This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Southworth, Day, Goldsberry, Hartshorn Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/1744 Message Board Post: Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pp. 583-584 Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1888 T. J. SOUTHWORTH is a native of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, born in Shelby Township, February 25, 1843, his father, BUCKNER SOUTHWORTH, being one of the early pioneers of the county. The latter was a native of Virginia, and of English ancestry. In early life he learned the trade of tanner and currier, and also worked at the shoemaker's trade. He married MISS MARGARET DAY, and reared a large family. He left Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in 1856 for Ohio, where he made his home until his death. T. J. SOUTHWORTH, the subject of this sketch, was reared to agricultural pursuits, and has always followed the vocation of a farmer. He was a soldier of the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in November, 1861, in Company D, Fortieth Indiana Infantry, and took an active part in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Bargetown, Stone River and Mission Ridge. While in the service he was shot while in a three days' fight by a minie ball in the calf of the left leg, which came out of the ankle joint of the left foot, passed through the right foot, and came out at the little toe joint. His wounds were so badly attended to, that he was never afterward fit for active duty, and has never recovered from their effects. He received an honorable discharge January 3, 1865, when he returned to his home in Shelby Township, and resumed farming. He was married in September, 1866, to MISS SARAH E. HARTSHORN, and of the seven children born to this union five are yet living--EMMARILLAS, EDGAR, RANSOM, ORAL, and LIZZIE. Mrs. SARAH E. SOUTHWORTH died in the fall of 1876, and seven months later MR. SOUTHWORTH married MISS JENNIE GOLDSBERRY, of Frankfort, Ohio, and they are the parents of four children, named -- HARRY, MAMIE, WILLARD and FRANK. MR. SOUTHWORTH is located on a fine farm of sixty-two acres on section 12, Shelby Township, his land being well improved and highly cultivated, his residence being comfortable and commodious, and everything about the place showing care and thrift. He has a fine barn with stone basement, and his other farm buildings are correspondingly good. MR. SOUTHWORTH is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He belongs to the Odd Fellows order, being a member of Lafayette Lodge No. 15. Politically he affiliates with the Democratic party.