Richard Charles Ashworth (1866-1943)

Richard Charles Ashworth was born in 1866 to James Edward and Ellen E. Ramsbottom Ashworth. In 1905 at the age of 39, Richard was sent to run the Eagleville Woolen Mill, bought from C.P. Hatch, located at 190 Eagleville Rd. Shushan, NY. He was accompanied by his wife, Frances L. Page Ashworth, and his two sons, Ernest Merritt, 12, and Everett Merritt, 10. Combined with his father's mills and contracts with Wells Fargo, American Express, Adams Express, Standard Oil and Atlantic Petroleum companies, the Ashworths were making $96, 000 and the Eagleville location was producing $30,000 in 1925. $30,000 in 1925 equals $410,158.96 in 2016. Their main products were horse blankets and bed blankets. Some of the bed blankets are still owned by Ashworth descendants.

Obituary
Richard died in 1943.

He is buried in one of two family plots at Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge, NY. Plot K 7.