Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Portrait and biographical record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago - 1893 Page 133-134 ERNEST A. WORDEN. With the development and advancement of any great commonwealth are indissolubly connected with the names and careers of certain men who, uniting their efforts, and with the love of their country at heart, have sought the advancement of their re- spective callings, and thus reflected credit not only upon themselves, but upon their professions and their State. Thus it is that Michigan has within her borders many men to whom she may justly point the fin- ger of pride, and whose names are inseparably connected with her ad- vancement, morally, intellectually and financially. Standing pre- eminent among the real-estate dealers of Muskegon, Mich., is ERNEST A. WORDEN, who has made his name of enduring value in this city. This worthy representative of the real-estate interests of Muskegon County is a native of Michigan, born in Utica, Macomb County, September 2, 1852. His parents, CAREY and MARY E. (MADISON) WORDEN, were natives of New York and New Hampshire, respectively, the father born in Dutchess County August 1, 1809, and the mother in Chester March 26, 1819. The former is still living and makes his home in Almont, Lapeer County, Mich. For many years he was a merchant in the Lake State. His wife died on the 31st of July, 1861, in Almont, Mich. They were the parents of four children, our subject being third in order of birth. This was his father's second union. When two years of age, our subject was taken by his parents to Almont, Mich., and there, as soon as old enough, he began attending the district school. Later he entered the High School, and after finishing there began clerking in his father's store, remaining in the same until eighteen years of age. He then came to Muskegon County, and in 1872 began clerking in the dry-goods store of SMITH & PLATT, at Muskegon, where he remained until 1880. That year he embarked in the dry-goods business on his own account, and con- tinued he same until the fall of 1889, when he sold out and went South and East in search of health. Returning to Muskegon in 1890, he embarked in the real-estate business, and is dealing very exten- sively in city property. He is conducting transactions in all branches of the business, buying, selling, exchanging, etc., and is well equipped and prepared to attend to orders and commissions promptly and satisfactorily. In his choice of a life companion he selected Miss LIDA T. MERRILL, a native of Muskegon, Mich., and the daughter of E. W. MERRILL. Their union was solemnized in 1876, and they have one daughter, whose birth occurred May 28, 1884. They have an elegant residence situated in the center of the block, and this neat home is of the latest style of architecture, is situated on one of the best paved streets of the city, and in a good neighborhood. Socially, Mr. WORDEN is a Royal Arch Mason, and, politically, a stanch Democrat. He and his wife are held in high esteem in the community, and take a leading part in all worthy movements. ===========================================================================