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"Mr. Howard County," former superintendent of Kokomo Schools and long-time fount of local historical knowledge, C.V. Haworth was born on a farm near New London in 1875. His Quaker roots were grounded in Howard County soil in the 1840s. As a boy he earned his education while working part-time for his father, and then began his more than half-century career as a school-teacher, administrator, and mentor to young people. His first teaching job was a district school in Monroe Township. From there he moved to New London School, Columbian School in Kokomo, Kokomo High School, and then into administration. ~~ On September 12, 1900, in Dubois County, he married Belle Cooper, also a descendant of early Indiana pioneers. Belle, a graduate of Indiana University, taught school prior to her marriage, and then raised the couple's 4 children: Catherine (Mrs. George) Shortle, Josephine (Mrs. Cyrus) Shearer, Edna (Mrs. Cole) Morton, and Robert C. Haworth. They also had 8 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. ~~ Active in many educational and civic organizations, C.V. Haworth was named Kokomo's Most Distinguished Citizen in 1931. He died in 1976 at the age of 101, survived by his wife.
Clarence V. Haworth, March 23, 1875-June 9, 1976
Belle (Cooper) Haworth, July 14, 1878-Jan. 21, 1978
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