From the History of Clinton
County, Ohio,
Its People, Industries
and Institutions
With Biographical Sketches of
Representative Citizens
And Genealogical Records of
Many of the Old Families
Albert J. Brown, A. M.
ODOS L. HAWORTH
The late Odos L. Haworth was a well-known business man
of Blanchester, this county, a prominent restaurant keeper of that town. He was
born at Wilmington, this county, the son of Thomas and Mary (Drake) Haworth, and
died on September 22, 1912. Thomas Haworth was born on June 19, 1844, and died
on March 28, 1909. He was married on March 5, 1872, to Mary Drake, who was born
on September 16, 1848, the daughter of Daniel and Ann (Messereu) Drake. Thomas
Haworth was engaged in farming all of his life in Clinton County and owned
seventy-three acres of land in Union township. He and his wife were the parents
of four children, of whom Odos L. was the eldest, the others being Ralph W.,
Clarence L. and Edith D., wife of Orvall Wall. Thomas Haworth was the son of
Richard M. and Elizabeth (West) Haworth, the former of whom was a native of
Clinton County, born at Dover in 1824, and one of the early farmers of this
county. He was the son of Mahlon and Phoebe (Frazier) Haworth, the former of
whom was born in Frederick County, Virginia, on October 23, 1775, later
emigrating to Tennessee and still later coming to this county, locating at Dover
about 1803.
Odos L. Haworth entered the Star restaurant with his
father in Sabina in 1896 and was in business tt that point for about two years,
moving to Blanchester in 1898, where he continued in the same business the rest
of his life. The business is now conducted by his widow. At the age of nineteen
years, Odos L. Haworth took up the study of telegraphy at the Cincinnati &
Muskingum Valley railroad station at Wilmington and after having become
proficient as a telegraph operator, worked at Roseville. Washington and
Wilmington, becoming express agent, with William McMillan, at the latter point
and was twenty-one years old when he entered into partnership with his father in
the management of the Star restaurant.
On April
22, 1894, Odos L. Haworth was married to Ada R. Staubus, who was born at
Wilmington, daughter of Louis J. and Mary J. (Clark) Staubus. Louis J. Staubus
was born on March 2, 1849, in Augusta County, Virginia, and was married on
December 22, 1870, to Mary J. Clark, who was born in Augusta County, Virginia.
on June 19, 1849, daughter of William D. and Rachel R. (Miller) Clark. Louis J.
Staubus was the son of Jacob Staubus, a native of Germany, who came to America
with his parents at the age of four years, locating in Augusta County, Virginia,
where he became a farmer and where he and his wife, Regina Swatzel, died. They
were the parents of five children, John C., William, David, Louis J. and Ellen.
Louis J. Staubus was educated in the common schools of Augusta county, Virginia,
and came to Ohio when a young man. After living in the state for several years
he returned to Virginia, where he was married, and about 1874 he and his wife
moved from Highland County, Ohio, to Reevesville. He has been a contract
plasterer all of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Staubus are the parents of nine
children, namely: Cora, who married George Bernard; Ada R., who married Odos L.
Haworth; Leona E., who died at the age of six years; Worthy, who married Olive
West; Samuel P., who died in infancy; Lottie Lee, who became the wife of James
Bernard; Anna L., who is the wife of Harry Brook; Emma, who married
Granville Gano, and Royal D., who married Gayle Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Staubus are
members of the Methodist church, and he votes the Democratic ticket.
To Odos L. and Ada R. (Staubus) Haworth were born two
children, Leah Rannells and Dorothy Virginia.
Odos L. Haworth was a well-known citizen of Clinton
County, a man who was honorable and upright in all of the relations of life, who
was admired by his fellow townsmen and respected for his cordial and friendly
attitude toward the public at large, and his death in 1912 was mourned by many
friends.
Note:
(added by Donald R. Hayworth)
1.
Odos
L. Haworth is descended from George Haworth the Emigrant through his son James
Haworth as follows: Odos L. Haworth
à
Thomas Mahlon Haworth & Mary Rebecca Drake
à
Richard Milton Haworth & Elizabeth M. West
à
Mahlon Haworth & Phoebe Frazier
à
George Haworth & Susannah Dillon
à
James Haworth & Sarah Wood
à
George Haworth & Sarah Scarborough.