E. I. WORRELL is a son of Elias, and grandson of Robert Worrell, the latter having been a pioneer of Fayette county, Penn. Robert was a relative of William Penn. Elias Worrell was born in 1798, on his father's farm in Fayette county, Penn., and came with his parents to Allen township, Washington county, when a boy. In early life he was united in marriage with Sarah Allen, a native of Allen township, this county, who bore him children as follows: Allen, a cabinet maker, who died at California, Penn., July 24, 1866; William, a merchant of Brownsville, Penn., who died June 19, 1872; John a clerk on a steamboat, died July 25, 1872, at Brownsville, and Joshua, who enlisted in 1862, in the Eighteenth Cavalry, under General Kilpatrick. After the war he moved to Kansas, then returned to Washington county, where he died February 22, 1872. For his second wife Elias Worrell married Aves Smith, a native of East Pike Run township, and their children were S. W., wife of C. L. Kinder, who died in 1892, at Scenery Hill; Mary Elizabeth, wife of E. A. Williams, of East Pike Run township, and E. I., whose name opens this sketch. Mr. and Mrs. Worrell always resided in Allen township. Mr. Worrell owned land in Wooster, Ohio. In politics he was an active Republican, having held various local offices. He died May l, 1873, having been preceded to the grave by his wife July 6, 1861. E. I. Worrell was born November 12, 1848, on the home farm in Allen township, Washington county, received a district-school education and also attended the Normal at California, Penn. He was married March 2, 1881, to Emma, daughter of George W. and Caroline (Riggs) Hazelbaker, and a native of Allen township, this county. Her parents were born in Washington county. Both parents are now living in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Worrell have had three children, namely: J. H., Cora and Irwin. The father is an active member of the Republican party, and has held the position of county auditor since the fall of 1890, receiving 6,686 votes. The farm contains 106 acres of good land. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Worrell are members of the Methodist Church at Ebenezer. He studied pharmacy when a young man, with the intention of becoming a druggist; but at the solicitation of his father, took charge of the farm and has ever since been an agriculturist. Mr. Worrell has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since boyhood, serving as superintendent of Sabbath-school, secretary of the board of trustees and leader of the choir. He has been administrator, trustee and assignee of many estates, and has always been faithful in every position.

Text taken from page 1219 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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