My Genealogy Hound

GEORGE WORSLEY, M. D., a native of Essex County, England, was born February 11, 1819, being the only surviving member of a family of three children born to George and Elizabeth (French) Worsley, both natives of England. The former came to the United States in 1820, and located at Albany, N. Y. He died while away from home, at Fredericksburg, Va., probably a year later. His widow afterward married Thomas Eldridge. She died in 1844. George Worsley, the subject of this sketch, was raised in and near Albany, N. Y. He received a fair education, by his own efforts, and prepared himself for teaching, which profession he followed in New York, Kentucky and Indiana, for seven or eight years. In the meantime, he had studied medicine, and he now practiced this profession in Kentucky until December, 1852, when he came to Spencer County, Ind. He first located at New Hope, but subsequently located at Grandview, where at one time he commanded the leading practice of the place, but in 1866 he engaged in the drug business. During the past few years, he has been gradually retiring from the practice of his profession. He graduated from the Rush Medical College of Chicago in 1865. He is one of the self-educated and self-made men of our county, and whatever of ability and means he has have been acquired by his own efforts and resources. November 6, 1855, he married Susanna Alice Wallace, a native of England. They have four children: William H., George A., Lizzie E. (the wife of James Triplett), and Carnie E. George A. is in partnership with his father in the drug business. Politically, Dr. Worsley is a Republican. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and one of Grandview’s most enterprising citizens.