Bio: Worden, Delos W. (1881)
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Surnames: Worden, Libby, Dessert, Drake

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 570

DELOS W. WORDEN, foreman in Mr. J. Dessert's saw-mill, Mosinee, was born in Middlefield, Otsego Co., N.Y., Feb. 15, 1832; came to Oshkosh in 1856, where he worked for C. N. Payne & Co., seven years, in the capacity of foreman in their saw-mill. He then worked for D. L. Libby, in the same capacity, one year. From there, he went to Big Suamico; engaged, as before, one year for M. E. Trumbull & Co.; also one year for J. H. Weed & Co. He then returned to Oshkosh, and worked in the saw-mill, for the first-named company, nine years, after which he came to Mosinee and engaged with Mr. J. Dessert. He was married in Tioga Village, Pa., Aug. 3, 1854, to Sarafi J. Drake, who is a native of Steuben Co., N.Y., born 1834. They have five children — Nathaniel J., Margaret A., Oscar B., William H. and Nellie C.