Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

SAMUEL WORTMAN, blacksmith, Bluff Springs; was born in Rush 
County, Ind., May 16, 1829. His parents, Smith W. and Mary 
(Wagoner) Wortman, both died in 1859; his father was a 
native of North Carolina; his mother of Bourbon County, 
Ky.; they had six children, five boys and one girl. Samuel 
received but a limited education, attending school in Rush 
and Shelby Counties, Ind. He worked at the blacksmith's 
trade in Sangamon County, Ill., about a year, then came to 
this county, where he has since remained, and where he was 
married, Oct. 17, 1852, to Esther Taylor, a native of this 
county, born April 16, 1832, daughter of John and Mary 
Taylor; he, still living, she, deceased. By this union 
seven children have been born: Eliza J., Amos (deceased), 
Levy (deceased), Francis M., Ann E. (deceased), Marvin T. 
and Alice L. Mr. Wortman is a Democrat; his wife is a 
member of the M.E. Church.

Wortman Wagoner Taylor
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Rush-IN NC Bourbon-KY Sangamon-IL Shelby-IN