Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wisconsin) 2 Oct 1944 Monday page7

Clifford Goldsworthy

Arpin-(Special)-Funeral services will be conducted at 8 o'clock tonight at the Arpin Congregational Church by the Rev. E. A. Finn for Clifford Goldsworthy, 79, Union Grove, a former resident of Vesper, who died at Methodist Hospital, Madison, at 10:46 a.m., Sunday, Oct 1. Interment will be made at Union Grove. Death was attributed to old age and complications.

Mr. Goldsworthy, Wood County assemblyman for several terms, was born at Union Grove, Sept. 30, 1865, and was a graduate of Milwaukee College of Business. After he finished his education, be farmed for a few years and came to Vesper in the late 1890s to engage in the real estate business. Twelve years ago be returned to Union Grove where he was in business with his brother-in-law.

Unmarried, Mr. Goldsworthy is survived by a niece, Mrs. W.G. Roberts, Union Grove. He was a member of the Congregational Church, Vesper.

∼Clifford Russell Goldsworthy (September 30, 1865 – October 1, 1944) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.

Born in Union Grove, Wisconsin, Goldsworthy went to Union Grove High School and then to Spencerian Business College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Goldsworthy farmed in Kenosha County, Wisconsin and was in the real estate business. He then moved to Vesper, Wood County, Wisconsin and continued in the real estate business. He was also in the merchandise business and had a sawmill. Goldsworthy was postmaster of Vesper and served as chairman of the town board. He also served on the Wood County Board of Supervisors. While living in Vesper, Goldsworthy served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1907. He was a Republican. In 1931, Goldsworthy moved back to Union Grove and then returned to Vesper. Goldsworthy died in a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.

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