JOSEPH KENT WORTHINGTON was born on 20 November 1854 in Dublin, Harford County, Maryland to William Cole Worthington and Susannah Harris Kent-Worthington.

When Kent's parents passed away, he lived with his uncle James C. Worthington and Aunt Blanch Hall Lee-Worthington, and is enumerated with them on the 1860 census.

Kent attended school in West Whiteland, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married Josephine G. Harlan in Pennsylvania, and they had ONE son:

Dr. Joseph Kent Worthington (1882-1923).

Kent passed away on 5 July 1896 in Longport, Atlantic County, New Jersey, and was buried at Darlington Community Cemetery in Darlington, Harford County, Maryland.

REFERENCE:

1. 6 July 1860 5th Dublin District, Darlington Post Office, Harford County, Maryland Census, (Stamped 364, Sheet 84, Family #571, Line 8), Parent's Household, James C. & Blanche Worthington. (NOTE: Enumerated as K. Kent Worthington, age 6 on the census).

2. 30 August 1870 Westtown, West Whiteland Post Office, Sub District No. 148, Chester County, Pennsylvania Census, (Stamped 289B, Sheet 18, Line 23), Kent Worthington is a student at school.

3. 19 June 1880 Brandywine, New Castle County, Delaware Census, (ED: 1, Stamped 16C, Sheet 31, Family #224, Line 13), Head of Household, J. Kent Worthington.

4. Obituary: Wednesday, 8 July 1896, The Sun, Volume CXIX, Issue 45, Page 4, Column 4:

WORTHINGTON - At Longport, NJ, on July 5, 1896 J. KENT WORTHINGTON.

Services will be held at the Friends' Meetinghouse, Haverford, PA, July 8 at 4:30 PM. Interment at Darlington, Md, Thursday 9th Instant at 5:30 PM.

5. (Same paper, longer obituary) Obituary: Wednesday, 8 July 1896, The Sun, Volume CXIX, Issue 45, Page 7, Column 8.

6. Darlington Community Cemetery Transcript, Spreadsheet maintained by the Harford County Historical Society, (Unpublished & undated). Copy received from HCHS Volunteer, Christopher Smithson, on 5 May 2013.

"b. 20 November 1854 - d. 5 July 1896."