Description: Photograph of the interior hall at Adena, the home of United States Senator and Ohio Governor Thomas Worthington, near Chillicothe, Ohio. The photograph, taken in July 1896, shows fireplace with antlers above the mantle and a grandfather clock. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04731
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Thomas Worthington was born in what is now West Virginia, but moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1776. He pushed hard against the territorial governor's opposition to statehood and eventually served as one of the first United States Senators from Ohio, in the years 1803-1807 and 1811-1814. Additionally, Worthington served two two-year terms as governor of Ohio from 1814-1818. He was a forward-thinking governor and pushed for canals and public education, only to see them be enacted after he left office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04059
Subjects: Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the Adena Mansion, the home of Thomas Worthington in Ross County, Ohio. Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) served as one of Ohio's first two senators as well as the sixth governor of Ohio. Adena Mansion was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and was completed in 1807. This image depicts the front of the house from the driveway. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08587
Subjects: Ohio History; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827; Governors--Ohio; Mansions
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the Adena Mansion, the home of Thomas Worthington in Ross County, Ohio. Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) served as one of Ohio's first two senators as well as the sixth governor of Ohio. Adena Mansion was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and was completed in 1807. This image shows the back of the house. The flower garden is in the foreground. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08588
Subjects: Ohio History; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827; Governors--Ohio; Mansions
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the Adena Mansion, the home of Thomas Worthington in Ross County, Ohio. Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) served as one of Ohio's first two United States senators as well as the sixth governor of Ohio. Adena Mansion was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the main house was completed in 1807. This image was taken from the garden on the south side of the house. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08589
Subjects: Ohio History; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827; Governors--Ohio; Mansions
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Thomas Worthington, Jr. on the cover of his "Ballads of the Rebellion" about the Battle of Shiloh (1862). At the beginning of the Civil War, Thomas Worthington helped organize the 46th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry where he ranked as colonel. After his regiment fought in the Battle of Shiloh, he became very critical of Union commanders, including Generals Sherman and Grant. Worthington was court-martialed in August 1862, found guilty on some charges, and relieved of his command. Afterwards, he published books and pamphlets, including this one published ca. 1879, telling his account of the Battle of Shiloh. Text above picture reads "BALLADS OF THE REBELLION, with a Sketch of his Service in the Civil War, and evidence of treachery by Union Commanders at Shiloh; obtained by his Court-Martial, after all efforts for an inquiry had failed." Text below picture reads "By Gen. TOM WORTHINGTON, late Colonel 46th Ohio Vols." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02887
Subjects: Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Worthington, Thomas, 1807-1884; Civil War 1861-1865; Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Places: Ohio; Tennessee
 

Description: Photograph of Thomas Worthington's portrait, painted while he was governor of Ohio, that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as one of the first U.S. Senators from Ohio, from 1803 to 1807 and from 1811 to 1814. From 1814 through 1818, Worthington served two two-year terms as governor of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02715
Subjects: Ohio--Capital and capitol; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Governors--Ohio; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of an engraved portrait of Thomas Worthington who served as one of the first United States Senators from Ohio from 1803-1807 and 1811-1814. Worthington served two, two year terms as Governor of Ohio from 1814-1818. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00572
Subjects: Rights and Responsibilities; Ohio History--State and Local Government; United States. Congress. Senate; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827
 

Description: This photograph shows people leaving a Sunday meeting at Linworth Methodist Episcopal Church, likely in Worthington, Ohio. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_020_001
Subjects: Meetings; Worthington (Ohio)--History; Churches; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: George McCormick made this Sheraton-style dining table for Ohio political leader Thomas Worthington's home, Adena, around 1806-1809. It is made of maple and walnut and decorated with curly maple veneer. It measures 42" by 39" by 29" (132 by 99 by 74 cm). McCormick, a native of Virginia, worked on the construction of the nation's capitol building in Washington, D.C., under the direction of architect Benjamin Latrobe. It is believed that Worthington brought McCormick to Ohio around 1805 on the advice of Latrobe to work on Adena, which was also designed by Latrobe. McCormick remained in Chillicothe to build furniture for Worthington. After he completed work at Adena, he moved to Columbus, where he worked on the Ohio Statehouse. McCormick was also involved in Franklin County politics. Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) was a native of Charles Town, Virginia (later West Virginia), who moved to the Northwest Territory in 1798 and settled in Ross County, where he quickly became a leader in the Ohio statehood movement. He was a strong opponent of Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair, who wished to delay Ohio's entrance into the Union. Worthington emerged as a principal figure in the 1802 Constitutional Convention and spent much time in Washington lobbying for statehood. Politically active throughout his life, Worthington served as one of the first two U. S. senators from Ohio and as governor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: M00208
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827; Furniture
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Thomas Worthington's wedding coat and vest. The coat has a felted wool high collar with sized tow linen lining, linen pockets, mother-of-pearl buttons with non-functioning buttonholes, two hooks for closure, a two-inch cuff, and a long, skirted jacket. The vest has a hand-spun, woven linen back and lining, a white, beige, and blue striped silk front, a collar-band and buttons, hand-sewn and hand-made buttonholes. Worthington married Eleanor Van Swearingen on December 13, 1796, in Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Virginia, at Captain Abraham Shepherd's home. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04986
Subjects: Coats; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Clothing & dress; Men--Ohio; Wedding costume; Weddings; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827
 

Description: Sketch of the Worthington Female Seminary in 1846. The seminary was run by the Ohio Methodist Conference and was located in downtown Worthington, Ohio. In the 1850s, more women chose to go to the new Ohio Wesleyan Female College in Delaware and the seminary was closed. In the 1870s, it became a "Normal School" that trained teachers, as Ohio realized the need to have better trained teachers in the state. This image is from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04060
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Worthington (Ohio); Education, Higher--Ohio--History; Teachers--Training of
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)