Thomas Worman was born around 1832 in New Jersey. He married Rachel Forgus on March 18, 1854, and they had at least six children: Robert, born around 1855; John, born around 1856; Charles, born around 1858; Sarah, born around 1859; Daniel, born around 1861; and William, born around 1868. They lived in Franklin, New Jersey, and Worman worked as a farmer. By 1860, they owned $1,200 of personal property. They moved to East Allen, Pennsylvania, in the 1860s, and by 1870, they owned $2,000 of personal property. By 1900, they were living in Bath, Pennsylvania. He died around 1904.