In 1868, George HAWORTH joined a group of people who created a stock company to establish the Ackworth Academy. He and his family also were active members of the Middle River Friends Church near Carlisle. (Source: History Of Ackworth Friends' Meeting, by Mrs. Hugh BARRETT, is copied from History of Warren County, Iowa, by Gerard SCHULTZ and Don L. BERRY, The Record and Tribune Company, Indianola, Iowa, 1953, pages 119-151.)