C. C. Whitworth
C. C. Whitworth, a well known business man of Amsterdam, O., who deals in hardware, furniture, farming implements, wagons, buggies and harness, was born December 25, 1869, in Dalton, Wayne County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas and Mary A. (Jacobs) Whitworth. Mr. Whitworth received his education in the schools of Dalton, and on August 4, 1892, he was united in marriage with Louella Smith, the daughter of Samuel and Mary A. (Sawvel) Smith. After marriage he resided for eleven years at Jefferson, and then came to Amsterdam, where for three years he was engaged in mining. On November 17, 1906, he founded his present business, confining his stock at first to general hardware, but later enlarging it to cover furniture and a large line of farming implements, buggies, wagons and accessories, and he now has a large trade and utilizes a store space 24x40 feet in size. Mr. Whitworth is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and the Red Men, while his wife is connected with the Rebeccas, the W. C. T. U. and the Pocahontas. Both attend the Lutheran Church. A Democrat in his political views, Mr. Whitworth has served his community as a member of the school board. Mr. and Mrs. Whitworth have had two children: Darrell Floyd, who was born January 10, 1895, and died January 29th of that year, being buried at Jefferson; and Gladys Vivian, who was born March 28, 1896, and is now attending high school at Amsterdam.
20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910