of Louisville, Kentucky, and they became the
parents of four children, Rowen B., Elizabeth, Douglas B. and Edyth.
Thomas Parker Wornall married Kate Spears, of Paris, Kentucky, and had one
son, William Pugh to whom this sketch is dedicated.  Susan Rion, youngest
child of Thomas and Susan Wornall, married Francis Povall Clay, a brother
of Samuel (Graybeard) Clay, who married her sister, Nancy Tucker Wornall,
as already noted.  To this union were born four children who grew to
maturity.  Of these, the oldest, William Henry, married Emma Spears, sister
of Kate P. Wornall, and they have two sons living, Matt, of South Omaha,
Nebraska, and Roby, of Lexington, Kentucky; Francis P. Jr., the next child
of Susan and Francis P. Clay, married Emily Miller and has two sons, Horace
Miller and Francis Depew; the third child, Nannie, wedded Walker Buckner
and they have four children--Walker Jr., Woodford, Susan C. and William;
Oliver Perry, the youngest child of Susan R. W. Clay and Francis P. Clay,
married Willie Kearns, and they have one child, Eleanor.
     The original seat of the Wornall family in Kentucky was the home of
Thomas and Susan (Rion) Wornall, the same having been located in Clark
county, six miles north of Winchester, near the Paris and Winchester pike.
Of their children three, Perry, Nancy and Susan, removed to Bourbon
county near Paris, this state.  One son, Richard, went to Missouri; but
later returned to Kentucky where his death occurred about the year 1862,
near Winchester, in Clark county.  His son, John B., has numerous
descendants near Kansas City, Missouri, where he once resided.  Samuel E.
Wornall, son of Perry, and his children also reside near Kansas City,
Missouri.  Thomas Wornall Jr., son of Thomas and Susan Wornall, removed
to Harrison county, Kentucky, where his grandson, John T. (Tom) Wornall,
lives, at Lair Station.  His family and that of William P. Wornall, of
near Paris, Kentucky (son of Thomas Parker Wornall), are the only
representatives of the Wornall family in Kentucky that bear the same name.
     The foregoing genealogical data includes many of the best families in
Kentucky, numerous of the descendants being mentioned individually on other
pages of this work.  Following is a brief sketch of William Pugh Wornall,
who name introduces this article.  Further data are inserted here tracing
his direct descent.
     William Pugh Wornall was born in Bourbon county on the 2nd of March,
1879, and is a son of Thomas P. and Catherine (Kate) K. (Spears) Wornall,
both of whom were likewise natives of this county, where the former was
born on the 13th of November, 1847, and the latter on the 2nd of August,
1852.  Their marriage was solemnized on the 27th of October, 1875.  Thomas
P. Wornall was a son of Perry and Elizabeth (Ewalt) Wornall, both of whom
were natives of Kentucky and the former of whom was a son of Roby and
Susan (Rion) Wornall.  Thomas W. was a son of Roby and Edith Wornall, who
were numbered among the sterling pioneers of the old Blue Grass state.
After his marriage Thomas P. Wornall resided upon and operated the fine
old homestead farm of his father, five miles west of Paris, until 1884,
when he purchased land and established his home upon the farm now owned
by his son, William P., the subject of this review.  This well improved
farmstead comprises three hundred and ninety acres and is eligibly
located five miles east of Paris, on the Steele turnpike.  Here the father
continued to maintain his home until his death, which occurred on the
23rd of November, 1891.  He was a man of impregnable integrity in all the
relations of life and was one of the highly esteemed and representative
citizens of his native county, where he conducted agricultural operations
and stock-growing upon an extensive scale and where he also built up a
successful enterprise in the buying and shipping of live stock.  On the
23d of January, 1900, his widow became the wife of J. William Bedford and
they now reside about eight miles east of Paris, where Mr. Bedford has a
valuable farm.  Thomas P. and Catherine K. (Spears) Wornall became the
parents of only one child, William P., to whom this sketch is dedicated.
     William P. Wornall was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home
farm and after availing himself of the advantages of the academy,
conducted by William L. Yerkes, at Paris, he continued his studies in the
University of Kentucky at Lexington.  He was but twelve years of age at
the time of his father's death and while a mere boy he assumed much
responsibility in connection with the home farm, upon which he has
continued to reside until the present time and upon which he had conducted
most successful operations as a general agriculturist and stock-grower.
His industry and good management are on a parity with his progressive
methods and he is one of the able and popular business men of his home
county.  His political allegiance is given to the Democratic party; he is
affiliated with Paris Lodge, No. 373, Benevolent & Protective Order of
Elks; and he is a devout member of the Christian church.  His wife is a
member of the Presbyterian church and she also is a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
     On the 11th of April, 1901, Mr. Wornall was united in marriage to
Miss Elizabeth B. Woodford, who was born in Bourbon county on the 1st of
July, 1880, and who is a daughter of Benjamin and Alice (Brooks) Woodford.
Mr. and Mrs. Wornall became the parents of four children, two of whom
died in infancy, unnamed; William P. Jr., was born on the 24th of June,
1904, and B. Woodford was born on the 13th of June, 1909.

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