David W. Worley, it is believed, was a native of Virginia; he married Nancy Bowen and became an early settler of Ross County, Ohio, removing about 1824 to Union County, and locating on Dun's Run, on land now owned by William Howey, where he resided till his death. His wife died March 25, 1855; he survived her until December 31, 1871, when he died, aged seventy-six years. It does not appear that Mr. Worley ever purchased land, but probably remained a renter through his life, and was a resident of this township about forty-seven years.