Worden Family
Generation 1
Lorenzo Worden married Joanna, she may have been surnamed Harding.
They had at least two children:
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David A. Worden
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b. abt 1857 at NY
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m. 28 April 1878 to Martha Jane Allen at Neillsville, Clark Co.,
WI
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Warren Worden
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m. 5 June 18__ at Centralia, Wood Co., WI
Generation 2
David A. Worden was born in New York. He married Martha Jane
Allen 28 April 1878 at Neillsville, Clark Co., WI. She was born 12
October 1861 in Wisconsin and died 23 August 1942 at Granger, Yakima Co.,
WA. They separated or divorced, probably at Bellingham, WA and she married
second to George E. Miller in Washington State. For further information
on her ancestry see the Allen Family.
Children of David Worden and Martha Jane Allen (Please note - there
may have been two more sons, one born after Olive and the other after Effie,
who died young. According to family tradition, Effie accidently shot and
killed a 2 year-old brother when she was 4 years-old):
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Olive Nell Worden
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b. 1 August 1879 at Dakota Terr. (now SD, probably Turner Co.)
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d. December 1968 at ND?
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m. Fred Clark and had the following children: Ray Clark; Jack Clark; Vernie
Clark; and Buster Clark
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Effie Eunice Worden
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b. 1 June 1883 at Granton, Clark Co., WI
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d. January 1984 at Reedsport, Douglas Co., OR
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bur. Elmwood Cemetery, Toppenish, WA
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m. _____ Renne and had no children
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Aunt Effie is very fondly remembered by our family. She shared a room at
the nursing home in Reedsport with my great-grandmother (her sister Lula
Bell Clayton) and I remember attending her 100th birthday party when I
was 17. My great-grandmother died only a few days after Aunt Effie.
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Max DeLane Worden
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b. 1 May 1887 at Bismarck, ND
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d. 12 October 1985 at Yakima, Yakima Co., WA
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m. Anna Marie and had at least one child: Martha Worden
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Lula Bell Worden
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b. 5 June 1889 at Gettysburg, Potter Co., SD
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d. 11 January 1984 at Reedsport, Douglas Co., OR
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m. 12 October 1907 to Rolla Brooks Clayton at Keller, Ferry Co.,
WA
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Ruth Worden
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b. 27 May 1891
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d. March 1978
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m. _____ Thomsen
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Mina Worden
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b. 22 June 1894 at Glen Ullin, Morton Co., ND
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d. 6 March 1958 at Granger, Yakima Co., WA
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m. 1 May 1912 to Charles F. Hudson near Brewster, WA and had the following
children: Buelah Hudson; Glen Hudson; and Clifford Hudson
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R.B. Worden
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b. 31 July 1898
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d. August 1983
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m. Blanche Vanoy (1 Oct 1920-20 Oct 1988) and had at least one child: Howard
Worden
Generation 3
Lula Bell Worden was born 5 June 1889 at Gettysburg, Potter Co.,
SD and died 11 January 1984 at Reedsport, Douglas Co., OR. She married
Rolla Brooks Clayton 12 October 1907 at Keller, Ferry Co., WA. He
was born 16 March 1870 at Mapleton, Bourbon Co., KS and died 26 June 1926
at Mapleton, Bourbon Co., KS. They either separated or divorced. For further
information see the Clayton Family. They had
the following children:
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Ava Jane Clayton
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Mildred Irene "Peg" Clayton
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b. 20 October 1909 at Keller, Ferry Co., WA
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d. 21 December 1987 at Reedsport, Douglas Co., OR
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m. 7 November 1930 to Jesse Eugene Wheeler (13 June 1906-6 Feb 1951) and
had the following children: Glenn Eugene Wheeler (2 Aug 1931-Sept 1977);
Donna Lee Wheeler; and Robert Ray Wheeler (27 Apr 1935-16 Nov 1958)
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m. 13 July 1955 to Dewey Abbott at Reedsport, Douglas Co., OR - divorced
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Melvin James Clayton
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b. 28 November 1910 at Keller, Ferry Co., WA
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d. 17 September 1992 auto accident
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m. 9 December 1933 to Mable Heath (23 Jan 1915-17 Sept 1992 auto accident)
at Reedsport, Douglas Co., OR and had the following children: Gordon Earl
Clayton and Gerald Ray Clayton
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Bert Wilson Clayton
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b. 1912 at Keller, Ferry Co., WA
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d. 1914 (aged about 18 months) at Stayton, OR
Sources
Genealogy of One Branch of the Family of Clayton in England and America
1066 to 1960 by Lulu Irene Waters Hare, Washington, D.C. 1960
Funeral program of Effie Renne
Funeral program of Lula Clayton
Obituary of Lula Clayton
Interview with Effie Renne by Robert Clore, date unknown
1870 Census, Weston, Clark Co., WI, PO Staffordville, p 13 (last page
in county of course)
1880 Census, Township 99 Range 52, Turner Co., Dakota Terr., ED 26,
p 3
Marriage Certificate of David A. Worden and Mattie Jane Allen
Old family photos with inscriptions
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18 January 1998