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Lucien Lester Ainsworth (June 21, 1831 – April 19, 1902) was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district in northeastern Iowa. ==Family Life== Lucien Lester Ainsworth was born on June 21, 1831 in New Woodstock, New York, the eldest child of Parmenas Ainsworth and Keziah Webber. His parents had 3 additional children, Lucretia L (1834), Walter C (1839), and Harriet C (1843). Their mother Keziah died in 1847. Lucien's father was remarried to Miss Amanda Carpenter on November 2nd, 1848 in Cazenovia, Madison, New York. Parmenas and Amanda had one child, Ella Kezia Ainsworth born November 15th, 1850.〔Ainsworth families in America. Compiled by Francis J. Parker. 8vo. Boston 1894, page 106〕 The Ainsworth family ancestors were of English descent. Lucien's Great Grandfather, Nathan Ainsworth (1740-1776) served in the Revolutionary war and "died as a prisoner on an English ship, a martyr to the colonial cause."〔Past and Present of Fayette County Iowa, 1910 Author: G. Blessin - http://iagenweb.org/fayette/hist/1910/1272.htm〕 On December 8, 1859, Lucien Lester Ainsworth married Margaret Elizabeth McCool (1833-1921), daughter of Joseph McCool and Eleanor Nevius〔 "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9KV-NGF : accessed 20 January 2015), Margaret E Ainsworth in household of Lucian L Ainsworth, West Union Township West Union city Ward 1-3, Fayette, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,432.〕 Lucien and Margaret had 5 children, 4 which survived to adulthood. James Walter (1861) Lucretia Eleanor "Kittie" (1863) Charles Gray "Little Charlie" (1866-68) Porter Lester "Toke" (1868) Willard Joseph (1870) Fred Lee (1873)〔FamilySearch.org record K2SR-DVB〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lucien Lester Ainsworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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