Worthington Davis , 10 North 49 West
Worthington scrip-claimed a tract in sections 13 and 34, 10N 49W in 1871, originally granted in favor of the State of Vermont.
He might be the William Worthington Davis 1813-1887 buired in Washington, D.C. a coal merchant and judge
# 39555700 says "Son of Thomas Davis and Catherine Worthington. He was said to be a distant cousin of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis. His daughter, Catherine, was the wife of publisher, Joseph Pulitzer."
June 17, 1931 New York Times "Worthington Davis, a retired broker, died last night in Flower Hospital of a bullet wound accidentally inflicted yesterday morning while he was cleaning a combination hunting and target rifle in his apartment at 116 East Fifty-third Street. The bullet pierced his body just below the heart, emerging near the spine. "
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