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Jonathan Hawley WORMINGTON is a Sumner County Tennessean, born October 7,
1822, and is a son of Asa Hassel and Anna Olive (HAWLEY) WORMINGTON, who
were born in North Carolina and Connecticut, respectively. The father was
a participant in the Black Hawk War, a farmer, and died in Lawrence County,
Mo., in 1875. His father, Edward WORMINGTON, was born in England, and came
to America, locating first in North Carolina and then in Tennessee. He
aferward {sic} came to Northern Missouri, thence to Lawrence County, where
he died about 1838. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. Jonathan H.
Wormington came from Tennessee to Missouri with his father in 1829, but in
1835 located in Lawrence County. He was married to Sarah Ann FERGUSON, who
was born in Lincoln County, N. C., August 6, 1826. She is a daughter of
James and Mary (NEAL) FERGUSON, and granddaughter of James FERGUSON and
John NEAL, the latter being a native of England. The grandfather Ferguson
served throughout the Revolutionary War. Our subject and his wife are the
parents of the following children: Nancy Jane, wife of William GILBERT, of
Barry County; Sareptha Ann, wife of Dallas M. PRUITT; James Hassel, married
to Agatha BOSWELL; John Asa, who was married to Myra STANLEY, and died in
1875; Wiley Walter, married to Martha Jane MILLER; Arthur Russel, married
to Nancy Harriet BOSWELL, and lives in Sedalia; Frances Ellen, wife of
George MORRIS; Mary Orpa, wife of William BOUCHER, of Barry County; George
Wilson and Stella Orient.
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