James Mahlon Haworth19 Nov 1831 - 12 Mar 1885

A Man of Many Callings:Farmer

Union Army OfficerMerchant

Indian Agent Indian School Superintendent

• George / Sarah Scarborough• James / Sarah Wood• George H. / Susannah Dillon• Mahlon / Phebe Frazier• George Dillon / Edith Hadley• James Mahlon / Elizabeth P. Smith

• Louise Catherine / James R.F. Pilcher

• Bruce Haworth Pilcher• Adeline Grace Pilcher

• Thomas Bruce McDavitt

From George to Me

George Dillon

James Mahlon

Louise Catherine

Haworth Generations

Husband & Father J. M. Haworth

Married Elizabeth Painter Smith on 27 April 1852 at Center MM, Wilmington, OH

Children:Louise Catherine Haworth born 23 April 1853, married 3 December 1879, died 17 Aug 1825.

James Entricon Haworth born 12 Jan 1855, died on 31 Dec 1873 of spinal meningitis

Delphina Mendenhall Haworth born 28 Oct 1857, married 1879, died 3 Oct 1932

James Mahlon HaworthBorn in Wilmington, Clinton Co., OH (19 Nov 1831)

Studied at Earlham School, Richmond, IN (1848-50), and Haverford College, Philadelphia, PA (1850-52)

Farmer & Merchant in Wilmington, OH

Elected Clinton County Treasurer in 1856 & 1858

President of Clinton Co. Agricultural Society in 1861

Entered the Civil War in September 1861

Military Service

Recruited a company for the Union-Elected Captain (Sep 1861)

Assigned to the 40th Ohio Infantry Regiment in Eastern Kentucky (1861-1863)

Staff officer for General James A. Garfield until the General’s reassignment

Resigned his commission on 7 Feb 1863 in ill health

From The Olathe Mirror, Johnson Co., KS, June 27, 1872:Office of the Johnson County Agricultural and Mechanics

Association, June 22d, 1872The following named gentlemen were elected as officers for

the Fair. J. M. Haworth General Superintendent, A. J. Clemmans Chief Marshall, Geo. Moss Ring Marshall, Wm. Short Supt. of Cattle, John Tulow Supt. of Horses, Jonathan Gore Supt. of Trotting, Pacing and Ladies RIding, Cyprus Rogers Supt. of Hogs, J.E. Corless Supt. of Agricultural Implements, . F. Hollenback Supt. of Manufactured Articles, Enoch Thompson Supt. of Grain, Fruit and Vegetables, Arch Shaw, J. V. Rankin, Kimble Dow and Geo. E. Brown, Supts. of Floral Hall, who are to choose a corresponding number of ladies to assist them in their duties.

Post-war HistoryWholesale dry goods business in Cincinnati

Kansas climate recommended for health - moved to Olathe, Kansas, in 1870

Major Haworth Enters Indian Service

Indian Agent for the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes (about 6000 people) from 1 April 1873 until 1 April 1878

Indian Agents addressed by the rank and title of Major

Called “Simpoquodle” by the Kiowa in recognition of his “Red Beard”

“When one time they visited him with plans laid to take his life, they went away and told that, ‘Agent’s medicine was too strong for them’”

Indian Service Duties Expand

Special Indian Agent-At-Large 1878 / U.S. Indian Inspector 1879-82

47th U.S. Congress created Indian School Superintendent 1 Mar 1883 [Session II, Chap. 61]

First Superintendent of All Indian Schools, except the Five Nations in the Indian Territory

Brady’s National Portrait Gallery 625 Pennsylvania Avenue

Superintendent Haworth

Had 81 boarding schools, 76 day schools and 6 industrial schools under his purview, during which time Haskell & Chilocco industrial schools, and five regular schools, including Phoenix & Albuquerque, were constructed

Superintendent Haworth

Haworth Hall, Chilocco, Named For the Founder of Chilocco, James M. Haworth

THE GRAVE

JAMES M. HAWORTH.--Superintendent of Indian Schools, died suddenly in Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 12th, 1885, in his 53rd year.Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church, Olathe, Kansas, March 16, at 1 o'clock P.M., under the direction of the I.O.O.F. and A.F. & A.M., and were largely attended. The deceased was one of the most highly esteemed men in Johnson county, and his sudden taking off is mourned by all.

Major Haworth’s Legacy

Daughter- Louise C. Haworth Pilcher was a teacher in the Indian Service in a number of places including Haskell Institute, Chilocco Institute, Uintah, Cheyenne, Santa Fe, and Laguna Indian Schools (1890-1914)

Major Haworth’s Legacy

Grandson - Bruce Haworth Pilcher worked in the Indian Irrigation Service, Dept. of the Interior, Blackrock, NM, from (1908-1920) on the Zuni Indian Reservation. He did survey work and supervised Indian labor constructing an extensive irrigation system, including a rock dam. After construction, he supervised operation and maintenance of the irrigation system.

Major Haworth’s Legacy

Great Grandson Robert Bruce Pilcher worked as an architect with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Branch of Plant Design and Construction, Albuquerque (1958-84). He worked on numerous school and hospital projects around the country, including Barrow Hospital at Point Barrow, Alaska.

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