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Woodworth, Francis C

author, clergyman, was born in 1812 in Colchester, Conn. His numerous publications include, Our Own Fields: Youth's Book of Gems; Uncle Frank's Home Stories, in six volumes; Uncle Frank's Picture Gallery; Wonders of the Insect World; The World as It Is, or a Miniature Sketch of the Earth and Its Inhabitants; Theodore Tinker's Stories for Little Folks, in twelve volumes; Young American's Life of Fremont; and Uncle Frank's Pleasant Pages for the Fireside. He also edited Woodworth's American Miscellany; and Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet. He died June 5, 1859, at sea.