Worden Family


Generation 1

Lorenzo Worden married Joanna, she may have been surnamed Harding. They had at least two children:
  1. David A. Worden
  2. Warren Worden

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):

  1. Olive Nell Worden
  2. Effie Eunice Worden
  3. Max DeLane Worden
  4. Lula Bell Worden
  5. Ruth Worden
  6. Mina Worden
  7. R.B. 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:
  1. Ava Jane Clayton
  2. Mildred Irene "Peg" Clayton
  3. Melvin James Clayton
  4. Bert Wilson Clayton

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