HOUSEWORTH, WM. McD.
HOUSEWORTH, BECK, HOWARD
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/26/2025 at 20:34:26
BURLINGTON CITY.
(P. O. BURLINGTON)HOUSEWORTH, WM. McD., carpenter and builder; shop on West Jefferson St.; he was born in Ross Co., Ohio, July 11, 1832 ; moved to Burlington in September, 1845 ; learned his trade with Richard Howard. Has served as Township Trustee ; held office as Member of the Board of Education for the last ten years. Married March 19, 1853, Mary A. Beck ; she was born in Vermont ; they have five children—George F., Walter S., Minnie S., William J. and Marion J.
Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879
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