Worthington, James Cheston, 1853-1896
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Worthington, James Cheston, 1853-1896
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Captain, Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army Dept. of Arizona from 1876 to 1880. He served at Fort Whipple, Fort Grant, Fort Huachuca, and Fort McDowell during this period.
Military physician who served as Post Surgeon at Fort Whipple, Fort Huachuca, Camp Grant and Fort McDowell, all located in the Arizona Territory.
James Cheston Worthington was born in Maryland on January 19, 1853. He graduated 3rd in his class from West Point in 1875 and was stationed at Fort McHenry, Maryland. Between 1877 and 1880 he served as Post Surgeon at Fort Whipple, A.T., Fort Huachuca, A.T., Camp Grant, and Fort McDowell, A.T.
Following 1880, he was Post Surgeon at Fort Wayne, Michigan, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Department of the Missouri, at Forts Crawford and Lewis, Colorado, and Fort Townsend, Washington, where he was serving in 1890. Worthington died on the 11 of August 1896.
Sources:
William H. Powell, Records of Living Officers of U.S. Army (Philadelphia: L.R. Hammersly and Co., 1890).
Francis Bertrand Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Volume I (Washington, 1903).
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Fort Grant (Ariz.)
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Fort Huachuca (Ariz.)
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Whipple Barracks (Ariz.)
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Arizona
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Fort McDowell (Ariz.)
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Arizona
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Fort Grant (Ariz.)
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Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
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