John Roberts Wentworth

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Biographical Sketch of John R. Wentworth, Greene County, Missouri, North Springfield >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883.
The subject of this sketch was born August 10, 1847, in Dover, New Hampshire. He received a good practical education in his native town. When he was sixteen he went to Boston, Massachusetts, and engaged as clerk in the large shipping and commission house of Pierce & Bacon, where he worked until 1868, then came to Missouri and joined the civil engineer corps that located the present St. L. & S. F. railway. When the road was completed to Marshfield he was appointed freight and ticket agent at that place where he remained until 1873, then was transferred to the office at North Springfield. On the first day of June, 1881, he was promoted to superintendent of the Kansas division of the St. L. & S. F. railway, which position he holds at present. On the 16th day of October, 1870, he married Miss Ida L. Straw, daughter of Col. J. W. & Lucy Straw, of Marshfield. They have one child, Maud E., born May 27, 1873. He is a member of Star lodge No. 20, K of P., also belongs to Wentworth lodge, No. 113, A.O.U.W.

Missouri History Encyclopedia, 1901
"...educated at Franklin Academy, dover, New Hampshire."

1850 Dover NH
1860 Dover, NH
1870 Dover NH with mother [widowed?] and brothers Albert and Andrew

1880 Census Place North Springfield, Greene, Missouri
J. R. WENTWORTH
Birth Year <1847>
Birthplace NH Age 33
Occupation Ticket Agt. R. R.
Marital Status M <Married> Race W <White>
Head of Household J. R. WENTWORTH Relation Self
Father's Birthplace NH Mother's Birthplace NH

1900 DeSota, Jefferson, MO
John R. Wentworth b. Aug 1847 NH; married 30 yrs
Luella born June 1850 Canada Eng; married 30 yrs; father born NH; mother b. England
Albert Wentworth b. July 1885 MO [son]
Madge Straw b. June 1879 MO [neice]
Katie Maupin b. Jun e 1876 KY [servant]; single

1910 Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
John R. Wentworth age 62; born NH; m. 39yrs; works as manager of Orchard Heaters
Ida L. Wentworth age 58; m. 39yrs; ch: 2/2; born NH; father born NH; mother born England

1920 Grand Junction, Meas, CO
John R. Wentworth age 72 born 1848 NH; Sec of School Board
Luella Wentworth born 1851 Canada; emig 1851; father b. NH; mother b. England

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John married Ida Louella Straw, daughter of Col Jacob W. Straw and Lucy Seymore, on 16 Oct 1870 in Webster County, MO. (Ida Louella Straw was born on 3 Jul 1847 in Canada, died on 25 Jun 1928 in Houston, Harris County, Texas and was buried in Municipal Cemetery in Orchard Mesa, Colorado.). The cause of her death was chronic myocarditis; hypertension.