Alvah H. Worden

Given Name
Alvah H.
Surname
Worden
Birth Date
March 6, 1797
Birth Note
There is some contradiction about dates between these two sources. One lists March 6, 1797, the other June 11, 1798.
Death Date
February 16, 1856
Spouse(s)
Lazette Maria Worden
Marriage Date
October 10, 1825
Child(ren)
Frances Alvah Chesebro
Biographical Information

Alvah Worden was born to Nathan and Sara (Pulling) Worden on March 6, 1797, in Milton, New York. Worden relocated to Auburn in the 1820s where he engaged in the textile business. He was a partner in Worden & Wiltse that introduced weaving into the Auburn Prison. Their partnership dissolved in 1828.

Worden left Auburn in 1835 to practice law in Canandaigua in partnership with Mark Sibley. He served in the New York State Legislature for Ontario County in 1841, 1845, and 1846.

In 1825, Worden married Lazette Miller of Auburn, New York. Letters between Lazette and her sister Frances Miller Seward suggest that the marriage was a difficult one. Alvah and Lazette had one child, Frances Worden Chesebro.

Worden died on February 16, 1856, at the age of 58.

Citation(s) for Biographical Information:
A. DeLancey Brigham. Brigham's General Directory of Auburn, Weedsport, Port Byron, Union Springs, Aurora, Moravia, and Cayuga. William J. Moses: Auburn, NY, 1863.
Additional notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=vhQZAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA47&ots=DAXp3iRbDJ&dq=alvah%20worden%201856%20canandaigua&pg=PA47#v=onepage&q=alvah%20worden%201856%20canandaigua&f=false
Lewis Cass Aldrich, George Stillwell Conover. History of Ontario County, New York. D. Mason & Co.: Syracuse, NY, 1893.
Additional notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=qygVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA118&ots=Ada2n4KIir&dq=ontario%20county%20history%20alvah%20worden&pg=PA170#v=onepage&q=alvah%20worden&f=false
Citation(s) for Birth Information:
Find a Grave. Last modified February 28, 2014. Accessed on February 28, 2014.
Lucien Brock Proctor. The Bench and Bar of New-York. Diossy & Co.: New York, NY, 1870.
Citation(s) for Death Information:
A. DeLancey Brigham. Brigham's General Directory of Auburn, Weedsport, Port Byron, Union Springs, Aurora, Moravia, and Cayuga. William J. Moses: Auburn, NY, 1863.
Additional notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=vhQZAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA47&ots=DAXp3iRbDJ&dq=alvah%20worden%201856%20canandaigua&pg=PA47#v=onepage&q=alvah%20worden%201856%20canandaigua&f=false