Henry Spencer Worthington

Birth: 31 MAY 1812  Ogden, Monroe Co, New York 1st Marriage: 1834 to Fanny Loomis Woodward Place:  New York Birth of Son:  21 JUN 1835 Name: Justin William Worthington Place:  New York Birth of Son:  1841 Name: Charles N. Worthington Moved to:  1842 Place:  Hartland Twp, Livingston Co, Michigan Birth of Daughter:  MAY 1846 Name: Sarah A. Worthington Place:  Handy Twp, Livingston Co, Michigan 1850 Census:  Couldn't find him in Michigan. Birth of Daughter:  ABT 1856 Name: Ida Worthington 1860 Census:  14 JUL 1860 Place:  Heartland, Livingston Co, Michigan Note:  Wife, Fanny, and 3 children are living in household. 1870 Census:  27 JUN 1870 Place:  Heartland, Livingston Co, Michigan Note:  Wife, Fanny, one child and two farm laborers are living in household. Birth of Son:  Albert H. Worthington Occupation:  1872 Place:  Handy Twp, Livingston Co, Michigan Note:  Was a Justice of the Peace. Platt Map:  1875 Place:  Handy Twp, Livingston Co, Michigan Occupation:  1876 Place:  Handy Twp, Livingston Co, Michigan Note:  Was a Justice of the Peace. 1880 Census:  Handy, Livingston Co, Michigan Note:  Wife, Fanny, is also living in household. 2nd Marriage: 02 JUL 1888 to Jane Thayer Place: Locke, Ingham Co, Michigan Death:  FEB 1900 Place:  Hope, Midland Co, Michigan Note: Died of paralysis after a two week illness. Burial:  Coffey Cemetery, Handy Twp, Livingston Co, Michigan Note:  His funeral was officiated by Rev. J. C. Brown in Hope Twp, Midland Co, MI.  He had purchased his burial plot, No. 120 on 02 APR 1887 for $4.00. Click here for parents: Justin Worthington and Sarah Sparrow

Henry Spencer Worthington moved to Hartland Twp, Livingston Co, Michigan with his family in 1842.  In those days it took three days to move from Detroit to Hartland by ox team.  He lived in Handy Twp from early 1865 to spring of 1888 and then moved to Hope, Midland Co, Michigan.  "He was a very peculiar man and rather eccentric in life but a man of strict honesty and integrity and upright in all dealings with his fellowman.  He was a great leader and always kept posted on the questions of the day.  He was an ardent Democrat and held various offices in the gift of the township at various times."  He was Township School Inspector and Justice of the Peace several times in both Handy and Hartland Twps and a member of the Livingston County Pioneer Society. 

Fanny Loomis Woodward

Birth: NOV 1813 Place:  Connecticut Note: She was named after her Aunt Fanny and Uncle John Loomis.  She and Henry were fifth cousins one generation removed. Death:  27 SEP 1884 Place:  Handy Twp, Livingston Co, Michigan Note:  According to her death record, she died of a function of the limb. The best guess of a physician is that means she died of a stroke.  Her parents are A. G. and Harriett Woodward Burial:  Coffey Cemetery, Handy Twp, Livingston Co, Michigan Click here for parents: Asahel G. Woodward and Harriet House

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