iv. DR THOMAS C WORTHINGTON, b. Anne Arundel Co Maryland; m. MARIA MCCOY DORSEY, July 14, 1841, Anne Arundel Co Maryland.
Notes for DR THOMAS C WORTHINGTON: Dr Worthington's property ajoined his fathers property to the north. His patriarchal beard, handsome form and courtly manners are well remembered and give us a picture of the founders. His home, according to Warfield is owned by Joshua Warfield Baxley.
EVELINA A DORSEY Abt. 1819, daughter of CALEB DORSEY and MARY GASSAWAY. She was born 1798 in Montgomery Co.
EVELINA A7 DORSEY (MARY (POLLY)6 GASSAWAY, CAPT CHARLES5, KATHERINE4 WORTHINGTON, THOMAS HOWARD3, CAPTAIN JOHN2, REV JOHN1) was born 1798 in Montgomery Co. She married (1) WILLIAM PRINCE August 20, 1818 in Montgomery Co Md. He was born in Kentucky. She married (2) AMOS DORSEY Abt. 1819, son of AMOS DORSEY and MARY DORSEY. He was born February 20, 1789 in Anne Arundel Co Maryland, and died January 13, 1856 in Howard Co, Md. Children of EVELINA DORSEY and WILLIAM PRINCE are:
i. ELIZABETH8 PRINCE.
ii. CYEANNE PRINCE.
ANNE ELIZA DORSEY, b. 1837; m. JAMES SIMPSON
LAURA L DORSEY, b. 1847; m. CHARLES HAMMOND CARR, November 06, 1878.
NICHOLAS (NICHE) WORTHINGTON, b. October 29, 1820; d. November 21, 1864.
NICHOLAS (NICHE)7 WORTHINGTON (JOHN HENRY (HAMMOND)6, JAMES5, JOHN4, COL JOHN3, CAPTAIN JOHN2, REV JOHN1) was born October 29, 1820, and died November 21, 1864. He married (1) HENRIETTA A DORSEY. He married (2) SARAH E ANDERSON October 19, 1847 in Montgomery Co Md. She died April 13, 1857. Children of NICHOLAS WORTHINGTON and SARAH ANDERSON are:
i. LAURA8 WORTHINGTON, b. September 16, 1848; m. LLOYD EGBERT DORSEY, October 26, 1869; b. April 28, 1840.More About LLOYD EGBERT DORSEY: Other: served in Confederate Army
ii. CLAUDE WORTHINGTON, b. April 06, 1857.
NICHOLAS (NICHE) WORTHINGTON, b. October 29, 1820; d. November 21, 1864.
NICHOLAS (NICHE)7 WORTHINGTON (JOHN HENRY (HAMMOND)6, JAMES5, JOHN4, COL JOHN3, CAPTAIN JOHN2, REV JOHN1) was born October 29, 1820, and died November 21, 1864. He married (1) HENRIETTA A DORSEY. He married (2) SARAH E ANDERSON October 19, 1847 in Montgomery Co Md. She died April 13, 1857. Children of NICHOLAS WORTHINGTON and SARAH ANDERSON are:
i. LAURA8 WORTHINGTON, b. September 16, 1848; m. LLOYD EGBERT DORSEY, October 26, 1869; b. April 28, 1840.More About LLOYD EGBERT DORSEY: Other: served in Confederate Army
ii. CLAUDE WORTHINGTON, b. April 06, 1857.
SARAH E ANDERSON October 19, 1847 in Montgomery Co Md. She died April 13, 1857.
JOHN THOMAS WORTHINGTON, b. March 31, 1826; d. March 28, 1905, at sunset Urbana, Md.
Notes for JOHN THOMAS WORTHINGTON: Many of the early Worthingtons & Simmons are buried in the quaint old graveyard of Mt Zion Episcopal Church (now in ruins) in the heart of Urbana Md which is abt 6 miles s/o Frederick on Rt 355. Their original home on Rt 80 (Fingerboard Rd) just e/o of MD Rt 355 is now the clubhouse of the Worthington Manor Golf & Country Club which opened May 1998. Just before the Civil War They bought another large farm at Frederick Lunction, a B&O RR station on the Monocacy River 3 miles s/o Frederick. It was particularly good location since all the neighboring farmers shipped their produce to Baltimore & Washington from that station. On 7/9/1864 there took place on the Worthington farma large battle which caused some 1500 casualties between the northern & southern armies. Judge Glenn Worthington was a small boy and watched the battle from the basement. Several yrs ago, the Natioal Park Service began acquiring farms around the battle site for the Monocacy National Battlefield Park which is now open although not yet complete. The Worthington Home, looking rather bleak & in an advanced state of disrepair, is to be restored & become in due Course the Park,s visitor center. An account of the battle & a photo of the house as it now looks can be found at http://www.nps.gov/mono/mo_hist.htm (as per David Reed) ************************************************************************************* The Battle That Saved Washington The Battle of Monocacy Saturday, July 9, 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If judged by its consequences rather than its size, the Battle of Monocacy ranks among the important battles of the American Civil War. Here, July 9, 1864, on a checkerboard of gold wheatfields and green cornfields just outside Frederick, Maryland, Confederate forces under General Jubal Early defeated Union forces under General Lew Wallace. The battle cost Early a day's march and his chance to capture Washington, DC. Thwarted in the attempt to take the capital, the Confederates turned back to Virginia, ending their last campaign to carry the war into the North. Early's bold raid was part of a plan to divert Union forces away from Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Virginia. Pushing northward through the Shenandoah Valley, Early arrived at Winchester, Virginia, on July 2. After plundering Federal stores at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Early's men crossed the Potomac into Maryland at Sharpsburg, near Antietam, where a previous Southern offensive had ended in bloody battle two years before. Early's cavalry collected $20,000 from Hagerstown residents to spare their town. But at Frederick, where the main body of troops headed, General Early himself demanded, and received, $200,000 ransom. Meanwhile, the Confederate actions were having the desired effect on Washington. Responding to alarm caused by Early's advances, General U.S. Grant dispatched a 5,000-man division under James B. Ricketts on July 6, and a few days later sent the full corps under H.G. Wright. Until those troops arrived, however, the only Federal army between Early and the capital city was a ragtag group of 2,300 men commanded by Major General Lew Wallace. At the time, Wallace, who would become best known for his book Ben Hur, was headquartered m Baltimore. Away from the battlefront, the district was used for training recruits. Most of Wallace's men had never seen battle. Wallace learned that a large enemy force was advancing. Uncertain whether Baltimore or Washington was the Confederate's objective, he knew he had to delay their approach until reinforcements could reach either city. Frederick Junction, also called Monocacy Junction, three miles southeast of Frederick was the logical point of defense for both cities. The Georgetown Pike to Washington and the National Road to Baltimore both crossed the Monocacy River there as did the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. If Wallace could stretch his little army over six miles of riverfront to protect both turnpike bridges, the railroad bridge, and several fords, he could make Early disclose the strength and objective of the Confederate force and delay him as long as possible. Wallace's prospects brightened with word that the first contingent of Grant's Veterans, the troops commanded by General Ricketts, had reached Baltimore and were rushing by rail to join Wallace at the Monocacy. On Saturday, July 9, combined forces of Walllace and Ricketts, numbering about 5,800 were positioned at the bridges and fords of the river. The higher elevation of the river's east bank formed a natural breastwork for some of the soldiers. Others occupied two block-houses, the trenches they had dug with a few available tools, or took what cover they could among the fences and crops of once peaceful farms. Confederate General Dodson Ramseur's division encountered Wallace's troops on the Georgetown Pike near the Best Farm; General Robert Rodes's division clashed with the Federals on the National Road. Believing that a frontal attack across the Monocacy would be too costly, Early sent John McCausland's cavalry down Buckeystown Road to find a ford and outflank the Union line. Confederates penetrated the Monocacy defenses below the McKinney-Worthington Ford and attacked Wallace's left flank. Some of the heaviest fighting that day took place where they confronted Ricketts's veterans at a fence separating the Worthington and Thomas farms. The Federals fought fiercely to hold position, but it was only a matter of time before the superior force nearly 15,000 Confederates--gained control. A three-pronged attack of Confederate's from General John Gordon's Division led by Terry, York, and Evans pushed Ricketts back toward the National Road where he was joined by the beleaguered troops who had fought Ramseur and Rodes all day. By late afternoon the Federals were retreating toward Baltimore, leaving behind over 1,294 dead, wounded, and captured. Later, General Wallace gave orders to collect the bodies of the dead in a burial ground on the battlefield where he proposed a monument to read: "These men died to save the National Capital, and they did save it." The way lay open to Washington. Early's army had won the field at Monocacy, but at the expense of 700 to 900 killed and wounded and a day lost. The next morning the Confederates marched on, and by midday Monday, Early stood inside the District of Columbia, looking at the earthworks of Fort Stevens. But even as Early watched, the blue-coated veterans of Wright's corps marched toward Fort Stevens. That night, Wright pushed back the rebels. Early had succeeded in drawing some of Grant's forces away from Lee, but taking Washington no longer seemed possible. The rebel army withdrew across the Potomac at White's Ford, and returned to friendly Virginia. General Early wrote in a report of the 1864 campaign: "Some of the Northern papers stated that, between Saturday and Monday, I could have entered the city; but on Saturday I was fighting at Monocacy, thirty-five miles from Washington, a force which I could not leave in my rear; and after disposing of that force and moving as rapidly as it was possible for me to move, I did not arrive in front of the fortifications until after noon on Monday, and then my troops were exhausted ...." General Grant also assessed Wallace's delaying tactics at Monocacy: "If Early had been but one day earlier, he might have entered the capital before the arrival of the reenforcements I had sent .... General Wallace contributed on this occasion by the defeat of the troops under him, a greater benefit to the cause than often falls to the lot of a commander of an equal force to render by means of a victory." (as per Monocacy website) ************************************************************************************* The Worthington Farm The Worthington house, built circa 1851, is a brick structure of federal style. It is typical of a Maryland farmhouse of the period. The house and accompanying 278 acres were purchased by John T. Worthington in 1862. The Worthington family remained owners until 1953. The house was acquired by the National Park Service in 1982, and was stabilized as a historic preservation training exercise. Restoration is expected in the future. During the Battle of Monocacy, the Confederates mounted three attacks from the Worthington fields in the heaviest fighting of the day. In the latter phase of the battle Major General John C. Breckinridge viewed the action from the front yard and conversed with Mr. Worthington. Meanwhile, Worthington's six-year-old son, Glenn, watched the fighting from a boarded up cellar window. When he became an adult, Glenn Worthington wrote a book about the Battle of Monocacy entitled Fighting for Time. It remained the only book-length account of the battle for 130 years.
MARY RUTH DELILAH SIMMONS May 27, 1856, daughter of MAJ JAMES SIMMONS. She was born 1832 in Anne Arundel Co Md, and died June 05, 1902 in at 11 PM Urbana, Md.
Notes for MARY RUTH DELILAH SIMMONS: Her family from Anne Arundel Co. They had large land holdinds in Montgomery & Frederick Cos.
FANNIE WORTHINGTON, b. December 17, 1863