A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 1026-1027
George Cumberworth, a highly respected citizen of Guilford Township, Hendricks County, Ind., was born in Lincolnshire, England, April 22, 1842. His grandfather, John Cumberworth, was a citizen-farmer and passed his life in his native county of Lincoln, where he reared a family, among whom was his son John, the father of the gentleman whose name opens this sketch. John Cumberworth, the younger, was born January 20, 1802, and while still a resident of Lincolnshire, farmed on rented land. He there first married Lydia Keal, who bore two children, John K. and George, and died in 1845. For his second wife John Cumberworth chose Martha Marwood, by which union was born one child, Charles, who now lives near Colfax, Ind. The father died in England in May, 1878, in the faith of the established church, of which his wife was also a member, and in the consolation of which she also passed away.
George Cumberworth was reared to farming and was educated in the common schools of England. At the age of twenty-four years he came to the United States, and for two and one-half years worked in a tile factory in Richland County, Ohio, and then came to Indiana and located in Marion County, where he continued at the same employment for about eighteen months, when he returned to Richland County, Ohio, and married, March 17, 1870, Miss Joanna Curran, daughter of Thomas W. and Mary (Barton) Curran. The father, Thomas W. Curran, was a native of Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, and was always closely identified with the interests of his native county. He was a Republican in politics, and for three years served in the Civil War, in the Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and for several months was incarcerated in Libby prison. He served his fellow-citizens several years as justice of the peace, and was for three years mayor of Shelby. To him and wife were born the following children: Joanna, David B., Charles M. (deceased), Adell (deceased), William, Edith, Martha J. (deceased), and James A. The mother of this family died September 23, 1887, a member of the Methodist Church, and the father was called to rest August 9, 1892. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. George Cumberworth were named, in order of birth, as follows: George G., Charles C., Bessie B., Erma F. (deceased), Roy K., Chester W. (deceased), Iris J., and Berenice B. The grandfather of Mrs. Cumberworth, Joseph Curran, was an early settler of Richland County, Ohio, married a Miss Wilson, and both were members of the Methodist Church. After his married, Mr. Cumberworth resided in Madison County, Ind., for some years, then made his home in Marion County for eight years, and then settled on his present place at Plainfield, where he has resided twelve years. He owns a neat two-story modern-built dwelling of brick and a good tile factory. He and family enjoy in full the confidence and respect of the entire community.