John Kenworthy, b. 1819 England to Oregon
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 230.
KENWORTHY, HON. JOHN, of Portland, was born near Leeds, England, October 24, 1819, and came to America when seven years of age. In 1852 he went to California and was employed in the Insane Asylum at Stockton. In 1855 he came to Portland, and for twenty years was steward and general manager of the Hawthorne asylum. When the insane were removed to the state institution he occupied the same position there until it was in good working condition. In 1884 he was elected to the legislature. For two years he was County Commissioner and School Trustee for four years. He was a member of the East Portland City Council four years and three years its president. He is Trustee of the Willamette University, and has been Treasurer of the Odd Fellows’ Orphans’ Home. Mr. Kenworthy has been nominated for County Commissioner by one wing of the Republican Party.
-Tony Larson