I have been working for a few months trying to find out more about my 3x Great Grandfather Joseph Wormwood (aka Joseph W. Warren). I have discovered so much more about him thanks to a few books and a few newspaper articles found in the Sewickley Herald Newspaper in Pennsylvania.
I was looking for as much information that I could gather so I contacted the Sewickley Valley Historical Society to see if they might have anything on Joseph Warren and his family. They were able to find a few things and mailed me photocopies of what they had. One of those photocopies was his Obituary published June 28, 1919, in “The Sewickley Herald”. This was so amazing to read. Below is a transcription I made of this very long “In Memoriam”.
JOSEPH WORMWOOD WARREN
Like the ripened sheaf ready for the reaper, Joseph W. Warren, a distinguished octogenarian of Sewickley, was gathered into the eternal harvest last Monday, closing a life full of activities and rugged experiences. He was the son of Richard W. and Elizabeth Wells Warren and was born in Kennebunk, Maine, May 30, 1831. When a young man the family moved to Lowell, Mass., where Joseph learned the machinist trade. He then entered the histrionic profession and travelled on the
