Milton W. Worden
Milton W. Worden was tall and straight and strong. Younger than Matson, he had hardly begun the practice [of law] when the tocsin sounded. The war of the ages was on. The battles for civilization were to be fought and Worden laid down his text-books and picked up a sword and marched away to glory and nearly to the grave. He was a captain in the 32d Ohio, commanded by Col. Thomas H. Ford. At Harper's Ferry his leg was shot away, and I well remember that weeks intervened before his weak and wasted body was borne home on a stretcher. The havoc of war was brought close to our observation. With others I met him at the depot and carried him to his home. He recovered somewhat, though the ugly wound and uglier amputation gave him great trouble all the remainder of his days. He was elected Probate Judge of the county, the only man ever elected to that office in the county was was not of the Democratic party. He discharged the duties of the office with ability. But the old wound worried, the nerves were shattered, and life was ebbing away. I was with him when the final summons came, and then we laid him away.
From The Richland Shield & Banner, December 29, 1894